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Databases

Citing the complete CANSIM database accessed using E-STAT

Statistics Canada. No date. CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Last updated June 30, 2007.
http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?CANSIMFILE=EStat\English\CII_1_E.htm(accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing the complete CANSIM database accessed using CHASS

Statistics Canada. No date. CANSIM (database). Using CHASS (distributor). Last updated June 6, 2008.
http://dc2.chass.utoronto.ca/cansim2 (accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing the pay ($) version of the complete CANSIM database from Statistics Canada website

Statistics Canada. No date. CANSIM (database). Last updated April 8, 2008.
http://cansim2.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.exe?CANSIMFile=CII/CII_1_E.HTM&RootDir=CII/ (accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing a complete Beyond 20/20 or Excel database from the Internet

Statistics Canada. No date. Labour Force Historical Review 2003 (database). Using CREPUQ (distributor). Last updated July 9, 2007.
http://ivt.crepuq.qc.ca/tableauxStat_A.html (accessed June 13, 2008). Beyond 20/20.

Statistics Canada. No date. Canada Food Stats (database). Using CREPUQ (distributor). Last updated in 2008.
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/edrs/data/dli/statcan/cfs/2006/index.html (accessed June 13, 2008). MS Excel.

Citing a complete Beyond 20/20 or Excel database on CD-ROM

Statistics Canada. No date. Labour Force Historical Review 2003 (database). Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 71F0004XCB. Last updated February 17, 2004. CD-ROM. Beyond 20/20.

Statistics Canada. No date. Canada Food Stats (database). Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 23F0001XCB. Last updated November 26, 2004. CD-ROM. MS Excel.

CANSIM tables

Citing a CANSIM data table extracted using E-STAT

Statistics Canada. No date. Table 326-0001 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 2001 Basket Content, Monthly (table). CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Last updated July 26, 2007.
http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?CANSIMFILE=EStat%5CEnglish%5CCII_1_E.htm (accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing a CANSIM data table extracted using CHASS

Statistics Canada. No date. Table 326-0001 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 2001 Basket Content, Monthly (table). CANSIM (database). Using CHASS (distributor). Last updated June 6, 2008.
http://dc2.chass.utoronto.ca/cansim2/english/catalogues.html (accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing a CANSIM data table extracted from CANSIM pay ($) version

Statistics Canada. No date. Table 326-0001 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 2001 Basket Content, Monthly (table). CANSIM (database). Last updated August 18, 2005.
http://cansim2.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.exe?CANSIMFile=CII/CII_1_E.HTM&RootDir=CII/ (accessed June 13, 2008).

Tables, graphs, figures or charts from the Statistics Canada website in HTML or PDF

Statistics Canada. No date. Gross Domestic Product, Income-based (table). Canadian Statistics. Last updated May 31, 2005.
/pgdb/8101171-eng.htm (accessed June 13, 2008).

Statistics Canada. No date. Average Days Lost for Personal Reasons per Full-Time Employee per Year by Age Group, Sex, Occupation, Canada, Provinces, Annual Average (table). Labour Force Historical Review 2003 (database). Using CREPUQ (distributor). Last updated January 28, 2005.
http://ivt.crepuq.qc.ca/tableauxStat_A.html (accessed June 13, 2008). Beyond 20/20.

Tables, graphs, figures or charts from a publication in HTML, PDF or print

Citing a table, figure, graph or chart from an electronic publication

Statistics Canada. 2004. “Exposure to second-hand smoke at home, by age group and sex, non-smoking household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2003” (table). Health Indicators. Vol. 2004, no. 1. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-221-XIE.
/pub/82-221-x/00604/nonmed/4062652-eng.htm (accessed June 13, 2008).

Statistics Canada. 2000. “Table of the Aboriginal population of Canada 1871” (table). Censuses of Canada 1665 to 1871. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-187-XIE.
/pub/98-187-x/4198819-eng.pdf (accessed June 13, 2008).

Statistics Canada. 2002. “Table CD1T17an Average days lost for personal reasons per full-time employee per year by age group, sex, occupation, Canada, provinces, annual average” (table). Labour Force Historical Review 2001 (R). Revised edition, CD1. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 71F0004XCB. CD-ROM.

Statistics Canada. No date. “Figure B1.6 Combined public and private expenditures on educational institutions per student, university level, G-7 countries and OECD mean, 2000” (figure). “Chapter B: Financing education systems.” Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program 2003. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa. Last updated June 23, 2004.
/pub/81-582-x/2003001/excel/updates/chapB1.xls (accessed June 13, 2008).

Statistics Canada. 2002. “The most serious difficulties immigrants experienced when pursuing further education or training, 2001” (graph). Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada: Process, Progress and Prospects. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 89-611-XIE. Ottawa.
/pub/89-611-x/c-g/4152874-eng.htm (accessed June 13, 2008).

Citing a table, figure, graph or chart from a publication in print

Statistics Canada. 2004. “Employment generated by tourism” (table). National Tourism Indicators: Quarterly Estimates First Quarter 2004. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 13-009-XPB. Ottawa. p. 58–61.