StatCan announces 2011 Census data release schedule

Columnist Carl Meyer has reported that all of Statistics Canada’s standard online products, including the 2011 census, socioeconomic and geographic data, will be offered to the public for free starting February 2012.  Source: Embassy Magazine

The announcement builds on earlier decisions by internationally-acclaimed StatCan to make its census data and specialized search tools available online in 2001 and 2006.  In additon to daily CANSIM news alerts, a detailed schedule of release dates for 2011 major economic indicators has been posted on the agency’s website.  Other neat, new features on the updated site include E-tutorials and Thesaurus Search.