It can be difficult to track down some statistics. For instance, although the Canadian Census / National Household Survey provides statistics about housing, they do not capture statistics about the homeless. Some Internet sleuthing can reveal other sources of statistics, but think critically about what you find on the Internet.
Ask yourself these questions:
Use the following full-text databases to find newspaper articles for this assignment:
Use the following to connect your terms:
Google may be used in the following way to strategically search for electronic media stories:
Other ideas for sites to search using the above method: .BBC.com, .thetyee.ca, .aljazeera.com, .thenation.com
Of particular interest here are the following pages:
Google: May be used in the following way to strategically search for government publications:
Statistics Canada Advanced Search: Use Statistics Canada's Advanced search to search for articles by Statistics Canada analysts. The Advanced search will allow you to narrow your search by type (e.g., Articles) and/or by resource (e.g., Analysts and researchers).
Statistics Canada crime and justice statistics: Note especially the links to Detailed tables from CANSIM link under each subtopic. E.g., the incident-based crime statistics tables, such as Table 252-0081, provide detailed statistics by police service (note that there may urban and rural statistics for a particular community).
Important: The Add/Remove data tab in the CANSIM tables allow you to add or remove data from the default table. There is much hidden here!
The United Nations Statistics Division also provides a list of national statistical offices websites.
Important: Countries can report their data differently. Organizations like the IMF, OECD, UN, and World Bank standardize the data so that they can be compared. Be cautious about comparing the data from one national statistical office to data from another national statistical office.
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