Historical Statistics of Canada

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The second edition of Historical statistics of Canada was jointly produced by the Social Science Federation of Canada and Statistics Canada in 1983. This volume contains about 1,088 statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s. The tables are arranged in sections with an introduction explaining the content of each section, the principal sources of data for each table, and general explanatory notes regarding the statistics. In most cases, there is sufficient description of the individual series to enable the reader to use them without consulting the numerous basic sources referenced in the publication.

The electronic version of this historical publication is accessible on the Internet site of Statistics Canada as a free downloadable document: text as HTML pages and all tables as individual spreadsheets in a comma delimited format (CSV) (which allows online viewing or downloading).

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Content note

This unique reference volume was published in 1983 as a hard copy publication and has been out of print for many years (the first edition had been published in 1965). It depicts the growth and development of Canada from Confederation in 1867 to the modern era in short texts and extensive statistical tables.

The compendium, originally published by the Social Science Federation of Canada and Statistics Canada, provides professionals and students alike with an important statistical source for historical research and analysis. In addition to time series on employment, housing, health care, education and the national accounts, it includes descriptions designed to aid interpretation and use of the data and draws together references to the many original sources.

History note

This second edition published by Statistics Canada in 1983, like the earlier volume published by the Macmillan Company of Canada in 1965, was the result of a collaboration of many persons from the academic community, Statistics Canada and the Social Science Research Council of Canada. Both editions enjoyed wide circulation and use, but are long out of print.

To preserve this important source of historical statistics on Canada, the original book was scanned and re-captured in electronic form as text and tables. All data have been verified to reflect what was originally published. No changes have been made other than correcting obvious mistakes in the original paper volume such as incorrect references to footnotes. None of the statistics have been corrected, revised or updated.

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banking industry, capital stocks, domestic trade, electric power, finance, foreign investments, forests, gross national product, labour force, land, mining, population, social security, transport, working conditions.

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Some bilingual products have changed to separate English and French products. In these cases, back issues are bilingual and the more recent issues are unilingual.

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