Canadian Statistics:

Stats Canada is the central statistical agency of the Canadian government and has a wide array of information available on line. The Census data from 2006, 2001 and 1996 are available online. See also the SFU library resourcesbelow for free data connections

Specific Documents:

• 1994 Agreement on Internal Trade
• Bill 1: An Act Respecting the Future of Québec (The Sovereignty Bill, Introduced 1995)
• Charlottetown Accord Draft Legal Text, Aboriginal Self-Government Provisions: ss.24-29
• Constitution Act, 1867 - The Division of Powers, ss 91-101
• Nisga'a Treaty
• Quebec Secession Reference
• BC-Alberta TIMLA
• BC-Alberta-Saskatchewan "New West Partnership Trade Agreement

General Research Sites:

For Searching For Bibliographic Information for Printed Material:

SFU Library Catalogue

Databases Available through the SFU Library (some require you to login with your SFU ID):

Canadian Newsstand - full text of Southam newspapers for varying dates, including Nation Post from 1998 and Vancouver sun from 1987.

CPI.Q - Canadian Periodical Index covers many journals and newspapers, including the Globe & Mail.  Indexing for most, but full-text of others, including Globe & Mail

Canadian Research Index - index of government documents from federal and provincial governments, from 1980 to present (formerly MicoLog)

CBCA: Canadian Business & Current Affairs - index of Canadian magazines, newspaper articles, and reference material - plus full text from asubset of these sources

Encyclopedia of Political Science - covers a wide range of topics in politics & government

Federal Publication Locator - search engine for Canadian government information on the internet

First Nations Periodical Index - covers journals with mainly aboriginal subjects

Index to Canadian Legal Literature - index and some full text for Canadian legal periodicals

IngentaConnect - massive index of academic journals; with some full text coverage, including Canadian Journal of Political Science from 2001-persent

Law Source - Current Canadian legal info

LegisInfo - Information about individual Canadian federal government bills.

PAIS International - index of international academic periodicals on business and the social sciences with emphasis on contemporary social, economic, and political issues and the making and evaluating of public policy.

PCensus - Canadian Census Data

Project MUSE Search -full text of many journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Statistics Canada Publication Indexes - several online datasets of Stats Canada info

Women's Studies International - citations and abstracts from academic journals

Other Sites of Interest:

• C.D. Howe Institute
• Canada West Foundation
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Canadian Network of Federalism Studies
• Canadian Policy Research Network
• Center for Research and Information on Canada (Canada Unity Council)
• Council of the Federation
• federalism-e journal
• Fraser Institute
• Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Queen's)
• Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)

Links to Polling Companies

• Abacus Data
• Angus Reid Strategies
• Bristol
• Compas
• Corporate Research Associates
• Ekos
• Environics
• Forum Research
• Harris/Decima
• Innovative Research Group
• Ipsos Canada
• Leger Marketing
• Mustel
• Nanos Research
• Pollara
• Segma Unimarketing
• Strategic Counsel