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Canadian Statistics
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada homepage. A helpful guide to Finding and Using Statistics is also available.
Statistics Canada Depository of full text documents. Georgian College has free access to many fee-based documents through this link.
Statistics Canada's E-STAT is an interactive learning tool. You can create customized charts & graphs using CANSIM. Please accept the Licence agreement at the bottom of the page. Georgian College students and staff have off campus access - please consult the Library Commons staff.
International Statistics
Statistical sites on the WWW
Provides links to international social, demographic and economic information.
CIA publication contains country profiles which cover geography, people, government, economy and military, religion, communications, transportation.
Canadian Laws
Produced by the Department of Justice Canada, this site provides links to Statutes, Regulations, government Bills and the Canada Gazette. Also includes quick links to the Criminal Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
This searchable website contains current consolidated (includes all amendments) versions of most of Ontario's public statutes and regulations, current within 10 business days of updates. Also contains source law, Ontario's public and private statutes, current within 2 business days of enactment.
International Laws
United States federal and state cases & codes. European Union, Commonwealth and Foreign nations: cases, codes & treaties.
Encyclopedias
Tutorial available on “guided tour” tab
Search or browse this online encyclopedia of Canadian facts.
Dictionaries
Subject areas include: Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Tech. Translating and Phrase dictionaries for word and phrase definition & usage.
Oxford English Dictionary [OED]
OED is a scholarly guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million English words, both present and past. It also offers etymological analysis and listing of variant spellings.
Maps and Atlases
Find base maps, quick maps topographic maps and a collection of economic, human, physical and thematic maps.
Geological Survey of Canada - Geoscience Data Repository
Search current and historical maps of Canada via the MIRAGE (Map Image Rendering dAtabase for GEoscience) database.
Quick-loading maps of countries, provinces and states are easy to read; also provides links to country profiles and statistics.
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