The Canadian Press reports:

There is a Call for Proposals due on February 15, 2017 for Community Indicators!

Recently, The Guardian published an article about the declining ability of statistics to accurately represent the world. Private companies are taking over and controlling big data – and putting democracy in peril.

NEW: Taxfiler data at the CSD level are now available for select tables! Click on the year to be directed to the product page.

Taxfiler (T1FF) - Family Data:

ViVA is a joint research institute between Simon Fraser University (SFU), the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), dedicated to effective and innovative education and knowledge enrichment.

Here are some Open Government news and updates!

If you missed the first Tax Filer Data webinar session on Wednesday, January 18th, then join us on Wednesday, February 1st for a second session!

Between July 2016 and February 2017, Employment and Social Development Canada will be consulting with Canadians on accessibility legislation.

The Canadian Health Measures Survey is stopping in South Calgary the next few days!

As of January 3rd, 2017, Canadians can fill out an online form to indicate their desire to sponsor a parent or grandparent. From those forms, immigration officials will randomly draw 10,000 individuals who will then be asked to submit full applications within 90 days.