Statistics Canada to make all online data free

According to Embassy magazine "All of Statistics Canada’s standard online products, including the census, socioeconomic and geographic data, will be offered to the public for free starting February 2012. "

Read the article at http://goo.gl/CGjnb

That's good news for impoverished researchers looking to add statistical backing for their studies. For the family historian seeking context Stats Can already offers their 1983 publication Historical Statistics of Canada for free at http://goo.gl/XCEgc