Telling stories with data – February 23, 2020

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David McKie
1-613-290-7380 (cell)
Email: davidmckiec@gmail.com

David and Fred are co-authors of
The Data Journalist: Getting the Story“]

 

David, Fred, Rob Cribb and Dean  Jobb are co-authors of
Digging Deeper Third Edition

David McKie and Jim Bronskill are co-authors of
Your Right To Know: How to Use the Law to
Get Government Secrets

Open Data Portals

List of access to information and privacy coordinators by institution
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ap/atip-aiprp/coord-eng.asp

A list of open-data portals
http://www.davidmckie.com/open-data-portals/

Federal government research
https://www.canada.ca/en.html

Information about programs and information holdings
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/access-information/information-about-programs-information-holdings/sources-federal-government-employee-information.html

Statistics Canada

StatCan release schedules

Statistics Canada’s data tables

Canada added 35,000 jobs in December, capping strong 2019 for employment

To obtain the Statistics Canada tutorial on using data tables, please click here.

CMA and CA tutorial

Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries

Census Profile, 2016 Census

Census Profile, 2011 Census

Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

2016 Census – Boundary files

Following Money

Search Government Contracts

Search Grants and Contributions

Top public sector earners revealed in annual Alberta sunshine list

Public sector body compensation disclosure table

Alberta Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance

Ontario Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance

Federal public accounts

Elections Canada: Financial Returns Registered Parties

Elections Alberta – Financial Disclosures

Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada

Alberta Lobbyist Registry

Lobbyists (Edmonton)

B.C. Lobbyists Registry

Federal Lobbyists Registry

Datasets for Download

Correctional Investigator Excel workbook on Indigenous incarceration

To download the data used in the Calgary speeding ticket series, please click here.

QuarterlyContributions.xlsx

Alberta_Lobbyists.xlsx

Gun registry for prohibited and restricted firearms

National Parole Board Pardon Statistics

Excel Formula Library.zip

Chrome Scraper

Tutorials

To obtain the pivot table tutorial, please click here.

Google Sheets guide

Google Sheets guide in Excel worksheets

SpiceUpYourSheetLife_ExcelGoogleSheetTips_BenCollins.pdf

Create a pivot table in Google Sheets with the help of this tutorial.

To obtain the tutorial on calculating per cents, please click here.

To obtain the specialized functions tutorial, please click here.