Canadian Urban Institute says though data-sharing has been improved, more is needed to come up with 'hyper-local' solutions.

Jennifer Saltman • Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021  •  3 minute read

Canadian cities are taking the brunt of the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there isn’t enough detailed data about the virus to understand the full impact and devise local solutions, according to a new report.

Sean MacKay Dec 29, 2020

The pandemic has upended previously strong Canadian population growth trends thanks to its unprecedented impact on international migration.

In November and December of this year, Statistics Canada will be offering a webinar on market reasearch and an information session on data visualization for free. Both are being held on multiple dates and are intended for basic data users. See below for more information from Statistics Canada:

On October 27, 2020, Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced a collaboration to "better leverage the power of timely, trusted, and reliable data to empower communities and enriching the daily lives of Canadians."

On September 23, 2020, Statistics Canada released the Data Literacy Training Initiative. This initiative "provides a wealth of resources for those who are new to data or who have some experience with data, but may need a refresher or want to expand their knowledge". Part of the initiative is a series of data training videos which can be found in the Learning Catalogue.

From Statistics Canada:

On Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT, the Special Libraries Association is holding a webinar on economic data and entrepreneurship. Admission for the webinar is $10 (or $5 for SLA members).

Join members of the Special Libraries Association for an engaging session where we will learn about economic data and entrepreneurship from the perspective of information professionals from around the globe. This event is being organized by the Washington, DC and EDEE Communities.

Questions our panelists will address in this webinar may include:

Statistics Canada held a presentation on July 24, 2020 which provided information on the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire, including some of the changes made since 2016.

From Statistics Canada:

In the latest edition of The Daily, Statistics Canada has released information on the 2021 Census, including the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire.

From Statistics Canada:

Powered by Data, along with Ontario Nonprofit Network, will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM EDT, titled The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic. The webinar will be free and open to everyone. The speakers will be John Roberts, Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario at the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, and Vanessa Parlette, Phd, Program Director of the Data Policy Coalition at Powered by Data.

From the event page:

The Canadian Urban Institute have released a report titled The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, which discusses the need for "a 'one-stop-shop' for comprehensive, comparable, and actionable information on the state of Canada’s cities and city-regions".

From the Canadian Urban Institute: