Mass Observation Online
Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the Mass Observation organisation, as well as printed publications, photographs and interactive features.
Culture and leisure
Mass Observation Project, 1981-2009
The Mass Observation Project was a rebirth of the 1937 Mass Observation project.
Statista
Online portal for statistics and market research data. Compiles data from government, business and research institutions on a wide range of topics. U of T institutional license provides access to data downloads and information about data sources and citations.
GSS data explorer [United States]
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a project of NORC at the University of Chicago, with principal funding from the National Science Foundation. Since 1972, the GSS has been monitoring societal change and studying the growing complexity of American society.
NORC-GSS cumulative data files [United States]
The General Social Surveys (GSS) were designed as part of a data diffusion project in 1972. The GSS replicated questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies.
Economic commission for Africa (ECA) databank
The ECA statistical database (StatBase) is an internet based platform for compilation and dissemination of data on various socio-economic indicators on African countries.
City of Toronto open data catalogue
Freely available datasets from the City of Toronto. Includes statistics on emergency services, budget, bikeways, childcare, city wards, food banks, public health, elections, economic indicators, festival & events, forest and land cover, parking, lobbyism, permits, parks, etc.
D-PLACE
D-PLACE is an interactive database which contains cultural, linguistic, environmental and geographic information for over 1400 human cultural groups.
Inventory of Statistics Canada questionnaires
The Inventory of Statistics Canada's questionnaires on CD-ROM. The disc contains scanned images of questionnaires used to conduct questionnaire-based surveys in 1998. Statistics Canada catalogue number 12-205-XCB.