Community Decision-Making Toolkit
http://www.rural.gc.ca/decision/index_e.phtml

The Community Decision-Making Toolkit provides step-by-step information and easy-to-use methods to help your community achieve consensus. The site includes a large collection of stories as told by the communities themselves about their experiences using the toolkit, including successes, lessons learned and various methods that have worked for them. 

Rural and Regional Policy Simulator

Coming soon - The Rural and Regional Policy Simulator (RPSim) is an Excel-based application that allows users to determine the potential impacts rural policy changes could have on a community vulnerable to population decline.

Statistics Canada - 2006 Census Dictionary
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/dictionary/index.cfm

The 2006 Census Dictionary provides detailed information on every aspect of the Census of Population, as well as detailed information about concepts and indicators.

Statistics Canada - Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination (Census Geography)
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/reference/dictionary/figures/figure20-dictionary.htm

This diagram shows how the standard geographic units are structured for the dissemination of the 2006 Census of Canada.

Statistics Canada - Learning Resources for Teachers, Librarians, Students, and Postsecondary
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm

Resource centre for teachers, librarians, and students including reference material, lesson plans, project ideas, and programs to support in-depth research.

Statistics Canada Community Profiles
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E

These profiles present community-level information from the 1996, 2001, and 2006 Census of Population. Users can search for an area of interest and retrieve a variety of regional data.

National Land and Water Information Service
http://www.agr.gc.ca/nlwis/

The National Land and Water Information Service is an Internet-based service being developed over the next four years to provide on-line access to agri-environmental information to help Canadians make responsible land-use decisions.

Nova Scotia Community Counts
http://www.gov.ns.ca/finance/communitycounts/default.asp

Community Counts provides a wide range of statistical information on Nova Scotia. It is a user-friendly, all-inclusive socio-economic data source which also allows comparisons of community resources among regional, provincial, and national levels to present a more complete picture of Nova Scotian communities.

Community Accounts
http://www.communityaccounts.ca/CommunityAccounts/OnlineData/getdata.asp

Community Accounts is an innovative information system providing users with a reliable source of community, regional, and provincial data for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canadian Council on Learning
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/ccl

The Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) is a national, independent, and non-profit corporation that is committed to improving learning across the country and across all walks of life.

Human Resources and Social Development Canada: Indicators of Well-being in Canada
http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/home.jsp?lang=en

Indicators of Well-being in Canada gathers data from different sources and presents a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society. It also shows how this picture may be changing over time.

Human Resources and Social Development Canada: Labour Market Information
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/lmi.shtml

This site provides information on job descriptions, employment prospects, wages/salaries, potential employers, industries, economic outlooks, local events and community information.

Natural Resources Canada: The Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

The Atlas of Canada provides a dynamic and comprehensive collection of maps and related information about Canada. 
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