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There are lots of resources available on the Statistics Canada site that can help spark project ideas. Here are a few starting points for students who are looking for ideas. ** Canada **** at a Glance ** [] The Canada at a Glance booklet is a great introduction to the type of data Statistics Canada produces and makes available on its site. A great resource for finding a project topic. ** Societal Indicators ** [] This resource provides examples of how data can be used to examine major issues affecting Canada. This electronic publication contains graphs and tables on a number of health, environmental, economic, and social issues with links to where you can find more information for researching each of the societal indicators. ** The Daily ** [] The Daily is Statistics Canada's online newsletter that provides new information almost every working day. Students can subscribe to automatically receive notices when new information is available on about 25 subjects, such as health, population, tourism at [] [|Project Ideas: Health [pdf]] This document describes several possible project topics dealing with the health of Canadians and includes links to relevant Statistics Canada resources. The topics described here include: teenage pregnancies and abortions; dieting, body weight, and eating disorders; physical fitness; smoking; and alcohol Consumption [|Project Ideas: Crime [pdf]] This document describes several possible project topics dealing with the Canadian criminal justice system and includes links to relevant Statistics Canada resources. The topics described here include: youth crime, youth alcohol abuse, and youth re-offenders. [|Project Ideas: Economics [pdf]] This document describes several possible project topics dealing with the Canadian economy and includes links to relevant Statistics Canada resources. The topics described here include: changes in the cost of living and income and work. =   Other Data Sets from Around the Internet    = The Statistics Canada site is the best site for finding data about Canada and Canadians. But it is a big world out there, and there are many other Internet sites that provide useful and interesting data. ** On line Data Sets at the Math Forum ** [] Links to a huge number of data sets from a variety of sources. ** U.K. **** National Statistics ** [] This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published here free of charge. ** Statlib - Datasets from **** Carnegie ** ** Mellon ** ** University ** [] StatLib is a system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and information by electronic mail, FTP and WWW. ** U.S.A. ** ** National ** ** Center **** for Education Statistics ** [] This site is designed to make your search for National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and selected U.S. Department of Education (ED) K-12 resources fast, easy, and productive.
 * Getting Project Ideas from the Statistics Canada Site **