Jewish Canadian Studies: Statistics

On the 3rd floor of the Morisset library is the Government, Statistics and Geography (GSG) library. You can get help with statistics from the Data Librarian. Below is a link to the subject guide for Population and Demography Statistics.

See also the statistical and geographic page on the Religious Studies guide.

• World Values Survey

  Includes surveys and data regarding values, religions, political views and other social variables from people around the world.
• World Religion Database

  The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides among other things, source material (including census and surveys) for the study of international religious demography.
• Association of Religious Data Archives

  A data archive of Christian participation, mainly in the U.S.
• Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S.Dept. of State)

  The International Religious Freedom report is submitted to Congress annually by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. This report supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide. Reports from 2001-1009.
• Religion in Canada (data from the 2001 census)
• Religious statistics for Canada 2011
• The Pew Forum on religion and public life

  While mainly focused on U.S. data, Pew includes basic international data.
• Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices / J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann

  An extraordinary survey, in four volumes, of the religious belief and practice in all 276 of the world's nations and territories.
• World Peace Index

  Includes the following sources: Corruption and peace, Global peace index, Mexico peace index, Terrorism index, UK peace index and US peace index.
• North American Jewish data bank