Data & Statistics

Many Eyes is an innovative project from IBM. Users can view visualizations of pre-loaded data. Create a free account and you get the added functionality of up-loading your own data and visualizing it in ways most appropriate to your needs. Bar charts, scatter plots, maps, word clouds, tree maps and more are available.

The Community Information Database (CID) is a free internet-based resource developed to provide communities, researchers, and governments with access to consistent and reliable socio-economic and demographic data and information for all communities across Canada.

The CID was developed by the Government of Canada’s Rural Secretariat in collaboration with the provinces and territories, other government departments, and community groups.

The CID provides: Access to over 500 pieces of data about your community or region, including: population, education, income, employment, families, and much more.

Interactive mapping and chart generation rounds out this very useful resource.

Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large, public-interest datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.

David McCandless is a London-based author, writer and designer with a passion for visualizing information – facts, data, ideas, subjects, issues, statistics, questions – all with the minimum of words.

David and the crack team at Information is Beautiful, are dedicated to distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams.

Visually is a one-stop shop for the creation of data visualizations and infographics, bringing together Marketing Gurus, Data Nerds and Design Junkies based on shared interests.