Statistics Canada releases some of their files in Beyond 20/20 format, a free Windows-based program that allows users to manipulate their data to a much greater degree than is possible with the interface on the Statistics Canada website.
Search the Census Profiles when you want data on a specific place or area by typing in its place name; browsing a list; or entering a postal code or a geographic code.
Data are included on provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts (neighbourhoods within larger cities)..
These tables typically combine at least four variables to provide a much more in-depth portrait of an area than the Profiles. Some tables are available at the census tract level but many are not due to confidentiality.