New Website Available - ArcticStat

ArcticStat, a socioeconomic circumpolar database covering thirty arctic
regions in eight countries, is now available online.

ArcticStat is a permanent, public, and independent statistical database
dealing with the countries, regions, and populations of the circumpolar
Arctic. ArcticStat intends to facilitate comparative research on the
socioeconomic conditions of the peoples of the Arctic by bringing together
already existing data, which are otherwise dispersed and often hard to
find. For the most part, the data indexed in ArcticStat come from national
statistical agencies of the countries of the Arctic or their regional
offices. These public data are produced on a recurrent basis and are
methodologically valid.

ArcticStat was created by the Canada Research Chair on Comparative
Aboriginal Condition of Universite Laval. It is officially supported by
the Arctic Council and is an official activity of the International Polar
Year. The core financial contribution was provided by the Canada
Foundation for Innovation, with additional financial contributions from
the Louis-Edmond-Hamelin Chair for Northern Research in Social Sciences
and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. ArcticStat is located at the
Faculte des Sciences Sociales, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Objective
ArcticStat is a permanent, public and independent statistical database
dealing with the countries, regions and populations of the Circumpolar
Arctic.

ArcticStat was born out of the desire to facilitate comparative research
on the socioeconomic conditions of the peoples of the Arctic by bringing
together already existing data which are dispersed and often hard to find.

Sources
For the most part, the data indexed in ArcticStat come from national
statistical agencies of the countries of the Arctic or their regional
offices. These data are made public, produced on a recurrent basis, and
are methodologically valid. In some cases, tables using data provided by
statistical agencies were produced by the ArcticStat editorial team.

Design
ArcticStat database is a portal that takes users directly to the table
they are looking for, whether it is located on the web site of a
statistics agency or in the ArcticStat database. A map and a list of
easy-to-use indicators help users to do research.

Limitations
ArcticStat is updated periodically to contain, wherever possible, the most
recent data available. While ArcticStat brings together data on a wide
range of socioeconomic realities of Arctic regions, it does not cover all
possible aspects. The data included in the databank follows ArcticStat's
editorial orientations. However, these data are limited by statistics
agencies' production and the availability of data free of charge and
accessible in english. ArcticStat is not responsible for the policies and
practices of statistics agencies, the errors in the tables originating
from these agencies, or the use made of such tables. Users are asked to
consult the methodology notes which are directly accessible via hyperlinks
found in the tables and on the metadata page.

For further information and to access the website, please go to:
http://www.arcticstat.org/

For any questions or comments:
arcticstat@...

Postal and Street address:
ArcticStat
a/s CIERA
Faculté des sciences sociales
Pavillon Charles-de-Koninck
1030, ave des sciences humaines,
Local 0450
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V OA6
Canada