Scholars Portal ODESI (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure) is a web based data repository, extraction and analysis service which includes Statistics Canada microdata and aggregate data. Key polling data collections include Canadian Gallup Polls, CORA (Canadian Opinion Research Archive) and Ipsos Reid. In addition, metadata for the  ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) are available.

Scholars Portal ODESI provides researchers with the ability to search for survey questions and variables across thousands of datasets. It supports basic taulation and analysis online, and also allows for the downloading of most datasets into statistical software for further analysis.

License Conditions

Data are available to registered members of Trent University for their research, instructional or learning needs. Commercial use, transfer, resale, donation or exchange of data acquired through Scholars Portal ODESI are expressly prohibited. Researchers who are attempting to download restricted data sets from off campus, will be prompted for their Trent User ID and password. Metadata (descriptive information about data such as survey questionnaires, code books, variable  definitions) are available to the public domain.

User Guide

Tutorials (Videos)

Please contact Trent MaDGIC Unit for further information or assistance with .