What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary is an XML "(eXtensible Markup Language)" text format that allows users with the appropriate news reader software to have new information or content from a website delivered to them automatically, without having to go to the website to get it.

More information on RSS and links to free RSS news reader downloads are available through the Government of Canada Newsroom. Look under "Choose your News" at news.gc.ca and click on the topic News aggregators / News readers.

If you already have a news reader, use the links^* below to subscribe to the Statistics Canada feeds that interest you. Follow the instructions provided by your news reader. Note that these pages may not appear like normal Web pages when you view them using only your regular browser.

Available feeds (for CANSIM):

• CANSIM: What's new?
• CANSIM data availability

Steps to follow to add a link in your news reader program

1. On any of the feeds shown above, copy the URL by right-clicking the orange RSS logo and selecting "Copy shortcut".
2. Next, paste the address you have just copied into the reader program by using the appropriate option within your news reader software.
3. Once you have done this, the reader program will periodically poll the CANSIM site for updates and automatically show you the latest releases.

Note

* RSS formats may vary between websites. Statistics Canada news feeds follow the same RSS 2.0 specification that is used on the Government of Canada Internet site. For best results, please ensure your news reader is compatible with this format before trying to add a feed from our site.