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Energy Balances

Communication Of The Results

The Canadian Experience

Gary Smalldridge, Chief, Energy Section

May 2009

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Energy Balances A complex data set

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Interpretabilityof a complex data set

“The numbers have spoken!”

Is our data presentation

easily understood?

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Varied users and needs

• Statistics Canada

• Natural Resources Canada

• Environment Canada

• Industry organizations

• IEA/OECD

• Academia, Researchers and Public

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Accessibility Energy Balances

Output must be easily accessible to all types of data users

- sophisticated and - non-sophisticated

Many challenges to accessibility - i.e. confidentiality

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Methods of dissemination

The ‘Daily’ release (media) CANSIM (online retrieval system) Publications hard copy and internet Data sharing agreements

• other government departments• regulatory agencies• and, industry associations

International agreements • International organizations (IEA)

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The ‘Daily’ Primary Method

of public data dissemination

• Announces availability of data • Easy to read highlights & data summary

tables• Points to supporting data CANSIM tables• Points to data sources, methods and

supporting surveys information• Identifies data dissemination and subject

matter officer (e-mail address / toll free telephone number)- rapid turn around of enquiries

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Energy Balances Dialogue with data users

User input very important Helps to identify

• data gaps

• data quality issues

• data interpretation issues

• And, data presentation problems

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Gary Smalldridge, Chief, Energy Section,

Manufacturing and Energy Division,

Statistics Canada

(613) 951-3567

Gary.Smalldridge@statcan.gc.ca