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APA 7 Reference Examples

Dataset from Website, No Author

Template

Title of dataset. (Number; Version) [Data set].(year) Retrieval date Month from, Publisher. url

Example

Animal control inventory - register.  [Data set]. (1998-2021) Retrieved July 22, 2021 from, City of Vancouver - Open Data Portal. https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/animal-control-inventory-register/information/

Simply Analytics -Data

Template

Publisher. (date). [Data description]. database url.

Example

SimplyAnalytics. (n.d.). [Average total expenditure on cigarettes, 2016, and percentage of population who are immigrants, 2016, for Vancouver CMA, British Columbia, and Canada]. https://simplyanalytics.com

Statista - Data from Another Source

Template

Association name (year). Title of report [helpful information such as currency]. Database name. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

North American Pet Health Insurance Association (n.d.). Accident and illness insurance premium for cats and dogs in Canada from 2013 to 2016 [in Canadian dollars]. Statista. Retrieved January 7, 2018 from https://www.statista.com

Note

When there is a chance the information may change: include Retrieved, retrieval date and database url.

Selected Data from a Larger Dataset

Template

Publisher. (year). [Description of the data]. [Data set]. Database name.  url

Example

United Nations Statistics Division. (2021) [Population by sex and urban/rural residence; Albania; Algeria; 2018-2020] [Data set]. Demographic Statistics Database. http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a1

Passport - Statistics

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Publisher (year). Data title [explanation of table]. Database. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Euromonitor International. (2016). Statistics for market size of beer in Canada [US$/year-on-year exchange rates/current prices, 2006-2015]. Passport. Retrieved July 10, 2016 from https://www.euromonitor.com

Note

The information appearing in brackets (exchange rate, value) has been included because it will help others to retrieve these statistics in Passport. If the data set has not date include the retrieval date.

Vividata - Data From A Report

Template

Publisher. (year, report period). [Description of the data]. [Data set]. Database name. Retrieved Month day, year from database url

Example

Vividata. (2018, Spring). [Candy/snacks – chewing gum – prsnlly chewed past 6 mths, age 14+ by generation]. [Data set]. Vividata - Study of the Canadian Consumer. Retrieved May 5, 2019 from https://vividata.ca/

Note: 3 surveys per year are conducted, so include the season after the year.