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MLA Citation Guide (9th Edition): Statistics

Formatting

Note: For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.

A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.

Statistics Canada - Online Document

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Document: Subtitle if Any." Statistics Canada, Date of publication, URL. Accessed Day Month Year site was visited.

 Note: Occasionally the author will be listed as Statistics Canada. If the publication is authored and published by Statistics Canada, start your citation with the title of the document. 

Works Cited List Example

Drolet, Marie. "Gender Differences in the Financial Knowledge of Canadians." Statistics Canada, 28 Apr. 2016, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006-x/2016001/article/14464-eng.htm. Accessed 16 June 2016.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name)

(Drolet)

Statistics Canada - Print Document

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Document: Subtitle if Any. Statistics Canada, Date of publication.

 Note: Occasionally the author will be listed as Statistics Canada. If the publication is authored and published by Statistics Canada, start your citation with the title of the document.

Works Cited List Example

Langlet, Eric. Aboriginal Children's Survey, 2006: Concepts and Methods Guide. Statistics Canada, 18 Nov. 2008.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

(Langlet 11)

Statistics from Statista

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Document: Subtitle if Any."  Date of publication, Statista.

 Note: Since Statista is the name of the publisher and database, to avoid repetition, omit publisher information and list Statista as the database at the end of the citation.

Works Cited List Example

UNWO. "Number of International Tourist Arrivals Worldwide from 2005 to 2017, by Region (in Millions)," 2018, Statista.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name or Corporate Name)

(UNWO)

 Note: While MLA 8th edition recommends including URLs, Columbia College Library recommends that URLs be left out when citing a work found in a library database. This is because most URLs from library databases will stop working after the session ends. If your instructor requires a URL, look for the "Permalink" icon in the article description and place the URL generated after the name of the database.

MLA Handbook

Abbreviating Months

In your works cited list, abbreviate months as follows: 

January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.

Spell out months fully in the body of your paper. 

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