MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
ONS (UK) vs Statistics Canada — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
ONS (UK) outscores Statistics Canada on Modern Citation Reference by 3 points (A · 88 vs A · 85).
Higher Modern Reference
Government
ONS (UK)
ons.gov.uk
A·88
Rank #42 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open-data API; structured datasets; bulk downloads; clear methodology pages.
Government
Statistics Canada
statcan.gc.ca
A·85
Rank #59 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open Data Portal + Web Data Service API; structured datasets; bilingual.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
ONS (UK)A·88
Modern Reference · 88/100
Open-data API; structured datasets; bulk downloads; clear methodology pages.
Statistics CanadaA·85
Modern Reference · 85/100
Open Data Portal + Web Data Service API; structured datasets; bilingual.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
ONS (UK)
- Open-data APIdeveloper.ons.gov.uk provides programmatic access to all releases.
Statistics Canada
- Web Data ServiceProgrammatic API + bulk downloads (CSV + SDMX).
Other dimensions for ONS (UK) vs Statistics Canada
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