topic Re: Cencus Data in ArcGIS Solutions Questions

Cencus Data

Anonymous User — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:39:56 GMT

Original User: rdg129

I have looked at the Stats Canada website and can't make out how to download the census data and the most detailed cencus boundaries. Does anyone have access to more easily downloaded shapefiles?

Re: Cencus Data

Anonymous User — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:29:52 GMT

Original User: usiel

I have looked at the Stats Canada website and can't make out how to download the census data and the most detailed cencus boundaries. Does anyone have access to more easily downloaded shapefiles?

Ryan,

Was this the site you were looking at?

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2011-eng.cfm

Regards,
Jason R.

Re: Cencus Data

Ryan_Galbraith — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:21:30 GMT

Yes, I got that - but where do I find the attribute data that comes with it?

Re: Cencus Data

Anonymous User — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:35:00 GMT

Original User: usiel

Yes, I got that - but where do I find the attribute data that comes with it?

Looks like the attribute tables of the shapefiles are pretty sparse and do not have an demographic data at least from the couple of download tests that I tried.

It might be that they are separate. At the below link are some tables with some Canada census counts. One would need to perform a table join with the appropriate downloaded spatial layer if creating a color coded map is one of the intents.

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/index-eng.cfm

Regards,
Jason R.