SimplyAnalytics<\/a> is a web-based mapping platform that TMU students, faculty, and staff can access with their university credentials to turn census data into ready-to-share maps, tables, and reports. After creating a free account, you can explore more than 200 000 Canadian and U.S variables, including census data, demographics, household expenditure, business locations and daytime population estimates. The interface lets you pick a variety of census geographies, add variables onto the map, and export high-resolution images, spreadsheets, or shapefiles for deeper GIS work.<\/p>\n CHASS<\/a> (Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Toronto) hosts ready-made Census Profile tables for every Canadian census year back to 1971. Search by geography\u2014dissemination area, census tract, CMA, province\u2014and download detailed demographic, social, and economic variables in CSV or Excel. Pair these tables with the matching boundary files below to create custom maps in QGIS, ArcGIS, or SimplyAnalytics.<\/p>\n Accurate mapping starts with the right polygons. Statistics Canada\u2019s \u201cCartographic Boundary\u201d and \u201cDigital Boundary\u201d shapefiles (DA, CT, CSD, CMA, etc.) can be downloaded free from the Statistics Canada<\/a> website or Scholars GeoPortal<\/a>. Import these layers into your GIS, join them to census tables by geographic code, and you\u2019re ready to style choropleth or dot-density maps. Tip: use the \u201ccartographic\u201d versions for faster drawing and smaller file sizes.<\/p>\n For cross border or comparative projects, use the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey (ACS)<\/a> data and TIGER\/Line shapefiles<\/a>. The free IPUMS NHGIS service bundles ACS tables with matching boundaries in one download, making it easy to map U.S. demographic, housing, and economic indicators alongside Canadian data. Alternatively, access the US Census via <\/span>SimplyAnalytics<\/span><\/a>, along with related datasets such as consumer expenditure estimates, community demographics and US election data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SimplyAnalytics SimplyAnalytics is a web-based mapping platform that TMU students, faculty, and staff can access with their university credentials to turn census data into ready-to-share maps, tables, and reports. After creating a free account, you can explore more than 200 … Continue reading CHASS \u2013 Census Profiles<\/h3>\n
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