Canada

Outline of map of Canada

The Esri Canadian datasets include Advanced Demographics sourced from Environics Analytics and Places and Points of Interest sourced from Data Axle, SafeGraph, and Foursquare.

Dataset information

Canada

Three-letter ISO country code

CAN

Currency

Canadian Dollar

Three-letter currency code

CAD

Number of Advanced Demographics attributes available

2379

Number of Advanced Demographics geography levels

10

Geography levels

Geography levelsAvailable for CanadaAvailable through ArcGIS.com mapsAdvanced Demographics Feature count

Country

X

X

1

Provinces or Territories

X

X

13

Federal Electoral Districts

X

X

338

Census Divisions

X

X

293

Census Subdivisions

X

X

5162

Census Metropolitan Areas

X

X

152

Census Tracts

X

X

5721

Forward Sortation Areas

X

X

1662

Aggregated Dissemination Areas

X

X

5386

Dissemination Areas

X

X

56590

Data apportionment settings

Learn more about how data apportionment works.

Threshold upper boundAggregation methodLevel of geography

100 km

Block Apportion

CAN.DA

200 km

Centroids in Polygon

CAN.DA

300 km

Centroids in Polygon

CAN.FSA

more

Centroids in Polygon

CAN.CSD

Data categories

Esri provides Advanced Demographics for Canada in the following data categories.

Advanced Demographics datasets

Canadian Advanced Demographics datasets include the following:

Data sales volume numbers are in Canadian dollars.

Business Listings

Esri's Canadian Businesses dataset, sourced from Data Axle provides a detailed list of businesses. The list includes company name, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry code, and location coordinates for every business in the dataset.

Data Axle

Vintage:

Q4 2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Base level geography:

Geocoded points.

SafeGraph

Vintage:

Q1 2023.

Data:

© 2022 SafeGraph.

Base level geography:

Geocoded points.

Business Listings documents

CensusPlus

The Environics 2021 Canadian CensusPlus dataset includes more than 750 popular variables, based on data collected by Statistics Canada during the 2021 Census.

Vintage:

2021.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

CensusPlus documents

Daytime Population

Canadian Daytime Population is an authoritative estimate of the population that is reachable in any geographic area during daytime hours.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Daytime Population documents

Demographic Statistics

The Canadian Demographic Statistics dataset consists of current-year estimates for 763 variables. It includes demographic projections for 497 variables for 3, 5, and 10 years into the future but also provides historical estimates from 5 years ago based on the same methodologies to ensure accurate trend analysis.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Demographic Statistics documents

Demographic Statistics and Trends

The Canadian Demographic Statistics and Trends dataset consists of estimated and projected household counts, household population, population, household income, and household average income. The dataset provides estimated counts from 2006 to 2022 and projects values from 2023 to 2042.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Demographic Statistics and Trends documents

Household Spending

The Esri Canadian Household Spending dataset provides current estimates of annual expenditures for 479 variables, spanning 18 categories of goods and services used by Canadian households—everything from fashion apparel and household furnishings to cell phones and charitable donations.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Household Spending documents

Market Segmentation (PRIZM)

PRIZM is the latest release of Environics market segmentation system that classifies Canada’s neighborhoods into 67 unique lifestyle types. Using methodology that integrates geographic, demographic, and psychographic data, PRIZM incorporates authoritative data from nearly a dozen demographic, marketing, and media sources to help you better analyze and understand customers and markets.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Market Segmentation documents

Shopping Centres

This national file of more than 3,000 shopping centre records is produced annually by EnsembleIQ. It lists most shopping malls in Canada, along with data on the number of stores, floor area, anchor tenants, and parking spaces. Shopping Centres is a geocoded location database used for mapping and other analytical applications. It is updated annually and includes traditional and new format shopping centres.

Vintage:

2022.

Data:

© 2022 Environics Analytics.

Shopping Centres documents

Reference documents

Sample reports