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 levels | Available for Canada | Available through ArcGIS.com maps | Advanced 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 bound | Aggregation method | Level 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:
- Business Listings
- CensusPlus
- Daytime Population
- Demographic Statistics
- Demographic Statistics and Trends
- Household Spending
- Market Segmentation (PRIZM)
- Shopping Centres
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
- Age By Sex Canada (PDF)
- DEP Age 65+ Profile Canada (PDF)
- DEP Market Profile Canada (PDF)
- DEP Occupation Profile Canada (PDF)
- Detailed Income Profile Canada (PDF)
- Family Report Canada (PDF)
- Housing Profile Canada (PDF)
- Language and Ethnicity Profile Canada (PDF)
- PRIZM Segmentation Area Profile Canada summary report (PDF)