The Esri Canadian datasets are sourced from Environics Analytics.
Places and Points of Interest datasets for Canada are sourced from Data Axle, SafeGraph, and Foursquare. See Places and Points of Interest for more information.
Dataset information
| Canada | |
|---|---|
Three-letter ISO country code | CAN |
Currency | Canadian Dollar |
Three-letter currency code | CAD |
Number of attributes available | 2379 |
Number of geography levels | 10 |
Geography levels
| Geography levels | Available for Canada | Available through ArcGIS.com maps | 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 |
Available datasets
Canadian 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: | Q2 2022. |
Data: | © 2022 Environics Analytics. |
Base level geography: | Geocoded points. |
SafeGraph | |
Vintage: | April 2022. |
Data: | © 2022 SafeGraph. |
Base level geography: | Geocoded points. |
Business Listings documents
CensusPlus
The Environics 2016 Canadian CensusPlus dataset includes more than 847 popular variables, based on data collected by Statistics Canada during the 2016 Census.
Vintage: | 2016. |
Data: | © 2020 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: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 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: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 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 2021 and projects values from 2022 to 2041.
Vintage: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 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: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 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: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 Environics Analytics. |
Market Segmentation documents
- PRIZM Release Notes (PDF)
- PRIZM GeoProfiles 2021 - Variables (PDF)
- PRIZM 2021 Variable Changes List (PDF)
- PRIZM Technical Documentation (PDF)
- PRIZM Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
- PRIZM Lifestyle types summaries
- PRIZM Segment summaries (PDF)
- PRIZM Lifestages (PDF)
- PRIZM Lifestage groups summaries
- PRIZM Social Groups (PDF)
- PRIZM Social groups summaries
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: | 2021. |
Data: | © 2021 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)