CensusMapper is a Geographic Information System (GIS) centered around Canadian census data. With CensusMapper you can:

• browse maps made by users based on Canadian census data
• create interactive Canada-wide custom maps based on census data and share them with others
• explore census variables for specific geographies
• explore census data by mapping user-defined functions based on census variables
• download census variables through our map-based interface or the cancensus R package
• enrich your own datasets with Canadian census data

Data on CensusMapper can be freely linked to or downloaded. The data is governed by the Statistics Canada Open Data Licence. Statistics Canada must be acknowledged as the source when using the data; acknowledgement of CensusMapper is optional. The geographic data has undergone some processing and may differ from data originally released by Statistics Canada.

Users of the R programming language might benefit from the {cancensus} R package for accessing and analysing census data.

CensusMapper contains a growing set of census-related datasets. Please refer to the data dictionaries for details on variable definitions and potential data issues when using the data.

Example usages of CensusMapper data can be found on the MountainMath blog. In particular, there are many posts using the {cancensus} R package, including links to the complete code.

Background and motivation for CensusMapper can be found in the CensusMapper category on the MountainMath blog.