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Community profiles
Modified on November 1, 2007
Link to 2006 Community Profiles
Major characteristics
Provides a statistical overview of all Canadian communities based on a number of variables and/or groups of variables. Profile components will be available for each of the eight major releases, beginning with the first release (Population and dwelling counts) and 'built-upon/appended to' throughout the release cycle. It will consist of approximately 200 data lines in total. A mapping feature is available for viewing the location of a community within Canada and a graphing capability enables the user to view the data using figures such as bar charts and/or pie charts.
What's new?
- Ability to compare any two regions found within the community profiles.
- Ability to build a 'custom view'.
- Possible expansion of content.
- Option to initiate 'new search' from every page.
- A download to comma-separated ASCII format (CSV) option.
- Print-friendly format.
- Improved mapping capabilities.
Geography
Canada, province and territory, census metropolitan area/census agglomeration (CMA/CA), census division/census subdivision (CD/CSD), dissolved census subdivision (CSD), health region (available late 2008).
Internet access
Available for free to all users via the Internet:
- Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) format.
- Print-friendly format.
- Comma-separated ASCII format (CSV).
Other delivery methods
Contact Statistics Canada's National Contact Centre.
Availability
March 13, 2007 through May 1, 2008.
Price/Price range
Available for free to all users via the Internet:
- Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) format.
- Print-friendly format.
- Comma-separated ASCII format (CSV).
