January 07, 2020

Canadian legislative districts (ridings), Canadian Census data, and major improvements to accuracy in Canada

We've made some major improvements to our data for Canada, including significantly improved accuracy, and the ability to return ridings and data from StatCan

1. Accuracy Improvements

We've added more underlying source datasets and made improvements to how we parse Canadian addresses. These improvements have led to a 96% increase in high-accuracy results. Now, given a random sample (more specifically: a list of all Tim Horton's locations), 84% of results will come back rooftop or range interpolated, versus 70% before.

Table showing data of geocoding accuracy in Canada: 96% increase in high accuracy results, 68% decrease in range interpolated, 20% decrease in low-accuracy

2. Add Ridings to Addresses or Coordinates

You can now add Canadian electoral districts (ridings) to addresses or coordinates via spreadsheet upload and API.

Data returned includes:

Riding number
English riding name
French riding name

3. Add Canadian Census Boundaries from StatCan to Addresses or Coordinates

We now return Canadian Census boundaries from StatCan. See our API documentation and spreadsheet upload documentation. The data includes:

Division

Division ID
Division Name
Division Type Abbreviation
Division Type Description

Consolidated Subdivision

Consolidated Subdivision ID
Consolidated Subdivision Name

Subdivision

Subdivision ID
Subdivision Name
Subdivision Type Abbreviation
Subdivision Type Description

Economic Region

Statistical Area

Statistical Area Code
Statistical Area Code Description
Statistical Area Type
Statistical Area Type Description

Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration

CMA ID
CMA Name
CMA Type
CMA Type Description

Census Tract Code

Census Year

Data Appends