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Provincial and territorial boundaries of Canada, 2001
Description
An list-like object with components x and
y specifying the provincial and territorial boundaries of
Canada during the 2001
census. The coordinates are in longitude/latitude coordinates.
The data was derived from the shapefiles provided by
Statistics Canada. The object also has a component
range
specifying the range of the data in the order
c(min(x), max(x), min(y), max(y)). Lastly, the object
has a final component, names, which provides the name of the region
each polygon is associated with. The object
has class map for compatibility with the maps package.
Usage
data(canada)
Format
Contains:
- x
Longitude coordinates for Canadian boundaries
- y
Latitude coordinates for Canadian boundaries
- range
Range of x- and y-values
- names
Region name for each polygon
Source
Shapefile made available by Statistics Canada. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start.