Access, Retrieve, and Work with Canadian Census Data and Geography

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Documentation for package ‘cancensus’ version 0.5.7

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
• Package NEWS.

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add_unique_names_to_region_list	Convenience function for creating unique names from region list
as_census_region_list	Convert a (suitably filtered) data frame from 'list_census_regions' to a list suitable for passing to 'get_census'.
child_census_vectors	List all child variables from vector hierarchies given either a list of Census variables returned by 'list_census_vectors', 'search_census_vectors', 'find_census_vectors', or a direct string reference to the vector code.
CODES_TABLE	A dataset with code table summaries for census data
COV_SKYTRAIN_STATIONS	A dataset City of Vancouver skytrain station locations
dataset_attribution	Get attribution for datasets
explore_census_regions	Interactively browse Census variables and regions on Censusmapper.ca in a new browser window
explore_census_vectors	Interactively browse Census variables and regions on Censusmapper.ca in a new browser window
find_census_vectors	Query the CensusMapper API for vectors using exact, semantic, or keyword search
get_census	Access to Canadian census data through the CensusMapper API
get_intersecting_geometries	Get identifiers for census regions intersecting a geometry
get_statcan_geographic_attributes	Read the Geographic Attributes File
get_statcan_geographies	Read the geosuite data
get_statcan_geo_suite	Read the geosuite data
get_statcan_wds_data	Query the StatCan WDS for data
get_statcan_wds_metadata	Query the StatCan WDS for metadata
label_vectors	Return Census variable names and labels as a tidy data frame
list_cancensus_cache	List cached files
list_census_datasets	Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.
list_census_regions	Query the CensusMapper API for available regions in a given dataset.
list_census_vectors	Query the CensusMapper API for available vectors for a given dataset.
list_recalled_cached_data	List recalled data stored in local cache
parent_census_vectors	List all parent variables from vector hierarchies given either a list of Census variables returned by 'list_census_vectors', 'search_census_vectors', 'find_census_vectors', or a direct string reference to the vector code.
remove_from_cancensus_cache	Remove cached files
remove_recalled_cached_data	Remove recalled data from local cache
search_census_regions	Query the CensusMapper API for regions with names matching a searchterm.
search_census_vectors	Query the CensusMapper API for vectors with descriptions matching a search term or phrase (deprecated)
set_cancensus_api_key	Set Censusmapper API key
set_cancensus_cache_path	Set persistent cancensus cache location
show_cancensus_api_key	View saved Censusmapper API key
show_cancensus_cache_path	View saved cache directory path