federal_ridings {mapcan} | R Documentation |
Federal ridings
Description
A data set with geographic information for Canadian federal ridings (2013 representation order)
Usage
federal_ridings
Format
A data.frame with 46830 rows and 15 variables:
- long
Longitude
- lat
Latitude
- order
Order of layers
- hole
Polygon hole (TRUE or FALSE)
- piece
Piece
- riding_code
Uniquely identifies a federal electoral district (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 3-digit federal electoral district code).
- group
Group
- riding_name_english
Federal electoral district name in English.
- riding_name_french
Federal electoral district name in French.
- province_sgc_code
Province Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) code
- pr_english
Province name (English)
- pr_french
Province name (French)
- pr_alpha
Province or territory 2-letter identifier
Source
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2016-eng.cfm, (under Statistics Canada Open Licence https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/licence)