data-sets-list.md

Housing Data Visualization Project

Suggested data for visualization

The data below are by no means intended to be a comprehensive list of data that are relevant to answering the research questions posed, but are viewed to be necessary to understanding.

Population & Socio-economic statistics

BC Stats

• Population Estimates
• Population Projections
• Households

DataBC Catalogue

• DataBC Catalogue

• Property Transfer Tax data

City of Vancouver

• City of Vancouver Open Data catalogue

Teranet & National Bank of Canada

• Teranet - National Bank National Composite House Price Index ™

TransLink

• SkyTrain: travel times between stations

Statistics Canada: Census and National Household Survey (NHS)

• Census of Canada: Geosuite. This page has links to the Geosuite tool for the 2016, 2011, 2006, and 2001 Censuses.

• Census Datasets This page has links to data tables for the 2016, 2011, 2006, and 2001 Censuses. It seems these tables replicate what's in the Geosuite tool above.

• 2016 Census of Canada: Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables -- of greatest relevance are the Census Tract and Census Subdivision tables.

  • an alternative view of the same data can be found at 2016 Census of Canada: Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables
  • This report, about the population growth in the City of Toronto, has some good examples of visualizations of population change in that city's census tracts. Dahab Ibrahim,Growth and Change in Toronto's Neighbourhoods, Social Planning Toronto, February 2017

• 2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

• {NEW} National Household Survey: data table, British Columbia, all variables

  • this table has the British Columbia-only aggregation of all 2,621 variables reported for the NHS.
  • Refer to the Statistics Canada National Household Survey Dictionary for more information about each variable.

• {NEW} National Household Survey: data table, British Columbia by Dissemmination Area, all variables

  • zip of csv file, 10 MB (50 MB uncompressed)
  • the finest (smallest aread) geography available that contains the full suite of socio-demographic variables is the Dissemmination Area.
  • the full table has 7731 rows for the province of B.C.
  • Refer to the Statistics Canada National Household Survey Dictionary for more information about each variable.

• 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

  • Income and Housing

    • A variety of data tables are available, each summarizing different dimensions of housing and income-related data

  • Commuting to work

    • Journey to Work Reference Guide

  • National Household Survey Dictionary

• 2011 Census - Dissemination Area comprehensive table

• 2011 Census - Census Tract comprehensive table

Statistics Canada: other data

• Residential and Non-Residential Property Assessment Values

• Tables by subject: Residential construction

  • Building permits, values by activity sector

  • Housing starts, by province

  • New Housing Price Index (NHPI)

non-Canadian data sources

• Federal Housing Finance Agency (U.S.A.), Working Paper 16-01: Local House Price Dynamics: New Indices and Stylized Facts

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Geography

Geography concordance

• geography-concordance.csv. This file shows the relationship between municipalities, regional districts (including their varied names), the aggregation of regional districts using in the Property Transfer Tax aggregations, and development regions.

ParcelMap BC

• ParcelMap BC Parcel Fabric at DataBC Catalogue

  • ParcelMap BC at BC Land Titles & Survey Authority

  • parcelMap BC at International Cadastral Information Society (ICIS)