Monday, April 30, 2007

CANSIM by Geographical Area

Question

Is it possible to get a list of CANSIM series by geographical area? I am most interested in identifying those that are at the CMA/CA level. It was suggested that I search by keyword for the area e.g. Toronto but I was hoping for something a little easier than this.

Answer

If there is a metadata field for geography in the CANSIM record, it doesn't appear to be indexed for searching purposes, although this is a reasonable search field to expect to find in CANSIM. After all, there are 2667 tables with Geography included in the "Dimension descriptions".

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