[Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries

[Gordon Dewis]

Disclaimer: I am speaking for myself and not for my employer. Especially
not for my employer.


I just had a look at the 2011 Census boundary file reference guide (
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92-160-g/92-160-g2011001-eng.pdf) and it
appears that there's a new license. IANAL, but it looks like a source
statement would have to be displayed whenever a census boundary or
derivative is used.

But going back to the original question of using Statistics Canada data for
city boundaries, I'm not sure this is the best idea. Census boundary files
are based on Census geographies. Depending on the geography, you could have
boundaries that coincide with municipal boundaries in some cases, but not
in others. For example, census metropolitan areas (CMAs) do not necessarily
respect municipal boundaries. The CMA Toronto, for example, do not really
resemble the City of Toronto's boundaries. But if you use something like a
CSD (census subdivision) then you have boundaries that more closely match
municipal boundaries, at least for larger cities.

I haven't had a chance to talk to the licensing people, yet.

  --G


On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Bégin, Daniel <
Daniel.Begin at rncan-nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>
> About city boundaries, Canadian Geopolitical Boundaries are available
> under geobase web site...
> http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/admin/index.html
>
> Furthermore, we are working on integrating Geopolitical Boundaries
> information in Canvec.osm for the next release.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Dewis [mailto:gordon at pinetree.org]
> Sent: January 17, 2012 08:59
> To: Olivier Hill; talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries
>
> Disclaimer: Speaking strictly for myself and not the government
> statistical agency I work for.
>
> Hi...
>
> I believe this came up a year or two ago and that the answer at the time
> was no. But, I will ask the licensing people at work and see what they say.
>
> Cheers!
>
>  --G
> ------Original Message------
> From: Olivier Hill
> To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-ca] StatCan Boundaries
> Sent: Jan 17, 2012 08:53
>
> Hello all,
>
> Nice meeting some of you in the Toronto Meetup yesterday.
>
> For those that remember, I asked a question about city boundaries and
> sources of data.
>
> Can the data from StatCan be used in OSM? I'm referring to this product
> for example:
>
>
> http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/2006/040120011618150421032019/02152114040118250609120519_05-eng.jsp
>
> Best,
> Olivier
> --
> http://www.olivierhill.ca/
>
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