Title: Geosuite 2006

Series title: Census of Canada, 2006: geographic reference files

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. Geography Divison.

Producer: Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Geography Divison. (92-150-GIE)

Date of creation: 2007-03-14

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Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2007-03-15

Access conditions/restrictions: IP address restricted to University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University IP addresses. Walk-in users of the Library are welcome to use these files under the Depository Services Program (DSP) licence. See Statistics Canada's End-use licence agreement.

Summary: GeoSuite is a tool for data retrieval, query, and tabular output, with software and data on a CD-ROM. GeoSuite allows users to explore the links between all standard levels of geography and to determine geographic codes, names, and population and dwelling counts. GeoSuite includes a dissemination area (DA) reference map listing that facilitates the identification of appropriate DA reference maps.

Contains population and dwelling counts at geographic levels other than postal code. Also contains information that was previously (e.g. in the 1991 and earlier censuses) available as separate products, namely, the DA reference lists, and Geography attribute file.

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Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions, census consolidated subdivisions, census tracts, dissemination areas, dissmemination blocks

Time period: 2006

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Data type: geographic reference metadata

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Citation: Statistics Canada. Geosuite 2006 [computer file]. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada [producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], 2007

Extent of file: 28 files (WinZip bundled and compressed format) including accompanying documentation

Notes:

• Also available on a workstation in the Map and Data Library.
• System requirements: IBM-compatible microcomputer with a Pentium-class processor, SVGA monitor and graphics card (800 x 600, 256 colours or better), 32 Mb of RAM required, 64 recommended, Hard disk with 20 Mb for the application only; 150 Mb for full installation, including data, CD-ROM drive, Mouse or compatible pointing device.
• The GeoSuite CD-ROM includes the "2001 Dissemination Area (DA) to 2006 Dissemination Area (DA) Correspondence List" as a separate flat ASCII file. It also includes the Reference Guide as a PDF file. The Reference Guide describes the content and provides explanations of the various functions of the product, as well as installation instructions and other information.