add_unique_names_to_region_list: Convenience function for creating unique names from region...

In cancensus: Access, Retrieve, and Work with Canadian Census Data and Geography

Convenience function for creating unique names from region list

Description

Names of municipalities are not always unique, especially at the CSD level. This function takes as input a subset of a regions list as generated from 'list_census_regions()' and de-duplicates names as needed by adding the municipal status in parenthesis. If this does not de-duplicate the name then the geographic identifier will be further added in parenthesis behind that.

Usage

add_unique_names_to_region_list(region_list)

Arguments

region_list

a subset of a regions list as gotten from 'list_census_regions()'

Value

The same list of regions with an extra column 'Name' with de-duplicated names.

Examples

## Not run: 
# This will return a warning that no match was found, but will suggest similar named regions.
library(dplyr)
list_census_regions("CA21") %>%
  filter(level=="CSD", CMA_UID=="59933") %>%
  add_unique_names_to_region_list()

## End(Not run)

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