get_census_geometry: Deprecated, use 'get_census' instead

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

Deprecated, use 'get_census' instead

Description

This function will be removed in future versions.

Usage

get_census_geometry(dataset, regions, level = NA, geo_format = "sf", ...)

Arguments

dataset	A CensusMapper dataset identifier.
regions	A named list of census regions to retrieve. Names must be valid census aggregation levels.
level	The census aggregation level to retrieve, defaults to "Regions". One of "Regions", "PR", "CMA", "CD", "CSD", "CT" or "DA".
geo_format	By default is set to NA and appends no geographic information. To include geographic information with census data, specify one of either "sf" to return an sf object (requires the sf package) or "sp" to return a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame-class object (requires the rgdal package).
...	Further arguments passed to get_census.

Source

Census data and boundary geographies are reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada 2006; 2011; 2016).

Examples

# Query the API for data geographies in Vancouver, at the census subdivision
# level:
## Not run: 
# Query the API for geographies in Vancouver, at the census subdivision
# level, and return the associated geography files in \code{sf} format:
census_data <- get_census(dataset='CA16', regions=list(CMA="59933"),
                          level='CSD', geo_format = "sf")

## End(Not run)

cancensus documentation built on Oct. 5, 2023, 5:08 p.m.