apt_buildings: Toronto Apartment Building Registration

In UBC-MDS/datateachr: Data collected to use for teaching at the University of British Columbia

Description

This dataset contains Toronto apartment building information for buildings that are registered in the Apartment Building Standard (ABS) program. The information was collected from building owners/managers during the initial registration process. The data is refreshed monthly. Columns with ALL NA values have been excluded.

Usage

apt_buildings

Format

A data frame with columns:

id

Unique row identifier for Open Data database.

air_conditioning

Does the building have an air conditioner? If so, is it central or in individual units?

amenities

Are there amenities available in the building? If so, what is available? Note: Amenities include outdoor or indoor pool(s), indoor rec. room, child play area, etc.

balconies

Does the building have balconies?

barrier_free_accessibilty_entr

Does the building have a barrier free accessibility entrance?

bike_parking

Is there a dedicated bike parking area? If so, how many indoor parking spots are available and how many outdoor parking spots are available?

exterior_fire_escape

Is there an exterior fire escape in the building?

fire_alarm

Are there fire alarms in the building?

garbage_chutes

Are there garbage chutes in the building?

heating_type

How is the building heated?

intercom

Does the building have an intercom system?

laundry_room

Is there a laundry room in the building?

locker_or_storage_room

Is there a locker and/or storage room in the building?

no_of_elevators

How many elevators are there in the building?

parking_type

Does the building have tenant parking? If so, what type of parking is available?

pets_allowed

Are pets allowed in the building?

prop_management_company_name

What is the name of the company who manages this property?

property_type

This field informs users of whether a building is owned privately, through TCHC or social housing.

rsn

ID number for the building. It can be used to identify unique buildings and to match with future apartment building datasets.

separate_gas_meters

Are the units separately metered for gas?

separate_hydro_meters

Are the units separately metered for hydro?

separate_water_meters

Are the units separately metered for water?

site_address

Location of the building.

sprinkler_system

Is there a sprinkler system in the building?

visitor_parking

Is there visitor parking available? If so, is the paid or unpaid parking? Note: both refers to both paid and unpaid parking.

ward

Ward that the building is located in.

window_type

What type of windows are there in the building (i.e. single or double paned glass or thermal windows)?

year_built

Year the building was built.

year_registered

Year that the building was registered in the ABS program.

no_of_storeys

Number of storeys in the building.

emergency_power

Does the building have emergency power?

non-smoking_building

Is the building a non-smoking building?

no_of_units

Number of units present in the building.

no_of_accessible_parking_spaces

How many accessible parking spaces are available?

facilities_available

Whether there is recycling and/or organic collection in the building.

cooling_room

Does the building have a cooling room?

no_barrier_free_accessible_units

Number of barrier free accessible units.

Source

https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/apartment-building-registration/, downloaded 2020-05-05

Examples

apt_buildings

head(apt_buildings)
summary(apt_buildings)

UBC-MDS/datateachr documentation built on Aug. 24, 2020, 3:21 a.m.