Proximity to Water Bodies (Statistics Canada...
URL: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm
Hydrology files from DMTI Spatial Inc. CanMap Content Suite for 2018 (water bodies, water lines) were downloaded via the University of Victoria library, and loaded into a PostGRES database. Specifically for distance to oceans, we used the 2011 Hydrographic Layers - coast GIS file from Statistics Canada. Distances in metres to the nearest water feature within 5 kilometres by class (defined below) was calculated using PostGRES, for all DMTI Spatial Inc. single-link postal code for all years. This assumes that water features have remained constant over time. Note: many waterbodies in Alberta were coded as unknown in the water_defn column. Any features that were otherwise coded as permanent and had a river name or lake name were re-coded as watercourse and lake respectively and added to the appropriate class prior to calculation. NOTE: Features from the DMTI waterbody file are large enough to be representing as polygons or rivers/channels with right and left banks delineated. Features from the DMTI waterline file are narrow enough that they are only represented as a single line feature, rather than having a right and left bank.
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Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | September 18, 2023 |
| Metadata last updated | October 9, 2023 |
| Created | September 18, 2023 |
| Format | HTML |
| License | License not specified |
| Has views | False |
| Id | 06630861-fe5c-4cbc-a0c5-9b42c1953583 |
| Package id | 056d66cc-4bc6-45a7-ad38-e037ec57575b |
| Position | 0 |
| State | active |