# Access, Retrieve, and Work with Canadian Census Data and Geography

## Documentation for package ‘cancensus’ version 0.5.5

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

## Help Pages

add_unique_names_to_region_list | Convenience function for creating unique names from region list
as_census_region_list | Convert a (suitably filtered) data frame from 'list_census_regions' to a list suitable for passing to 'get_census'.
child_census_vectors | List all child variables from vector hierarchies given either a list of Census variables returned by 'list_census_vectors', 'search_census_vectors', 'find_census_vectors', or a direct string reference to the vector code.
CODES_TABLE | A dataset with code table summaries for census data
COV_SKYTRAIN_STATIONS | A dataset City of Vancouver skytrain station locations
dataset_attribution | Get attribution for datasets
explore_census_regions | Interactively browse Census variables and regions on Censusmapper.ca in a new browser window
explore_census_vectors | Interactively browse Census variables and regions on Censusmapper.ca in a new browser window
find_census_vectors | Query the CensusMapper API for vectors using exact, semantic, or keyword search
get_census | Access to Canadian census data through the CensusMapper API
get_intersecting_geometries | Get identifiers for census regions intersecting a geometry
get_statcan_geographic_attributes | Read the Geographic Attributes File
get_statcan_geographies | Read the geosuite data
get_statcan_geo_suite | Read the geosuite data
get_statcan_wds_data | Query the StatCan WDS for data
get_statcan_wds_metadata | Query the StatCan WDS for metadata
label_vectors | Return Census variable names and labels as a tidy data frame
list_cancensus_cache | List cached files
list_census_datasets | Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.
list_census_regions | Query the CensusMapper API for available regions in a given dataset.
list_census_vectors | Query the CensusMapper API for available vectors for a given dataset.
list_recalled_cached_data | List recalled data stored in local cache
parent_census_vectors | List all parent variables from vector hierarchies given either a list of Census variables returned by 'list_census_vectors', 'search_census_vectors', 'find_census_vectors', or a direct string reference to the vector code.
remove_from_cancensus_cache | Remove cached files
remove_recalled_cached_data | Remove recalled data from local cache
search_census_regions | Query the CensusMapper API for regions with names matching a searchterm.
search_census_vectors | Query the CensusMapper API for vectors with descriptions matching a search term or phrase (deprecated)
set_cancensus_api_key | Set Censusmapper API key
set_cancensus_cache_path | Set persistent cancensus cache location
show_cancensus_api_key | View saved Censusmapper API key
show_cancensus_cache_path | View saved cache directory path