Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.
list_census_datasets(use_cache = TRUE, quiet = FALSE)
If set to TRUE (the default), data will be read from a temporary local cache for the duration of the R session, if available. If set to FALSE, query the API for the data, and refresh the temporary cache with the result.
When TRUE, suppress messages and warnings.
Returns a data frame with a column dataset
containing the code for the
dataset, a column description
describing it, a geo_dataset
column
identifying the geography dataset the data is based on, a attribution
column
with an attribution string, a reference
column with a reference identifier, and
a reference_url
column with a link to reference materials.
# List available datasets in CensusMapper
list_census_datasets()
#> Reading dataset list from temporary cache.
#> # A tibble: 29 × 6
#> dataset description geo_d…¹ attri…² refer…³ refer…⁴
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CA1996 1996 Canada Census CA1996 StatCa… 92-351… https:…
#> 2 CA01 2001 Canada Census CA01 StatCa… 92-378… https:…
#> 3 CA06 2006 Canada Census CA06 StatCa… 92-566… https:…
#> 4 CA11 2011 Canada Census and NHS CA11 StatCa… 98-301… https:…
#> 5 CA16 2016 Canada Census CA16 StatCa… 98-301… https:…
#> 6 CA21 2021 Canada Census CA21 StatCa… 98-301… https:…
#> 7 CA01xSD 2001 Canada Census xtab - Structural… CA01 StatCa… 92-378… https:…
#> 8 CA06xSD 2006 Canada Census xtab - Structural… CA06 StatCa… 92-566… https:…
#> 9 CA11xSD 2011 Canada Census xtab - Structural… CA11 StatCa… 98-301… https:…
#> 10 CA16xSD 2016 Canada Census xtab - Structural… CA16 StatCa… 98-301… https:…
#> # … with 19 more rows, and abbreviated variable names ¹geo_dataset,
#> # ²attribution, ³reference, ⁴reference_url