Retrieve Statistics Canada data table categories for a specific column

Returns table column details given an NDM table number in English or French. Retrieved table information data is cached for the duration of the R session only.

Usage

get_cansim_column_categories(
  cansimTableNumber,
  column,
  language = "english",
  refresh = FALSE,
  timeout = 200
)

Arguments

cansimTableNumber: the NDM table number to load
column: the specified column for which to retrieve category information for
language: "en" or "english" for English and "fr" or "french" for French language versions (default set to English)
refresh: (Optional) When set to TRUE, forces a reload of data table (default is FALSE)
timeout: (Optional) Timeout in seconds for downloading cansim table to work around scenarios where StatCan servers drop the network connection.

Value

A tibble with detailed information on StatCan table categories for the specified field

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_cansim_column_categories("34-10-0013", "Geography")
} # }