Retrieve data for a Statistics Canada data vector released within a given time frame

get_cansim_vector(
  vectors,
  start_time = as.Date("1800-01-01"),
  end_time = Sys.time(),
  use_ref_date = TRUE,
  language = "english",
  refresh = FALSE,
  timeout = 200,
  factors = TRUE,
  default_month = "07",
  default_day = "01"
)

Arguments

vectors: The list of vectors to retrieve
start_time: Starting date in YYYY-MM-DD format, applies to REF_DATE or releaseTime, depending on use_ref_date parameter
end_time: Set an optional end time filter in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to current system time)
use_ref_date: Optional, TRUE by default. When set to TRUE, uses REF_DATE of vector data to filter, otherwise it uses StatisticsCanada's releaseDate value for filtering the specified vectors.
language: "en" or "english" for English and "fr" or "french" for French language versions (defaults 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.
factors: (Optional) Logical value indicating if dimensions should be converted to factors. (Default set to TRUE).
default_month: The default month that should be used when creating Date objects for annual data (default set to "07")
default_day: The default day of the month that should be used when creating Date objects for monthly data (default set to "01")

Value

A tibble with data for vectors released between start and end time

Examples

if (FALSE) {
get_cansim_vector("v41690973","2015-01-01")
}