Mapping census variables in ArcMap

Janina Mueller, University of TorontoRosa Orlandini, York University

DLI Ontario Spring Training 2013

Outline

Thematic mapping of census data

Activity 1: Population Density Mapping

Activity 2: Basics of Mapping Quantitative Variables (Thematic Mapping)

What you need to map census data

1) Aggregated census data (Census Analyser)

2) Geography boundary files for census geographies (Statistica Canada)

3) GIS Software (e.g. ArcMap or QGIS)

Census Boundary Files

Yellow Cartographic boundary fileGreen Digital boundary fileBlue Coastal Water file

Census tracts Toronto

Handout for Exercise 1:

http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/workshops/Exercise1.pdf

http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/workshops/exercise1data.zip

Hands-on activity 1

Create a printable map with a legend showing population density per census tract for the CMA of Toronto, for both the 2006 and 2011 census.

Hands-on activity 2 Learn different methods of data visualization using

census data from the 2011 census.

Access the data at:maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/workshops/

exercise2data.zip

Access the handout at:

maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/worshops/

Exercise2.pdf

Handouts

http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/worshops/

Exercise1.pdf

http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/worshops/

Exercise2.pdf

http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/workshops/

exercise2data.zip