AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Quality of Life - Economic Environment Index

The economic environment represents the external conditions under which people are engaged in, and benefit from, economic activity. It includes aspects of paid employment, economic status and finances. Seven indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of household finances and paid work. Only communities (census subdivisions) with data for all indicators have been mapped. This map shows the quality of the economic environment: the environment in which people engage in, and benefit from, economic activity that includes aspects of paid employment and household finances.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Physical Environment Indicator - Percentage of Household Incomes with Owner's Major Payments (or gross rent) for Shelter being greater than or equal to 30 per cent of Household Income

The physical environment represents the external conditions under which we live. This map shows the quality of the physical environment: the environment in which people live. It includes aspects of access to services, security and safety, and environmental conditions pertaining to air quality and housing. Eight indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of the physical environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Physical Environment Indicator - Distance from Centre of Census Subdivision to Nearest Hospital

The physical environment represents the external conditions under which we live. This map shows the quality of the physical environment: the environment in which people live. It includes aspects of access to services, security and safety, and environmental conditions pertaining to air quality and housing. Eight indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of the physical environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Physical Environment Indicator - Density of Dwellings Requiring Major Repairs

The physical environment represents the external conditions under which we live. This map shows the quality of the physical environment: the environment in which people live. It includes aspects of access to services, security and safety, and environmental conditions pertaining to air quality and housing. Eight indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of the physical environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Physical Environment Indicator - Air Quality: Measured as Total Particulate Matter Emissions

The physical environment represents the external conditions under which we live. This map shows the quality of the physical environment: the environment in which people live. It includes aspects of access to services, security and safety, and environmental conditions pertaining to air quality and housing. Eight indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of the physical environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Physical Environment Indicator - Percentage of Population Living in Housing Requiring Major Repairs

The physical environment represents the external conditions under which we live. This map shows the quality of the physical environment: the environment in which people live. It includes aspects of access to services, security and safety, and environmental conditions pertaining to air quality and housing. Eight indicators have been used to assess aspects of the quality of the physical environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life - Social Environment Index with Health Status

The social environment represents the external conditions under which people engage in social activity within their community. It includes aspects of social opportunity, leisure and recreation, education, access to health services, health status and participation in democratic processes. This map shows the quality of the social environment: the environment in which people engage in social activities, within their community, that contribute to quality of life, including the health status data for a reduced number of communities in the index.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Social Environment Indicator - Ratio of Percentage of Population with Trade/College or University Education to Percentage of Population Less than Grade 9 Education

The social environment represents the external conditions under which people engage in social activity within their community. It includes aspects of social opportunity, leisure and recreation, education, access to health services, health status and participation in democratic processes. Fourteen indicators have been used to assess aspects of quality of the social environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Quality of Life Social Environment Indicator - Ratio of Percentage of Population Living in Owned Housing to Percentage of Population Living in Rental Housing

The social environment represents the external conditions under which people engage in social activity within their community. It includes aspects of social opportunity, leisure and recreation, education, access to health services, health status and participation in democratic processes. Fourteen indicators have been used to assess aspects of quality of the social environment.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Religious Affiliation, 2001: Roman Catholic by Census Subdivision

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East.

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Religious Affiliation, 2001: Roman Catholic by Census Division

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Religious Affiliation, 2001: Other Religions by Census Subdivision

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East. (Other religions: Moslem, Christian Orthodox, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist.)

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Religious Affiliation, 2001: Other Religions by Census Division

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East. (Other religions: Moslem, Christian Orthodox, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist.)

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Religious Affiliation, 2001: No Religion by Census Subdivision

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Religious Affiliation, 2001: No Religion by Census Division

Between 1991 and 2001, the number of Roman Catholics in Canada increased slightly, while the number adhering to Protestant denominations continued a long-term decline. The census enumerated just under 12.8 million Roman Catholics, up 4.8%, while the number of Protestants fell 8.2% to about 8.7 million. The largest gains in religious affiliations occurred among faiths consistent with changing immigration patterns toward more immigrants from regions outside of Europe, in particular Asia and the Middle East.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Relief

Canada's relief is shown by a colour ramp to show elevation ranges. The highest values appear in Western Canada where the Rocky Mountains are located and also in Canada's North (on parts of Ellesmere and Baffin Islands). The lowest elevation values exist along all the coastlines and the areas of least topography exists in the prairies of Central Canada. The map also depicts four photographic images of Canadian terrain as well as tabular data on the highest elevations in Canada by Province and Territory.

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Aboriginal Population, 2001

In 2001, 976305 people in Canada identified themselves as Aboriginal (North American Indian, Métis, Inuit or people who otherwise indicated they are Registered or Treaty Indians and/or are members of a Band or First Nation). They accounted for 3.3% of the nation’s total population, compared with 2.8% in 1996. Nearly half of the Aboriginal population (49%) lived in urban areas in 2001, while 31% lived on Indian Reserves or in Indian Settlements, and 20% lived in rural, non-reserve areas. Most of the Indian Reserves are located in the areas of Canada covered by the numbered and other treaties from pre-Confederation to 1923. A separate inset map shows the areas covered by Historical Indian Treaties.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Drainage Areas

This map shows the five major ocean drainage areas in Canada: Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. An inset map shows the major dams with reservoir capacity larger than 1 billion cubic metres. Six of the 10 largest hydro-electric generating stations by capacity are located in the province of Quebec; whereas, the largest, Churchill Falls is in Newfoundland and Labrador. The other 3 are located in British Columbia.

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Snow Depth

Over southern Canada maximum snow depth usually occurs in January or February, while the time of maximum accumulation occurs much later in mountain areas and in the Arctic. The main features of the map are the pronounced maximum in snow accumulation over the western Cordillera (British Columbia and Yukon), where snow depths can exceed several metres, with a secondary maximum over Quebec and Labrador. These maxima are related to their proximity to oceans, which acts as sources of moisture and winter storms, and to the orographic effect of the mountains in the case of western Canada. The two maxima are linked by a band of higher snow accumulation that follows the boreal forest zone; this is a preferred track for winter storms. To the north of this zone is the relatively shallow snow cover of the Arctic (low snowfall with extensive wind packing). To the south, the depth of snow is limited by the shorter accumulation season and the substantial sublimation of snow over the Canadian Prairies. An inset map shows the average maximum snow depth where it is deepest in Canada: central Vancouver Island (British Columbia). A second inset shows the distribution of Canada's daily snow depth station network, 1997.

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Time Zones

There are six time zones in Canada. From west to east the main time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern and Atlantic. The island of Newfoundland observes a sixth time: it decided to set its clock at the halfway point of its time zone or 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich time instead of four hours (which would be Atlantic time). Finally, many parts of the country do not observe the official hour, choosing instead to adopt the time in a neighbouring zone in order to facilitate trade between adjacent regions. This is particularly common in eastern British Columbia which often uses Mountain time rather than the Pacific time of the rest of the province.

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Land Cover

The map is based on satellite data obtained from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometre (AVHRR) on board the NOAA-14 satellite. Each land cover type can be identified by its unique spectral signature. Each signature is identified by a particular colour on the map. The land cover classes shown on the map are: coniferous forest, broadleaf forest, mixed forest, transition treed shrubland, wetland-shrubland, grassland, tundra, cropland and snow-ice. In addition, four examples of these types of land cover are shown in photographic images: snow-ice, coniferous forest, broadleaf forest and cropland. Included on the map are photographs of four of the major classes: a glacier (snow-ice), a coniferous forest, a broadleaf forest and cropland.

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Median Total Income, 2000

The map shows the median total income for the census divisions where the population density is greater or equal to 0.4 persons per square kilometre. The median total income of persons 15 years of age and over with income was $22 120 in 2000. The median income is the amount which divides income size distribution into two halves, where the incomes of the first half are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Total income is income accrued from earnings, government transfer payments and other income. An inset map shows an enlargement of the Windsor-Québec.

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Population Density, 2001

Canada, with 3.33 people per square kilometre, has one of the lowest population densities in the world. In 2001, most of Canada's population of 30,007,094 lived within 200 kilometres of the United States (along Canada's south). In fact, the inhabitants of our three biggest cities -- Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver -- can drive to the border in less than two hours. Thousands of kilometres to the north, our polar region -- the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut -- is relatively empty, embracing 41% of our land mass but only 0.3% of our population. An inset map shows in greater detail the Windsor-Québec Corridor where a high concentration of Canadians live.

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Satellite Image

The satellite image of Canada is a composite of several individual satellite images form the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometre (AVHRR) sensor on board various NOAA Satellites. The colours reflect differences in the density of vegetation cover: bright green for dense vegetation in humid southern regions; yellow for semi-arid and for mountainous regions; brown for the north where vegetation cover is very sparse; and white for snow and ice. An inset map shows a satellite image mosaic of North America with 35 land cover classes, based on data from the SPOT satellite VGT (vegetation) sensor.

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Physiographic Regions

This map depicts Canada's 2 great parts: the Shield and the Borderlands. The Shield consists of a core of old, massive, Precambrian crystalline rocks and covers half the country including most of Quebec and Ontario, the majority of Nunavut and Manitoba and all of northern Saskatchewan and eastern Northwest Territories. The Borderlands regions are formed by younger rocks and surround the Shield. The Borderlands' 7 physiographic regions include: the Appalachians in Atlantic Canada, the St. Lawrence Lowlands in southern Quebec and Ontario, the Interior Plains in central and northern Canada, The Cordillera in Western Canada and 3 arctic regions: Arctic Coastal Plain, Arctic Lowlands and Innuitian.

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Drainage Basins

This map shows the five ocean drainage areas in Canada, the major river basins, the internal drainage areas and the diverted drainage areas. A drainage basin, sometimes called a watershed, is an area where all surface water shares the same drainage outlet. Surface water consists of the tiny trickles of water flowing on the surface of the earth that develop into larger streams and eventually combine to form a river. The boundary of a watershed is called a drainage divide.

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Permafrost

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the area covered by permafrost across Canada. Permafrost is a term used to describe the thermal condition of earth materials, such as soil and rock, when their temperature remains below 0 degrees Celsius continuously for more than one year. The map also shows localities where pingos occur. Pingos are material uplifted by an ice core, creating symmetrical hills that may be up to 0.4 kilometers in diameter.

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Glacier Retreat

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the successive stages in the retreat of the last ice sheet in North America in respect to coverage of the Canadian landmass. Included with the map are the speculative ice-marginal positions with approximate time in years before present and present day ice cover which is denoted as well as areas which were unglaciated during the last glaciation period.

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Post-Glacial Rebound

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps. One shows the maximum post-glacial marine limit in feet above present sea level and the second shows the maximum height of post-glacial rebound in feet above present sea level. Both maps show existing glaciers and are accompanied by a detailed text providing background information on the post-glacial marine limit, post-glacial rebound and the production of these two maps.

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Surface Materials

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the general make up of surface materials. Along with the map is a list of terrain classifications denoted as bedrock, unconsolidated material (glacial deposits, boulders, alluvium, gravels, sands, silts, clays, weathered residual deposits, soils, organic terrain), bedrock outcrops, unconsolidated material and glacier ice.

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Wetlands

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the area of wetlands as a percentage of grid-units, 10 000 square kilometres in area. The term, wetlands, as used on this map, refers to areas represented on the 1:250 000 scale maps of the National Topographical System. These areas include inundated lands (seasonal), marsh or swamp, alkali flats, string bog and foreshore flats.

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Weather Stations

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps. The first map shows the location of weather stations. Stations are denoted as having 25 to 30 year records within the period 1931 to 1960. As well, whether the station collected temperature data, precipitation data or both temperature and precipitation data is indicated. Stations with records of less than 25 years are also denoted but there is no differentiation shown for the type of data collected at these stations. The second map shows the average annual precipitation for the entire area of Canada.

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Potential Evapotranspiration

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of three maps relating the effects and dependency of vegetation on environmental variables. One map shows the average annual potential evapotranspiration in inches from ground and plant surfaces for areas where there is a continuous vegetation cover and sufficient soil moisture for plant use. The second map shows the average annual water deficit in inches where, during parts of the growing season, soil moisture is insufficient to supply enough moisture for theoretically full plant growth. The last map shows the accumulated number of degree-days. For the purpose of this map degree-days are calculated from the base temperature of 42 degrees F/5.6 degrees C. The growing season is defined on this map as the number of days with an average temperature over 42 degrees F/5.6 degrees C.

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Frost

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a collection of five maps. Two maps show, for fertile regions, the average date of the last frost in spring and the average date of the first frost in autumn. The three remaining maps show the median depth of snow cover at a scale of 1:35 000 000 for all of Canada in inches for the dates September 30th, October 31st and November 30th.

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Exploration of Eastern and Central North America, 1524 to 1912

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps. The first map shows exploration routes of British, French and Spanish explorers of eastern and central North America between 1524 and 1912. The second map shows exploration routes of British, Danish and French explorers of Hudson Bay and the western interior between 1610 and 1904.

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Exploration of the Pacific Coast, 1741 to 1794

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of three maps. The first map shows sea routes traveled by British, French, Russian and Spanish explorers between 1741 and 1794. The second map shows routes taken by explorers in search of the Northwest Passage during the 16th, 17th, 19th and 20th centuries (1576 to 1944). The third map shows routes taken between 1847 and 1879 by expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, an explorer who perished in 1847 while in search of the Northwest Passage.

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