Mapping the Census Using Open Source GIS
Instruction Room (Ground Floor, Map and Data Centre)
The Canadian Census is among one of the most important datasets used in geospatial applications, especially when considering demographic characteristics. Learning how to transform the static data of the census tables into maps using census geographies helps us gain a better understanding of the datasets. In this tutorial we will join a non-map census table with census geography layers. We will use this data to calculate new values and symbolize our geography.
Leave knowing:
- How to analyze census data using QGIS (Open-source GIS software)
- How to create an output map to communicate spatial data in a meaningful way to others