PCensus for MapPoint
PCensus provides detailed Canadian and United States Census data to a very detailed level of geography.
Available data:
- 1981 - 2006 Censuses of Canada at standard levels of census and postal geography
(Province, CMA/CA, Census Tracts, FSA's, etc.) - 1990 and 2000 United States Censuses to the 'block' level.
- Consumer Spending Potential Database (2004 and 2007)
- Canada Business Summary Database (2004 and 2007)
- PCensus for MapPoint can also be used to extract data by user defined areas (circles, polygons, drive-time areas).
Access
PCensus for MapPoint is installed on all computers in the Library:
- Login to the Library Computer you are working at using your NetId.
- Open the 'Humanities & Social Sciences Research Databases' folder on the desktop.
- Open 'PCensus Mappoint'
Alternative Sources
- CANSIM
- Tables from Statistics Canada
- Statistics Canada Publications [CA1 BS..., Documents (Reference)]
- Historical Statistics of Canada [Print: CA1 BS11 C516 Documents (Reference); Online]
- Statistics Canada Census
- Market Research Handbook [Print: CA1 BS63 C224 Documents (Reference); Online]
Guides
- PCensus for MapPoint - Overview (Slide Show - PowerPoint)
- PCensus for MapPoint - Basic Guide
- PCensus for MapPoint - Extracting Data Using Circles & Polygons
- PCensus for MapPoint - Pointfile Option (export data for 'points' within a 'larger' area)
- PCensus for MapPoint - User Guide: Software Manual (version 8.7)
- PCensus for MapPoint - Batch Address Processing
- PCensus for MapPoint - CD-level Data Retrieval
- PCensus for MapPoint - CD-level Mapping
How to Cite PCensus
Suggested Citation (in this case for data from the 2001 Census):
Statistics Canada. 2001 Census of Canada: Profile Data. Ottawa, Canada. Statistics Canada [producer]; Tetrad Computer Applications, Vancouver, BC [distributor]. Available: Queen's University Social Science Data Centre.
Depending on your needs, you could include more detail in the citation (e.g. level of geography).
In this case you would use the same basic citation, but include:
... 2001 Census of Canada: Profile Data for Kingston at the Census Tract level. Ottawa...
Licensing
Queen's University Libraries has paid for a campus-wide license for PCensus.
Contact MADGIC to obtain the software/data for Queen's, academic, non-profit purposes.
Microsoft MapPoint, which adds convenient and powerful mapping features to PCensus, is available at a reduced rate under a separate license agreement.
Last Updated: 22 May 2012
