Details of the Event

2001 Census Program Details

The Queen GIS Lab held a one-day course on the 2001 Census. The course had three objectives:
(a) acquaint participants with the content, structure and availability of the 2001 census;
(b) to illustrate some of the practical difficulties and possible solutions in dealing with census data in a planning environment; and
(c) to discuss how other sources of municipal data can be integrated with census data (or vice versa).

The morning session dealt with the content and structure of the 2001 census and included a discussion of changes between the 1996 and 2001 census particularly in terms of replacing enumeration areas (EAs) with dissemination areas (DAs).

The afternoon session dealt with the practical issues of using census data and integrating it with other data sets. This work included a brief session on using the postal code conversion file. The demos used both AutoCAD and ESRI GIS products but prior knowledge of those products was not required.

- Discussion of changes between the 1996 and 2001 Census
- Issues of using census data and integrating it with other data sets.
- GIS Applications using Census Data

Course fees are $95 for URISA members and
$115 for non URISA members and included lunch.

The contact for the event was Phil Healey at (613) 384-1770 ext.3255 or email at PHealey@city.kingston.on.ca
Speaker bios

Jeff Moon has been a Data Librarian for over 15 years at Queen's University. He is currently the Head of the Government Documents Unit, which includes responsibility for government documents, maps, and data resources. Jeff has expertise in government documents and statistical sources in all formats. He is actively involved in helping researchers make the connection between data and digital mapping/GIS resources. He developed and implemented the Queen's "Digital Map Library", is a consultant in database content and design, and currently manages the web presence for the Documents Unit. Jeff has served on the Executive of the Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU), and is currently Past-President of the Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA).

Rowland Tinline has been the Director of the Queen's Geographic Information Systems Laboratory since its inception in 1990. He is also the Faculty Coordinator for the interdisciplinary Geographic Information Management Studies (GIMS) programme at Queen's. This programme offers medial and general degrees in both arts and science. The GIS Lab has a mandate to promote the application of GIS in community and, in doing so, the lab has had many projects dealing with the design and implementation of community information systems for health, social service delivery, emergency services and resources planning that integrate Stats Canada data with community data. A major component of the lab's current research deals with developing tools for exploring and collecting web-based information.