Census of Agriculture: Community Profiles

How to use this interactive visual

Geographic levels covered by the tool

The Community Profile tool presents detailed information from the 2021 Census of Agriculture for the following levels of geography:

• Canada
• Province or territory
• Census Agricultural Region (CAR)
• Census Division (CD)
• Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS)

How to use the search box: typing in a place name

For this tutorial, we will be searching for Pakenham, Ontario.

1. Place the cursor in the "Enter the name of a place" search box.
2. Clear the search box contents by using the keyboard backspace key, if needed.
3. The tool allows for partial text searches. Begin to type "Pakenham" in the search box, until the search engine displays the place you are looking for.
4. Click on the desired search result to select it.
5. To compare two places side-by-side, place the cursor in the "Enter the name of a second place" search box and repeat steps 2 to 4 for selecting a new place.
6. Click on the "Submit" button.
7. Census of Agriculture data corresponding to the selected places will be displayed by subject (40 tables in total) below the search boxes. Note that the tool will load data for the lowest sub-provincial level of geography for which the Census of Agriculture data are available, namely, the CCS level. For the current example, the CCS corresponding to Pakenham, ON will be Mississippi Mills.
8. Once the data are loaded, scroll down to access a table of interest.
9. To look at data available at other higher levels of geography associated with the selected place, select the CD or CAR radio buttons below the search boxes and click on the "Submit" button.

Other features

• Map. Click the "map" hyperlink provided in the column headers in each table, to view a map the area represented by the selected geographic level (i.e., Canada, Province or territory, CAR, CD or CSS).
• Print. Data can be printed individually using the "Print" button provided at the bottom of each table.
• Export. Data can be exported as a comma-separated values (CSV) file using the "Export" button provided at the bottom of each table.

Quality indicators for published estimates

The farm and farm operator data from the 2021 Census of Agriculture presented by this tool is accompanied by quality indicators. These quality indicators consider the variance attributable to imputation (coming from census data processing) and any extra variance required by the disclosure avoidance method to protect the confidentiality of census respondents. Quality indicators are identified by letters-ranging from A through F, with each letter representing a specific coefficient of variation (CV) range, as seen in the table below.

 

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