Table 2
Summary statistics and correlations between active living environment measures and walking-to-work and active-transportation-to-work rates for dissemination area buffers in Canada (n = 54,678)


Table 2
Summary statistics and correlations between active living environment measures and walking-to-work and active-transportation-to-work rates for dissemination area buffers in Canada (n = 54,678)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Summary statistics and correlations between active living environment measures and walking-to-work and active-transportation-to-work rates for dissemination area buffers in Canada (n = 54. The information is grouped by Measure (appearing as row headers), Correlation with walking-to-work rates, Correlation with active-transportation-to-work rates and Summary statistics (appearing as column headers).
Measure Correlation with walking-to-work rates Correlation with active-transportation-to-work rates Summary statistics
Number of dissemination areas Mean Minimum Maximum
Three-way intersection density (Statistics Canada) 0.28 0.65 56,589 30.1 0.0 180.3
Three-way intersection density (OSM) 0.25 0.63 56,589 30.3 0.0 168.5
Three-way intersection and footpath density (OSM) 0.39 0.68 56,589 48.8 0.0 1,081.8
Four-way intersection density (Statistics Canada) 0.40 0.68 56,589 9.1 0.0 99.9
Four-way intersection density (OSM) 0.37 0.67 56,589 9.3 0.0 89.7
Four-way intersection and footpath density (OSM) 0.42 0.64 56,589 16.0 0.0 581.6
Gross population density 0.23 0.53 54,800 3,426.1 0.0 482,859.2
Gross dwelling density 0.30 0.54 54,800 1,489.3 0.0 245,618.9
Weighted population density 0.29 0.82 56,089 2,213.2 0.0 25,530.9
Weighted dwelling density 0.40 0.82 56,089 941.7 0.0 14,747.6
DMTI points of interest (DMTI POIs) 0.55 0.57 56,589 191.2 0.0 12,396.0
OpenStreetMap points of interest (OSM POIs) 0.53 0.66 56,589 53.7 0.0 2,119.0
Transit stopsTable 2 Note 1 0.45 0.70 35,338 46.8 0.0 252.0
ALE Index 0.47 0.78 56,089 0.1 -2.1 43.2
Note 1

Transit stop correlation coefficients were derived for the 35,338 dissemination areas (DAs) in census metropolitan areas.

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Notes: Walk-to-work and active-transportation-to-work rates are based on Question 43 a) of the 2016 Census, which was asked to employed members of the labour force aged 15 and older with a fixed workplace address ("How did this person usually get to work?").
Sources: OpenStreetMap; Statistics Canada Road Network File; Statistics Canada, 2016 Census; DMTI Spatial, Inc.; Barrie Transit; Brantford Open Data Portal; Calgary Transit; Edmonton Transit System; Strathcona County Transit; St. Albert Transit; Greater Sudbury Transit; Guelph Transit; Halifax Transit; Hamilton Street Railway; Burlington Transit; BC Transit; City of Kingston; Grand River Transit; Lethbridge Open Data Portal; London Transit Commission; Codiac Transpo; Agence métropolitaine de transport; Société de transport de Montréal; Société de transport de Laval; Réseau de transport de Longueuil; Durham Region Transit; OC Transpo; Société de transport de l'Outaouais; Réseau de transport de la Capitale; Société de transport de Lévis (open data site); City of Regina; The City of Saint John Open Data Catalogue; City of Saskatoon; Société de transport de Sherbrooke; Regional Municipality of Niagara; Metrobus Transit (St. John's, NL); Thunder Bay Transit; Toronto Transit Commission; GoTransit; MiWay; Brampton Transit; York Region; Oakville Transit; TransLink; City of Windsor; and Winnipeg Transit.

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