Environics Analytics
Esri uses census, business, and demographic data provided by Environics Analytics (EA) to create the advanced demographics datasets for Canada.
Environics Analytics is a provider of consumer and market data in North America, including census, population, marketing, business, household spending, and market segmentation.
Vintages
The following table contains a description of the Canadian advanced demographics datasets provided by Esri including the most recent vintages. See the linked topics in the table for more information about these datasets, such as use cases and related documents.
| Dataset | Description | Vintage |
|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Places - Canada | Canadian businesses—categorized by standard industrial classification groups—and Canadian points of interest. | August and July 2026 |
| CensusPlus | A catalog of the Canadian population based on data collected during the 2021 Census by Statistics Canada. | 2021 |
| DaytimePop | An estimate of where people are likely to be during typical daytime hours, grouped by 10 variable types. | 2026 |
| DemoStats | A database of demographic and socioeconomic attributes about the Canadian population in current-year estimates, 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections, and 5-year historical data. | 2021, 2026, 2029, 2031, 2036 |
| DemoStats Trends | Estimates and forecasts for Canadian households, household population, Canadian population, and household income over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected); includes year-over-year percentage change comparisons. | 2026 |
| HouseholdSpend | A catalog of annual expenditures for Canadian households. This dataset provides current-year estimates of annual expenditures spanning 20 categories of the goods and services used by Canadian households—from fashion apparel and household furnishings to cell phones and charitable donations. | 2025 |
| PRIZM® | Classifies Canada's neighborhoods into 67 unique lifestyle types that explore and detail the diversity of Canada's population. | 2026 |
| ShoppingCentres | A national dataset of more than 3,000 shopping center records produced annually by EnsembleIQ. | 2026 |
Update frequency
Most Environics Analytics datasets are updated annually; the CensusPlus dataset is updated annually but is based on the quinquennial (5-year) Canadian census; the ArcGIS Places datasets sourced from data supplied by Data Axle and SafeGraph are updated three times per year.
Attribute summaries
The following table contains a summary description of the available data collections in the Canadian CensusPlus, DemoStats, DemoStats Trends, DaytimePop, and HouseholdSpend datasets:
Note:
Estimates and forecasts are typically current-year estimates (CY 2026), 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections (FY 2029, 2031, and 2036), and a 5-year historical estimate (census year or 2021). All spending data is prior year (2025)
| Data collection | Data category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Population by age | Age, Key Facts | Population estimates and forecasts, grouped by total population or by gender, in five-year age ranges. Each grouping and estimate or forecast year includes an aggregate, average, and median age. |
| Household Population by age | Age | Household population estimates and forecasts, grouped by total household population or by gender, in five-year age ranges. Each grouping and estimate or forecast year includes an aggregate, average, and median age. |
| Household population by educational attainment | Education | Household population categorized by age 15+ (estimates and forecasts) or age 25-64 (estimates only), and grouped by educational attainment categories, such as those with a high school diploma or a graduate degree. |
| Household change | Households, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of total households for a 30-year range—for example, the projected percentage change to the number of households from 2031 – 2032. This category also includes a household percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Household trend | Households, Trends | Total households estimates and forecasts over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). A household is a person or group of people (whether related, unrelated, or a combination) who occupy the same private or collective dwelling and do not have another place of residence. |
| Household population change | Households, Population, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of total household population for a 30-year range—for example, the projected percentage change to total household population from 2031 – 2032. This category also includes a household population percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Household population trend | Households, Population, Trends | Total household population estimates and forecasts over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). |
| Households by household type | Households | Estimates and forecasts of households grouped by specific relationship dimensions. Household type categories may differentiate between Census family households and non-Census family and other households (including multifamily, extended family, nonrelatives, and other households). |
| Households by size of household | Households, Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of households grouped by the number of persons in the household (up to 5+ persons). Each estimate or forecast year (such as current year estimates) includes the total households, number of persons in private households, and average number of persons in private households for that year. |
| Children at home by age | Households | Estimates and forecasts of the number of children living in a parent-child household, grouped by the child's age in five-year ranges. Each estimate or forecast year (such as current year estimates) includes an average number of children per family, per household, and per Census family household for that year. |
| Citizenship | Households | Total population and household population estimates for the census year and current year grouped by Canadian citizenship status and refined by age ranges (older or younger than age 18). |
| Generation status | Households | Total population and household population estimates for the census year and current year grouped by the number of generations the family has resided in Canada (up to 3+ generations). Generation status refers to whether a person or the person's parents were born in Canada. |
| Maintainer age | Households, Age | Estimates and forecasts of households grouped by the age of the maintainer in 10-year ranges. Each estimate or forecast year (such as current year estimates) includes an aggregate, average, and median maintainer age for that year. The maintainer is the first person listed on a Census form who pays the rent, mortgage, property taxes, or utilities for the household. |
| Band status | Housing | Current year estimates of households living in occupied private dwelling units categorized as a dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation, or Indian band. |
| Condominium status | Housing | Census and current year estimates of households living in occupied private dwelling units categorized as condominiums or not condominiums; further refined by whether the housing unit is owned or rented. A condominium is a private dwelling that is part of a residential complex in which dwellings are owned individually while land and common elements are held in joint ownership with others. |
| Period of construction | Housing | Census year and current year estimates of households living in occupied private dwelling units grouped by period of construction ranges; includes houses constructed 1960 or prior, 1961 to 1980, and so on, up to those constructed in 2021 or later. |
| Structural type | Housing | Estimates and forecasts of households living in occupied private dwelling units categorized by structural type, such as row houses, detached houses, apartments, flats, and so forth. |
| Tenure | Housing, Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of households living in occupied private dwelling units categorized by tenure type (or whether the household owns or rents the dwelling). Owned dwellings are those in which some member of the household owns the residence, even if it is still being paid for. Rented dwellings are those in which no member of the household owns the residence; it is considered rented even if no monetary rent is paid. Each estimate or forecast year also includes a band housing category, which is a dwelling provided (and owned) by the local government, First Nation, or Indian band. |
| Household total income after-tax (current year $) | Income | Census year estimate of households grouped by household income after-tax ranges in current year $; includes an aggregate and an average income value. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Household total income (current year $) | Income | Census year estimate of households grouped by household income ranges in current year $. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Households by income (constant year $) | Income | Estimates and forecasts of households grouped by household income ranges in constant year $; each estimate or forecast year (such as current year estimates) includes aggregate, average, and median income values for that year. Constant year income values remove the effects of inflation and price changes as if prices are constant; values are expressed in base year dollars. |
| Households by income (current year $) | Income, Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of households grouped by household income ranges in current year $; each estimate or forecast year (such as current year estimates) includes aggregate, average, and median income values for that year. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Household population 15 plus total income (current year $) | Income | Census year estimates of household population age 15+ grouped by household income ranges in current year $; includes a total private household income for this age group, and estimates with and without total income. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Household population 15 plus total income after tax (current year $) | Income | Census year estimates of household population age 15+ grouped by household income after tax ranges in current year $; includes a total private household income after taxes for this age group, and estimates with and without total income after taxes. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Household population 15 years or over by income (current year $) | Income | Current year estimates of household population age 15+ grouped by household income in current year $, with and without income, average income, and aggregate income. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Constant dollar average income change | Income, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of average household income in constant year $ for a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected)—for example, the percentage change to average household income in constant year $ from 2031 – 2032. Constant year income values remove the effects of inflation and price changes as if prices are constant; values are expressed in base year dollars. This category also includes a constant year $ average income percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Current dollar average income change | Income, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of average household income in current year $ for a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected)—for example, the percentage change to average household income in current year $ from 2031 – 2032. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. This category also includes a current year $ average income percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Constant dollar average income trend | Income, Trends | Estimates and forecasts of average household income in constant year $ over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). Constant year income values remove the effects of inflation and price changes as if prices are constant; values are expressed in base year dollars. |
| Current dollar average income trend | Income, Trends | Estimates and forecasts of average household income in current year $ over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Constant dollar income change | Income, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of household income in constant year $ for a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected)—for example, the percentage change to household income in constant year $ from 2031 – 2032. Constant year income values remove the effects of inflation and price changes as if prices are constant; values are expressed in base year dollars. This category also includes a constant year $ income percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Current dollar income change | Income, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of household income in current year $ for a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected)—for example, the percentage change to household income in current year $ from 2031 – 2032. Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. This category also includes a current year $ income percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Constant dollar income trend | Income, Trends | Estimates and forecasts of household income in constant year $ over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). Constant year income values remove the effects of inflation and price changes as if prices are constant; values are expressed in base year dollars. |
| Current dollar income trend | Income, Trends | Estimates and forecasts of household income in current year $ over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). Current year income describes the year in which the income was earned. For example, 2021 dollars are expressed at the 2021 value, unadjusted for inflation. |
| Class of worker | Jobs | Estimates and forecasts of employed household population, potentially refined by age 15+, and grouped by class of worker categories, such as self-employed or employee. Class of worker refers to whether a person is an employee or self-employed. |
| Industry | Jobs | Census and current year estimates of employed household population, potentially refined by age 15+, and grouped by NAICS 2022 industry categories, such as 23: Construction. |
| Labor force activity | Jobs, Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of household population age 15+ grouped by labor force participation categories: employed, unemployed, in the labor force, or not in the labor force. |
| Labor force status | Jobs | Census year estimates of household population grouped by labor force participation categories: employed, unemployed, in the labor force, or not in the labor force. |
| Mode of transportation | Jobs | Census and current year estimates of employed household population, potentially refined by age 15+, and grouped by mode of transportation to work categories, such as bicycle or public transit. |
| Occupation | Jobs | Census and current year estimates of employed household population, potentially refined by age 15+, and grouped by NOC2021 occupation categories, such as 3: Health. |
| Place of work | Jobs | Census and current year estimates of employed household population, potentially refined by age 15+, and grouped by place of work categories such as at home or outside the province. |
| Basics | Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of base values (used as the basis for comparison). For example, the estimated or forecast base total population or base total households. |
| Age at immigration | Language-Immigration | Current year estimates of household population grouped by immigrant or non-immigrant status and refined by age at immigration ranges. |
| Period of immigration | Language-Immigration | Census and current year estimates of household population grouped by immigrants or non-immigrants and refined by immigration date range categories. |
| Language spoken at home / Mother tongue | Language-Immigration | Estimates and forecasts of household population grouped by specific languages spoken at home or first languages learned. Mother tongue is the first or most frequent language learned at home in early childhood and still understood by the respondent. |
| Official language | Language-Immigration | Census and current year estimates of household population categorized by either fluency in or which of the Canadian official languages they spoke first: English, French, both, or neither. |
| Place of birth | Language-Immigration | Estimates and forecasts of household population grouped by immigrants or non-immigrants and refined by specific country of origin or place of birth locations, such as the Philippines, Nigeria, or Oceania. |
| Indigenous identity | Language-Immigration | Census and current year estimates of household population grouped by indigenous identity or non indigenous identity and refined by specific indigenous peoples categories. Indigenous identity refers to population identified with or members of a band of the indigenous peoples of Canada, including First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit), or Registered or Treaty Indians (related to the Indian Act of Canada). |
| Mobility status | Language-Immigration | Census year estimates of household population grouped by 1-year or 5-year mobility categories, such as intraprovincial migrants or non-movers. Mobility status refers to the respondent's place of residence on the Census date in relation to their place of residence on the same date one or five years earlier. |
| Household population by 5-year mobility | Language-Immigration | Current year estimates of household population categorized by whether the household has or has not moved within the previous five years (movers or non-movers). |
| Visible minority status | Language-Immigration | Estimates and forecasts of household population grouped by specific visible minority status categories. Visible minority refers to the definition provided by the Canadian Employment Equity Act. |
| Family structure | Marital Status, Households, Key Facts | Estimates and forecasts of Census families or Census family households grouped by specific relationship dimensions and types of unions. |
| Census families by family size | Marital Status | Census year estimates of Census families grouped by the number of persons in the family (up to 5+ persons). |
| Marital status | Marital Status | Estimates and forecasts of population age 15+ grouped by types of union categories, including single, divorced, living with spouse/partner, and widowed. |
| Daytime population | Population, Key Facts | Current year estimates of population grouped by at home or at work status and refined by age or location categories. Daytime population includes those at work (in the labor force)—both residents who work locally and commuters—and those at home (not in the labor force) either permanently or temporarily, such as children, seniors, caregivers, those on vacation or sick leave, or unemployed. |
| Total population by age | Population | Estimates and forecasts of the entire population. |
| Household population by religion | Population | Census and current year estimates of household population grouped by specific religious affiliation categories, such as Catholic or Buddhist. |
| Population change | Population, Trends | A year over year percentage change comparison of total population for a 30-year range—for example, the projected percentage change in population from 2031 – 2032. This category also includes a total population percentage change for 3-, 5-, and 10-year projections and a 5-year historical estimate. |
| Population trend | Population, Trends | Total population estimates and forecasts over a 30-year range (10 years prior and 20 years projected). |
| PRIZM household count | Segmentation | Current year estimates of households grouped by the dominant PRIZM® segment. |
| PRIZM population count | Segmentation | Current year estimates of population grouped by the dominant PRIZM® segment. |
| Canada spending facts | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimates of household annual total spending; aggregates of income, discretionary income, and disposable income; total household expenditures, taxes, and consumption. |
| Clothing | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on clothing and related categories, such as men's, women's, and children's apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, and clothing service and maintenance. |
| Education | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on education and related categories, such as tuition, books, supplies, and test preparation. |
| Food | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on food, including dining at home and dining out, food purchased from stores, farms, markets, cafeterias, meal-preparation services, and vendors, and all related food preparation or meal purchasing costs. |
| Furnishings and equipment | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on furnishings and equipment, including large and small appliances, art, textiles, power tools, furniture, luggage, cutlery, and furnishings and equipment service and maintenance. |
| Games of chance | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated net annual household spending on games of chance, including lotteries, casinos, raffles, and so forth. |
| Gifts of money and contributions | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on gifts of money and contributions, including alimony and child support, charitable contributions, and other gifts and donations. |
| Goods and services purchased | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on goods and services by purchase method. |
| Health and personal care | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on health and personal care and related categories, such as doctor and dentist visits, health-care equipment, prescriptions, vitamins, drugs, medical supplies, grooming products for teeth, hair, nails, shaving, body, deodorant, and salons. |
| Household operations | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on household operations, such as cleaning supplies, pet care, child care, lawn care, home security, household maintenance, cell phone, internet, household utilities, snow removal, and so forth. |
| Insurance and pensions | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on insurance and pensions, including insurance premiums, retirement and pension fund contributions, employment insurance, and related expenditures. |
| Miscellaneous expenditures | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on miscellaneous expenses, including costs, fees, and service charges related to banking, funerals, accounting, memberships, and so forth. |
| Reading materials | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on reading materials, including printed material, newspapers, magazines, books (other than school books), maps, sheet music, prints, services related to reading materials, and so forth. |
| Real Estate | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on real estate, including household renovations, repairs, and additions, fencing, septic systems, HVAC systems, home security installations, exterior repairs and replacements, new home purchases and sales, labor fees, contractor fees, and so forth. |
| Recreation | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on recreation and related categories, such as televisions, cable or channel subscriptions, and audio-video equipment; sports viewing or participation, such as entry fees, season tickets, sporting equipment, and team activities; games, including board games, video games, and apps; music, e-books, audiobooks, subscriptions, CDs, live music tickets, musical instruments, and lessons; bicycles, trailers, motorcycles, snowmobiles, boats, and storage; some travel expenses, such as parking fees; photography, such as cameras, apps, and dark room fees; and so forth. |
| Shelter | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on shelter maintenance and other expenses, includes remodeling, and repairs, such as repairs to roofs, gutters, chimneys, interior and exterior doors, windows, septic systems, plumbing, HVAC, insulation, paint, and home security; also includes spending on primary and secondary dwelling, such as rent, fees, parking, taxes, insurance, condo/HOA fees, legal fees, accommodation fees (short or long term) including primary and secondary dwelling costs, hotels or motels, heating fuel, real estate commissions, property taxes, and so forth. |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. Tobacco products encompasses tobacco, cigarettes, cannabis and cannabis by-products, e-cigarettes, pipes, and smoking-related products, such as wrapping papers. Alcoholic beverages encompasses beer, wine, and any other alcohol or beverage containing alcohol whether consumed at home or away from home, as well as at-home brewing equipment. |
| Transportation | Spending | Prior year (2025) estimated annual household spending on transportation and related expenses, including costs related to the purchase, lease, insurance and regulatory fees, and other expenses for vehicles (cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs), fuel costs, transportation services, insurance premiums, public transportation, commercial vehicle expenses, rideshare services, moving and storage services, and so forth. |