Proximity to Public Transportation in Hamilton CMA and CSD, and related Commuting Data for 2016

Table Corrections: Correction date: On November 6, 2020, 30 Census Subdivision (CSD) member names within the Census Metropolitan Areas of Regina and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), Edmonton and Lethbridge (Alberta), and Kelowna (British Columbia) were corrected. The data values were correct, but were assigned to the wrong CSD. The errors did not affect totals for higher-order tabulation geographies. The footnotes in the table are represented in brackets. Footnotes: 1 Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population. 2 The Census subdivision (CSD) type accompanies the CSD name in order to distinguish CSD from each other. CSD types, their abbreviated forms, and their distribution by province and territory can be found in table 1.5 of the Census Dictionary (https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/tab/t1_5-eng.cfm - Census subdivision types by province and territory) 3 Source: GeoSuite, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-150-X 4 For this variable, simple average is used at Census Subdivision (CSD) level of geography, and population-weighted average is used for all geographic levels above. Population-weighted density is the mean of the densities of subareas of a larger area weighted by the populations of those subareas. It is an alternative to the conventional density measure, total population divided by total area. 5 Count of population living within 500 meters of public transit stop 6 Source: Geo-located lists of bus stops provided directly by the municipalities or available on their Open Data website during fall 2019. 7 The main method used to estimate the percentage of Canadians living within 500 meters of a public transport access point is as follows: a) The location of public transport stops of all kinds (bus, trolley, surface and underground rail) were accessed from city web-sites or acquired from local transit authorities. Almost complete coverage was obtained for the municipalities making up the 35 metropolitan cities. b) The public transit stop locations were incorporated within Statistics Canada’s geographic databases containing population counts for 2016 Census Dissemination Blocks. All Dissemination Blocks located within a 500 meter radius of a transit stop were selected, and summed for the municipality. A straight-line distance is sometimes not the most direct route, but it is consistently applied to facilitate comparison across cities. This approach will produce a slight over-estimate. c) In the final step, the population living within 500 meters is divided by the total population of the entire metropolitan city. The total population is used, as it provided a better indication of the true count of persons interacting socially and economically within the space of the metropolitan area, and thus potentially using public transportation. 8 Percentage of population within the geographic unit living within 500 meters of a public transit stop 9 Estimates derived from 25% sample households. 10 Public transit includes bus, subway, elevated rail, light rail, streetcar, commuter train and passenger ferry. 11 Active transport includes walking and cycling. 12 "Commuting duration" refers to the length of time, in minutes, usually required by a person to travel between his or her place of residence and his or her place of work.