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The table below contains more information regarding the indicator.

Indicator name

Percentage of the population living within 500 metres of a public transport stop
Target

No specific target
Indicator description

This indicator measures the proportion of the population within the geographic unit living within 500 meters of a public transit stop.
Geographical coverage

Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Unit of measurement

Percentage
Calculations

The method used to estimate the percentage of Canadians living within a distance of a public transport access point was as follows:

  1. Locations of public transport stops of all kinds (bus, trolley, surface and underground rail, ferry) were obtained from the municipalities’ or the local transit authorities’ websites or directly provided by them to Statistics Canada. Complete data coverage was achieved for the municipalities constituting the 41 census metropolitan areas (CMAs). Other municipalities inside census agglomerations (CAs) and outside of CMAs and CAs were included when regularly scheduled public transit service was identified and the geospatial data was available.
  2. Public transit stop locations and the Road Network File data were used to create distance and public transit carrying capacity dependent Service Areas.
  3. Service area boundaries were used to estimate the population counts based on the Statistics Canada 2021 Census of population data at the blockface geographic level.
  4. Counts at the blockface level were aggregated to municipal /Census Subdivision (CSD), CMA/CA, provincial/territorial and the national levels.
  5. The proportion of the population within a service area for each geographic unit in scope was calculated by dividing the estimated counts by the geographic unit's total population.
  6. Note that the provincial/territorial and the national aggregate totals are calculated based on the sum of values of the geographies within the scope of analysis.
  7. Statistics Canada data confidentiality and rounding rules were applied to all estimates.
Comments and limitations

Data for some geographies may not be available for a specific reference period.
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