Impedance Functions by Education Level for Census Metropolitan Areas

Impedance functions fitted to commuting duration distributions for Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and Census Agglomerations (CAs), categorized by education level. Functions were estimated using the fitdistrplus package based on PwDUR data from the 2021 Census of Population. The best-fit distribution was selected using the lowest AIC.

Usage

data(cma_education_impedance_functions)

Format

A data frame with rows representing unique parameterized impedance functions for each combination of CMA, transportation mode, and education level.

CMA

Census metropolitan area code (3-digit).

CMANAME

CMA or CA name.

PR

Province code (2-digit).

PRNAME

Province or territory name.

Education

Education level. One of: 'High school or no certificate', 'College or apprenticeship certificate', or 'University certificate or higher'.

PwMode_label

Transportation mode. One of: 'Bike', 'Car-motorized', 'Public transit', or 'Walk'.

Distribution

Best-fitting probability distribution. One of: 'Exponential', 'Normal', 'Log-normal', 'Gamma', or 'Uniform'.

est_1

First parameter estimate for the specified distribution.

est_2

Second parameter estimate for the specified distribution.

Source

Statistics Canada. (2021). Census of Population. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. This aggregated dataset was produced from confidential microdata accessed at the Research Data Centre (RDC) at McMaster University and was vetted and approved for release in accordance with disclosure control requirements. Accessed December 19, 2024.