Building permits, values by activity sector
Building permits, values by activity sector. Statistics Canada table 34-10-0003-01.
constructionpermitsstatcangovernment-of-canada
Quality
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Attribution
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ref_date | string | Reference date — the time period the observation refers to (Statistics Canada table field REF_DATE). |
| geo | string | Geography the observation covers (Statistics Canada table field GEO). |
| dguid | string | Dissemination geography unique identifier (Statistics Canada table field DGUID). |
| activity_sector | string | |
| uom | string | Unit of measure for the estimate (Statistics Canada table field UOM). |
| uom_id | integer | Unit of measure identifier (Statistics Canada table field UOM_ID). |
| scalar_factor | string | Scalar factor applied to the value, e.g. units, thousands or millions (Statistics Canada table field SCALAR_FACTOR). |
| scalar_id | integer | Scalar factor identifier (Statistics Canada table field SCALAR_ID). |
| vector | string | Vector number — Statistics Canada's unique identifier for the time series (table field VECTOR). |
| coordinate | float | Table coordinate locating the estimate within the source table (Statistics Canada table field COORDINATE). |
| value | float | Estimate value as published in the Statistics Canada table. |
| status | string | Status flags for the estimate (Statistics Canada table field STATUS). |
| decimals | integer | Number of decimals published for the estimate (Statistics Canada table field DECIMALS). |
Sample rows
| ref_date | geo | dguid | activity_sector | uom | uom_id | scalar_factor | scalar_id | vector | coordinate | value | status | decimals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-01 | Canada | 2016A000011124 | Total residential and non-residential | Dollars | 81 | thousands | 3 | v5406 | 1.1 | 17479 | — | 0 |
| 1948-01 | Prince Edward Island | 2016A000211 | Total residential and non-residential | Dollars | 81 | thousands | 3 | v5439 | 3.1 | 61 | — | 0 |
| 1948-01 | Nova Scotia | 2016A000212 | Total residential and non-residential | Dollars | 81 | thousands | 3 | v5446 | 4.1 | 151 | — | 0 |
| 1948-01 | New Brunswick | 2016A000213 | Total residential and non-residential | Dollars | 81 | thousands | 3 | v5453 | 5.1 | 117 | — | 0 |
| 1948-01 | Quebec | 2016A000224 | Total residential and non-residential | Dollars | 81 | thousands | 3 | v5460 | 6.1 | 3234 | — | 0 |
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/building_permits_sector" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/building_permits_sector").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/building_permits_sector
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.