Electoral Map 2004

Description

The 2004 Canadian Federal Election (more formally, the 38th General Election) was held on May 23, 2004. Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Martin, ordered the dissolution of the House of Commons. Following a 36-day campaign, voters elected 308 Members of the House of Commons.

2004 Electoral Map is a join between the 2004 federal Electoral Result and 2004 Federal Electoral Map boundary.

Originator

Election Canada
Canada Open Data

Use Cases

As a Transport Canada analyst, I need to create a map that overlays federal electoral districts with the locations of OPP projects. I need to create an infographic that shows that OPP projects are being funded in a non-partisan manner.

Source(s)

Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks

Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks
ArcGIS Living Atlas / Esri Canada	ESRI REST	2004	Completed	XML	Free	ESRI REST	Mesh of 2004 FED boundary and 2004 election result
Canada Open Data	SHP	2004	Completed	XML	Free	SHP	Contains FED boundary only.
Canada Open Data	CSV	2004	Completed	XML	Free	CSV	Election result (Table 12) Poll by Poll data, does not include by-election
Elections Canada	CSV	2004	Completed	N/A	Free	CSV	Election result raw data, does not include by-election

Remarks

ArcGIS Living Atlas is more desirable for EGIS integration as no join operation is required for the FED with the election result. However, if elected candidate is critical for analytic purposes, the by-election result will need to be updated using filter to extract records to be changed and insert updated values against the original dataset.

Process for EGIS integration

ESRI REST, WMS, SHP and GDB Files:

ESRI REST, WMS, SHP and GDB files can be integrated directly into EGIS.

Joining SHP & CSV:

In FME, use the Feature Merger transformer to join Open Data SHP file with Election Result CSV file using Federal Electoral District (FED) as primary key.
Output to KML, SHP or GDB as required.
Import into EGIS

TC Smart Maps:

Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.
Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.
TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\ElectoralMap\ElectoralMap2004.kmz

Customization:

Schema transformation: As required
Denormalization: Not required
Value coding: Not required
Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability
Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance
Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization
-Color theme by Elected Party
Format translation: As needed
Language translation: French version available.