Canada’s Libraries and Archives Mapping and Timeline Project Data

The mapping and timeline application displays the location of, and the year of establishment for, many of the libraries and archives of Canada; multi-branch library systems are represented by one library, so branch libraries are not represented, unless a particular branch library is located in a different community, in which case the branch library is represented. The Canadian libraries and archives source TSV data file and the converted JSON data file both contain 17 variables and 4,798 records; the 17 variables are the following: name, institution_type, group, library_type, library_sector, community, prov_code, province_territory, population, year_established, url, latitude, longitude, lat_lon, geonames_id, geonames_uri, and internal_id.

A PDF subset version (Portable Document Format; 249 pages) was created using the mapping and timeline application, consisting of just six variables to create a tabular list containing name, community, province/territory code, institution (Library or Archives), library type (Academic, Public, or Special), and year established—this subset list of 4,798 Canadian libraries and archives is sorted by province and then by community, with the libraries in a particular community appearing in alphabetical order.