Category: Research
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Mapping Access to Birth Services in Canada
This research uses the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) to describe access to obstetrical and birth services across Canada via travel time and distance. Rural obstetrical care in Canada has limited local access, meaning many women must travel, sometimes over several hours, to give birth. Care is often provided by fewer specialists and more…
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Mapping Access to High Schools in Canada
Rural access to high schools is presented in an ArcGIS StoryMap describing the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) for accessibility to public secondary schools via travel time and distance. What is it and why are we doing it? Travel to and from school is the most common daily travel activity for children in Canada,…
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Mapping Access to 24-hour emergency departments
Access to 24-hour Emergency Departments across Canada is calculated via the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) for travel time and distance. What is it and why are we doing it? This project looks at access to hospitals with 24-hour emergency departments across Canada by estimating how far people need to travel and how long…
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Mapping the CARI+
Rurality in Canada is presented in an ArcGIS StoryMap describing the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) calculated for each population centre via travel time and distance. What is it and why are we doing it? The Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) is used to describe how easy or difficult it is for people…
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Mapping Access to Child and Youth Mental Health Facilities in Ontario, Canada
This research uses the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) to describe access in Ontario for child and youth mental health facilities that diagnose and treat childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. What is it and why are we doing it? This project looks at access to mental health facilities that diagnose and treat several child and youth…
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Mapping Access to Pharmacies in Ontario, Canada
This research uses an ArcGIS StoryMap with the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) to measure access to pharmacies in Ontario via travel time and distance. What is it and why are we doing it? This project measures and maps access to community pharmacies across Ontario. The goal of this project is to better understand how geography shapes…
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Introducing Rural Data
A New Hub for Understanding Rural Communities and Accessibility in Canada Across Canada, rural communities are diverse, dynamic, and essential to the social and economic fabric of the country. Yet, despite their importance, there remains a persistent gap in the availability of high-resolution, rural-specific data to support health and social planning. Much of what we know about…