Downloads a complete table from Statistics Canada's Web Data Service (WDS)
and returns it as a data frame. Product IDs can be supplied in the familiar
hyphenated form (for example, "27-10-0014-01") or as an eight-digit PID
(for example, "27100014").
Usage
statcan_data(tableNumber, lang)
Arguments
- tableNumber
A Statistics Canada table number or Product ID. Both
"27-10-0014-01" and "27100014" are accepted.
- lang
Language of the downloaded table: "eng" or "fra".
Value
A data frame containing the complete Statistics Canada table.
Details
The function keeps the interface used by earlier statcanR releases. English
and French downloads share the same processing rules. In particular, the
first column is named REF_DATE, coordinates are stored as character, and
the table title from the metadata file is added as INDICATOR.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
science <- statcan_data("27-10-0014-01", "eng")
science_fr <- statcan_data("27100014", "fra")
} # }