Canada's Spatial Access Measures

Statistics Canada and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada collaborated on the implementation of a set of spatial measures of access to services and amenities using active and public modes of transportation. The purpose of this collaboration was to generate data and analytical work in support of more sustainable and resilient active and public transportation systems across Canada.

There are seven types of amenity categories within the Spatial Access Measures: primary and secondary educational facilities (EFs), postsecondary educational facilities (PSEFs), health care facilities (HFs), places of employment (EMPs), grocery stores (GSs), cultural and arts facilities (CAFs), and sports and recreational facilities (SRFs). For each amenity, there are four variants based on the transportation mode: access via public transit during peak hours, access via public transit during off-peak hours, access via cycling and access via walking.

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