We have built a nature-likeness score for every 10 m pixel across Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. About 48,000 km2 of land and inland water, for the year 2024, on a 0 to 1 scale. High means the pixel looks like intact forest, wetland or open water. Low means it looks like the built environment. The sea is masked out. The map below is the finished layer, so pan around it before reading on. You can also view it here, full screen. map It is built on Go

The online dashboard shows rooftop HVAC units across Moncton ReCover Initiative identified a practical data gap that started this work: There is no simple, city-scale inventory of rooftop HVAC units on large buildings in Canada. This matters because rooftop HVAC units (also referred to as RTUs) are part of the building energy and emissions picture, but they are not easy to count. A full inventory of RTUs traditionally means manual review, site visits, or relying on incomplete

This is a fun in depth look into Mobi bike share data over the last three years, exploring trends over time and space.

If you know me, you know I love a good dataset. I am always thinking about people, where they live, and how they move around. What’s my favourite dataset? Hands down, the census. Every five years, something objectively logistically wild happens. Statistics Canada tries to reach every household in the country to learn about them through a survey. And then publishes the data?? For all of us to learn from?? Including me?? My census form (short-form, sadly), was slid under my apa

Although parking usually isn't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about sustainable transportation, where and how much we park plays a significant role in shaping how our cities move and grow. We recently partnered with TransLink to do a deep dive on non-residential off-street parking across 11 Metro Vancouver study areas . This is the most comprehensive study we know of so far to look at non-residential parking supply, occupancy, and pricing patterns across th

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