Category Archives: References

Data sources

  • CHASS data by DA including age, occupation and income spent on housing here.
  • DA border file provided by Statistics Canada here.
  • CanMap businesses data here.
  • Restaurants, bars and other businesses provided by Statistics Canada here.
  • Postal code boundaries provided by Statistics Canada here.
  • Translink transit GIS data used for estimating PM2.5 location provided by UBC Abacus here.

References

B.C. COVID-19 response update. (March 23, 2020). Retrieved from https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020HLTH0102-000540

Bharti, B. (2020, May 1). Where we stand in Canada: Reopenings by province and territory from coronavirus lockdown. Retrieved from https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/reopening-canada-provinces-ontario-quebec-saskatchewan-alberta

CDC. (2020, April 15). People Who Are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-at-higher-risk.html

Centre of Disease Control. (2020). About COVID-19. Retrieved from http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Business Communications and Support Office. (2020). City of Vancouver. Retrieved from https://vancouver.ca//home-property-development/covid-19-coronavirus-support-for-local-businesses.aspx#redirect

Crawford, T. (2020, April 9). COVID-19: B.C. loses more than 132,000 jobs in March. Retrieved from https://vancouversun.com/news/covid-19-b-c-loses-more-than-132000-jobs-in-march/

Evans, P. (2020, April 9). Canada has already lost more than a million jobs to COVID-19 and the worst is yet to come | CBC News. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-march-covid-19-1.5527359

Government BC. (2020, April 24). List of COVID-19 Essential Services. Retrieved from https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support/essential-services-covid-19

International comparison of urban air quality. (2016). Government of Canada. Retrieved from:

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/international-comparison-urban-air-quality.html#r1

National Geographic. (2020, May 1). Mapping the global spread of the coronavirus. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/mapping-coronavirus-infections-across-the-globe/

Statistics Canada. (2020, April 9). Add/Remove data. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1410031001#timeframe

Wu, X; Nethery, R; Sabath, M; Braun, D; Dominici, F. (April 5, 2020). Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Retrieved from: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/covid-pm/files/pm_and_covid_mortality.pdf