cansim

cansim provides easy access to Statistics Canada data tables (formerly known as CANSIM) directly from R. It handles the complexity of the Statistics Canada API and returns clean, analysis-ready data frames.

Features

• Access to all Statistics Canada data tables
• Automatic handling of metadata and variable labels
• Built-in caching for efficient data retrieval
• Support for both NDM and legacy CANSIM table numbers
• Automatic normalization of data values

Example

library(cansim)

# Get Consumer Price Index data
cpi_data <- get_cansim("18-10-0004-01")

# Get specific vectors
inflation <- get_cansim_vector("v41690973", start_time = "2020-01-01")

The package is co-maintained with Jens von Bergmann and is essential for anyone working with Canadian statistical data.