An list-like object with components x
and
y
specifying the provincial and territorial boundaries of
Canada during the 2001
census. The coordinates are in longitude/latitude coordinates.
The data was derived from the shapefiles provided by
Statistics Canada. The object also has a component
range
specifying the range of the data in the order
c(min(x), max(x), min(y), max(y))
. Lastly, the object
has a final component, names
, which provides the name of the region
each polygon is associated with. The object
has class map
for compatibility with the maps
package.
data(canada)
Contains:
Longitude coordinates for Canadian boundaries
Latitude coordinates for Canadian boundaries
Range of x- and y-values
Region name for each polygon