Geospatial data for Toronto's neighbourhood boundaries was retrieved from the Toronto Open Data Portal. This dataset contains the following columns

  1. _id (used in EDA)
    1. row identifier
  2. AREA_ID
    1. unknown
  3. AREA_ATTR_ID
    1. unknown
  4. PARENT_AREA_ID
    1. unknown
  5. AREA_SHORT_CODE
    1. neighbourhood number, as listed by the City of Toronto under the Neighbourhoods List drop-down menu
  6. AREA_LONG_CODE
    1. neighbourhood number, as listed by the City of Toronto under the Neighbourhoods List drop-down menu
  7. AREA_NAME (used in EDA)
    1. name of neighbourhood, as listed by the City of Toronto under the Neighbourhoods List drop-down menu
    2. during EDA, this column was renamed to Neighbourhood
  8. AREA_DESC
    1. name of neighbourhood, with neighbourhood number in parentheses
  9. CLASSIFICATION
    1. whether neighbourhood is classified as a specified area - emerging neighbourhood or neighbourhood improvement area (Not an NIA or Emerging Neighbourhood) or not (NULL)
  10. CLASSIFICATION_CODE
    1. NULL (not an emerging neighbourhood or neighbourhood improvement area)
    2. EN (emerging neighbourhood)
    3. NIA (Neighbourhood Improvement Area)
  11. OBJECTID
    1. unknown
  12. geometry
    1. geospatial geometry of neighbourhood defined by lat-lon co-ordinates that comprise a polygon