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Data sources and licences

Find My Spot combines public data to estimate customers, competition, likely sales and costs for a location. Estimates are for planning only and are not a guarantee of results. Always confirm locally (rent quotes, the landlord, the municipality, an accountant) before you sign a lease or buy a business.

Population, households, income and spending

• Statistics Canada: Census of Population 2021 (dissemination areas), population estimates, place of work, Canadian Business Counts, Survey of Household Spending, retail trade and financial performance data. Adapted from Statistics Canada; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Businesses, roads, buildings and addresses

• Overture Maps Foundation: places, transportation, buildings and addresses (attribution and licences; includes data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).
• Ontario Ministry of Health: pharmacy and health service locations; Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario: cannabis retail stores. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

City data

• City of London: traffic volumes, zoning, business improvement areas, near-campus neighbourhoods, vacant land inventory and planning districts, used under the City of London Open Data Terms of Use (terms).
• London Transit Commission: GTFS schedule data, used under the LTC Open Data terms.
• City of Windsor: zoning, business improvement areas and Transit Windsor schedules. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – The Corporation of the City of Windsor.

Rents

• Advertised asking rents from public commercial listings (brokerages and listing sites), collected periodically and summarised. Individual quotes vary; the money check lets you enter your own figure.