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Most of our providers update their data on an annual basis. STI PopStats data for PCensus Online is updated on a semi-annual basis.

The release date for 2010 census data won’t be until some time in 2011.

PCensus can retrieve demographics with census block precision. Using a block retrieval process substantially enhances the resolution of data retrieval for circles, polygons and drive time areas.

Drive time polygons are created automatically by analysing the network of streets and highways around the selected location. All possible routes that can be covered in the specified time are calculated from the expected speeds on each type of road (local streets, arterials or freeways etc.). If a driver encounters stop-lights, takes a route other than the optimum, or drives faster or slower than the assumed speeds - all of which are likely - then the trip time could be substantially different than the estimate. Drive time polygons are best used for qualitative comparisons - they can tell you that one store location is likely to perform better than another - but they cannot predict the number of customers that will actually visit your store.