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MountainMath Software & Analytics

MountainMath Software is Vancouver, BC based company specializing in data, analytics, modeling and visualization focused on demographics, housing, and transportation.

Work at MountainMath spans a range of initiatives, from to , initiatives that further reproducible and transparent , and that aim to increase public understanding through data. We highlight select projects in each category.

CensusMapper

CensusMapper

Putting the "open" into StatCan Census open data — making it accessible to everyone.

Community
Vancouver Street Trees

Vancouver Street Trees

Interactive exploration of Vancouver's entire street tree inventory.

Community
CanViz

CanViz

Interactive visualization of Canadian census data across geographies and time.

Community
Upzoning and Redevelopment: The Details Matter

Upzoning and Redevelopment: The Details Matter

Comparing two similar BC multiplex upzonings to show how implementation details — permitting timelines, design pre-approval, parking rules — drive dramatically different redevelopment outcomes.

Research
Housing Shortage & Household Change

Housing Shortage & Household Change

Estimating the impact of housing shortage on family and household structures across large Canadian metro areas, 1981–2021.

Research
Housing Shortages & Doubled Up Households

Housing Shortages & Doubled Up Households

Tracking doubled-up households to better understand housing shortages and benchmark how much more housing is needed to fix them.

Research
The Rise of Housing Nationalism in Canada

The Rise of Housing Nationalism in Canada

Examining transnational property ownership patterns in Canada and the political discourse around foreign ownership.

Research
BC Housing Policy Modelling

BC Housing Policy Modelling

Modelling the impact of BC's small-scale and transit-oriented housing legislation on housing supply.

Projects
Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Needs Assessment

Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Needs Assessment

Econometric modelling of Nova Scotia's provincial housing needs, informing the government's housing supply targets and policy framework.

Projects
Analyzing Canadian Demographic and Housing Data

Analyzing Canadian Demographic and Housing Data

Building skills and community to analyze Canadian demographic and housing data.

Open Analysis
canbank

canbank

R package for accessing Bank of Canada data.

Open Analysis
Metro Vancouver Zoning

Metro Vancouver Zoning

Mapping zoning by-laws from 21 Metro Vancouver municipalities to examine how regulations shape housing supply, dwelling density, and development potential at the lot level.

Projects
Nova Scotia Property Tax Cap

Nova Scotia Property Tax Cap

Analysing the impacts of Nova Scotia's property tax cap on assessment fairness and municipal revenues.

Projects
VancouvR

VancouvR

R package for accessing City of Vancouver open data.

Open Analysis
Teardown Index & Carbon Emissions

Teardown Index & Carbon Emissions

Quantifying the impact of Vancouver property values on CO₂ emissions from teardown and rebuild cycles in single-family housing.

Research
tongfen

tongfen

R package for making data on different census geographies comparable across time.

Open Analysis
cansim

cansim

R package for accessing Statistics Canada CANSIM/NDM data tables.

Open Analysis
cmhc

cmhc

R package for accessing CMHC housing market data.

Open Analysis
cancensus

cancensus

R package for accessing and working with Canadian census data via the CensusMapper API.

Open Analysis
Vancouver Home Values

Vancouver Home Values

Mapping Vancouver property values and value changes over time.

Community
Teardown Index

Teardown Index

Data story looking at Vancouver's teardown cycle over time.

Research
Global Sea Level Rise

Global Sea Level Rise

Interactive global map exploring sea level rise scenarios.

Community
Global Bikeshare Map

Global Bikeshare Map

Custom map designed for cycling with a dropdown to select global bike share cities.

Community
Mobi Bikeshare Map

Mobi Bikeshare Map

Custom map designed for cycling with live Mobi bike share stations.

Community
Mixing Census & Property Data

Mixing Census & Property Data

Layering assessment values on top of census demographics.

Community
Vancouver Land vs Buildings

Vancouver Land vs Buildings

Animating Vancouver's residential land and building values over time.

Community
Surrey Traffic Loops

Surrey Traffic Loops

City of Surrey traffic loop counts from the last 24 hours.

Community
Vancouver Tax Density

Vancouver Tax Density

Visualizing Vancouver property taxes collected per area by land use or zoning.

Community
Metro Vancouver Land Use

Metro Vancouver Land Use

Interactive high-detail land use map of the Metro Vancouver region.

Community
Vancouver Building Heights

Vancouver Building Heights

Mapping LiDAR-generated Vancouver building data in 3D.

Community
UBC Campus Map

UBC Campus Map

Interactive 3D map of the UBC campus with toggleable layers for buildings, landscape, parking, and more.

Community
Vancouver Census Exploration

Vancouver Census Exploration

Mapping select census variables for the City of Vancouver.

Community
BikeWalkUBC

BikeWalkUBC

Community engagement and collaborative mapping tool to address walking and cycling issues around UBC.

Community
Vancouver Assessment Map

Vancouver Assessment Map

Visualizing Vancouver assessments and related data.

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