UCDP GED: Georeferenced Conflict Events in Canada

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset records individual events of organized violence with precise location and timing. Events are geo-coded to the level of individual villages and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is documented in the Journal of Peace Research and a codebook from Uppsala University.

Use Cases

• Modeling conflict intensity and spread based on georeferenced event locations.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of violence based on daily-level event data.
• Training predictive models for conflict risk based on historical event granularity.
• Conducting sub-national comparative studies based on village-level geo-coding.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO records, and other conflict monitoring sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 14:28:11.545737; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada.