v0.3.0 doesn't work:
library(statcanR)
#> Warning: package 'statcanR' was built under R version 4.6.1
life_table_full <- statcan_data("1310083701", "eng")
#> statcanR: downloading table 13-10-0837-01.
#> Warning in data.table::fread(metadata_file, nrows = 1L, encoding = "UTF-8", :
#> Stopped early on line 2. Expected 10 fields but found 14. Consider fill=TRUE.
#> First discarded non-empty line: <<"Life expectancy and other elements of the
#> complete life table, single-year estimates, Canada, all provinces except Prince
#> Edward
#> Island","13100837",,"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310083701",1;2;3;13,"CURRENT
#> - a cube available to the public and that is
#> current","Annual","1980-01-01","2024-01-01","4",>>
#> Error:
#> ! Statistics Canada returned an empty data or metadata file.Created on 2026-07-23 with reprex v2.1.1
Session info
sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> setting value
#> version R version 4.6.0 (2026-04-24)
#> os macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
#> system aarch64, darwin23
#> ui X11
#> language (EN)
#> collate en_US.UTF-8
#> ctype en_US.UTF-8
#> tz America/Vancouver
#> date 2026-07-23
#> pandoc 3.8.3 @ /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/aarch64/ (via rmarkdown)
#> quarto 1.9.38 @ /usr/local/bin/quarto
#>
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#> curl 7.1.0 2026-04-22 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
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#> fastmap 1.2.0 2024-05-15 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> fs 2.1.0 2026-04-18 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> glue 1.8.1 2026-04-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> htmltools 0.5.9 2025-12-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> httr 1.4.8 2026-02-13 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> jsonlite 2.0.0 2025-03-27 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> knitr 1.51 2025-12-20 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
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#> otel 0.2.0 2025-08-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> pillar 1.11.1 2025-09-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
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#> reprex 2.1.1 2024-07-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> rlang 1.3.0 2026-07-05 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.1)
#> rmarkdown 2.31 2026-03-26 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> rstudioapi 0.19.0 2026-06-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> sessioninfo 1.2.4 2026-06-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> statcanR * 0.3.0 2026-07-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.1)
#> vctrs 0.7.3 2026-04-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> withr 3.0.3 2026-06-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> xfun 0.60 2026-07-09 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.1)
#> yaml 2.3.12 2025-12-10 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#>
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#> [2] /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.6/Resources/library
#> * ── Packages attached to the search path.
#>
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
The only workaround is to revert to v0.2.3 because the archived package qs was not a dependency at that version yet and qs cannot be installed for R-4.6.0:
library(statcanR)
life_table_full <- statcan_data("1310083701", "eng")
#> statcanR: downloading remote table.
#> Warning: One or more parsing issues, call `problems()` on your data frame for details,
#> e.g.:
#> dat <- vroom(...)
#> problems(dat)
#> Rows: 173 Columns: 10
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (8): Cube Title, Product Id, CANSIM Id, URL, Cube Notes, Archive Status...
#> num (1): Total number of dimensions
#> date (1): End Reference Period
#>
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.Created on 2026-07-23 with reprex v2.1.1
Session info
sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> setting value
#> version R version 4.6.0 (2026-04-24)
#> os macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
#> system aarch64, darwin23
#> ui X11
#> language (EN)
#> collate en_US.UTF-8
#> ctype en_US.UTF-8
#> tz America/Vancouver
#> date 2026-07-23
#> pandoc 3.8.3 @ /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/aarch64/ (via rmarkdown)
#> quarto 1.9.38 @ /usr/local/bin/quarto
#>
#> ─ Packages ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> package * version date (UTC) lib source
#> bit 4.6.0 2025-03-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> bit64 4.8.2 2026-05-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> cli 3.6.6 2026-04-09 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> crayon 1.5.3 2024-06-20 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> curl 7.1.0 2026-04-22 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> data.table 1.18.4 2026-05-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> digest 0.6.39 2025-11-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> evaluate 1.0.5 2025-08-27 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> fastmap 1.2.0 2024-05-15 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> fs 2.1.0 2026-04-18 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> glue 1.8.1 2026-04-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> hms 1.1.4 2025-10-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> htmltools 0.5.9 2025-12-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> httr 1.4.8 2026-02-13 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> knitr 1.51 2025-12-20 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> lifecycle 1.0.5 2026-01-08 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> magrittr 2.0.5 2026-04-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> otel 0.2.0 2025-08-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> pillar 1.11.1 2025-09-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> pkgconfig 2.0.3 2019-09-22 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
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#> readr 2.2.0 2026-02-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> reprex 2.1.1 2024-07-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> rlang 1.3.0 2026-07-05 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.1)
#> rmarkdown 2.31 2026-03-26 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> rstudioapi 0.19.0 2026-06-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> sessioninfo 1.2.4 2026-06-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> statcanR * 0.2.3 2021-12-14 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> tibble 3.3.1 2026-01-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> tidyselect 1.2.1 2024-03-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
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#> vctrs 0.7.3 2026-04-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> vroom 1.7.1 2026-03-31 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> withr 3.0.3 2026-06-19 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#> xfun 0.60 2026-07-09 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.1)
#> yaml 2.3.12 2025-12-10 [1] CRAN (R 4.6.0)
#>
#> [1] /Users/derekchiu/Library/R/arm64/4.6/library
#> [2] /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.6/Resources/library
#> * ── Packages attached to the search path.
#>
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
v0.3.0 doesn't work:
Created on 2026-07-23 with reprex v2.1.1
Session info
The only workaround is to revert to v0.2.3 because the archived package qs was not a dependency at that version yet and qs cannot be installed for R-4.6.0:
Created on 2026-07-23 with reprex v2.1.1
Session info