CINXE.COM
Census geographic units of Canada - Wikipedia
<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Census geographic units of Canada - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"53e44a5a-3494-488f-afa0-e174263e9741","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Census_geographic_units_of_Canada","wgTitle":"Census geographic units of Canada","wgCurRevisionId":1257570356,"wgRevisionId":1257570356,"wgArticleId":605671,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Use Canadian English from November 2022","All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English","Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","Census divisions of Canada","Subdivisions of Canada","Administrative divisions in North America","Second-level administrative divisions by country","Censuses in Canada"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName": "Census_geographic_units_of_Canada","wgRelevantArticleId":605671,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q1053463","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness", "fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP", "ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="983"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png/800px-Canada-census_layout.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="655"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png/640px-Canada-census_layout.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="524"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Census geographic units of Canada - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Census_geographic_units_of_Canada rootpage-Census_geographic_units_of_Canada skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Census+geographic+units+of+Canada" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Census+geographic+units+of+Canada" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Census+geographic+units+of+Canada" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Census+geographic+units+of+Canada" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"><!-- CentralNotice --></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Census_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Census divisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census_consolidated_subdivisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_consolidated_subdivisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Census consolidated subdivisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_consolidated_subdivisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census_subdivisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_subdivisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Census subdivisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_subdivisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dissemination_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dissemination_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Dissemination areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dissemination_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specially-defined_geographic_units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specially-defined_geographic_units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Specially-defined geographic units</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Specially-defined_geographic_units-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Specially-defined geographic units subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Specially-defined_geographic_units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Census_metropolitan_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_metropolitan_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Census metropolitan areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_metropolitan_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census_agglomerations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_agglomerations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Census agglomerations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_agglomerations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census_tracts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census_tracts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Census tracts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census_tracts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population_centres" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population_centres"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Population centres</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population_centres-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Localities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Localities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Localities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Localities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Electoral districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Census geographic units of Canada</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 8 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-8" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">8 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidaes_xeogr%C3%A1fiques_censales_de_Canad%C3%A1" title="Unidaes xeográfiques censales de Canadá – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Unidaes xeográfiques censales de Canadá" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitats_geogr%C3%A0fiques_censals_del_Canad%C3%A0" title="Unitats geogràfiques censals del Canadà – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Unitats geogràfiques censals del Canadà" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidades_geogr%C3%A1ficas_censales_de_Canad%C3%A1" title="Unidades geográficas censales de Canadá – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Unidades geográficas censales de Canadá" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censa_metropolo" title="Censa metropolo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Censa metropolo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A0_geografiche_censuarie_del_Canada" title="Unità geografiche censuarie del Canada – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Unità geografiche censuarie del Canada" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Переписные единицы Канады – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Переписные единицы Канады" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Переписні одиниці Канади – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Переписні одиниці Канади" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%BF%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%99%AE%E6%9F%A5%E5%8C%BA" title="加拿大人口普查区 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="加拿大人口普查区" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1053463#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&oldid=1257570356" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&id=1257570356&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCensus_geographic_units_of_Canada"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCensus_geographic_units_of_Canada"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1053463" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Term used in Canada</div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:280px"><div style="position: relative; width:280px;"> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 7.9%; top: 59.4%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">BC</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 18.4%; top: 62.2%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Alberta">AB</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 27.8%; top: 67%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Saskatchewan">SK</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 37.6%; top: 68%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Manitoba">MB</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 50%; top: 71.9%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Ontario">ON</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 68.6%; top: 68%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Quebec">QC</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 79.6%; top: 76%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of New Brunswick">NB</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 83.9%; top: 70.8%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Prince Edward Island">PE</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 86.8%; top: 77%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Nova Scotia">NS</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 90.4%; top: 62.7%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador">NL</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 8%; top: 32.5%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Yukon" title="Demographics of Yukon">YT</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 21.4%; top: 40.2%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Northwest_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of the Northwest Territories">NT</a></b></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-size: 88%; left: 39.3%; top: 42.9%; padding: 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Nunavut" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Nunavut">NU</a></b></div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada-census_layout.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Canadian Provinces and Territories"><img alt="Canadian Provinces and Territories" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png/280px-Canada-census_layout.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png/420px-Canada-census_layout.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Canada-census_layout.png/560px-Canada-census_layout.png 2x" data-file-width="852" data-file-height="698" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Census divisions by province and territory</div></div> </div> <p>The <b>census geographic units of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></b> are the <a href="/wiki/Census_division" title="Census division">census subdivisions</a> defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to conduct <a href="/wiki/Census_in_Canada" title="Census in Canada">the country's quinquennial census</a>. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. They exist on four levels: the top-level (first-level) divisions are Canada's <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">provinces and territories</a>; these are divided into second-level <b>census divisions</b>, which in turn are divided into third-level <b>census subdivisions</b> (often corresponding to <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population" title="List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population">municipalities</a>) and fourth-level <b>dissemination areas</b>. </p><p>In some provinces, census divisions correspond to the province's <b>second-level administrative divisions</b> such as a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> or another similar unit of political organization. In the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Prairies" title="Canadian Prairies">prairie provinces</a>, census divisions do not correspond to the province's administrative divisions, but rather group multiple administrative divisions together. In <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a>, the boundaries are chosen arbitrarily as no such level of government exists. Two of Canada's three territories are also divided into census divisions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Census_divisions">Census divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Census divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_census_divisions_of_Canada_by_population" title="List of census divisions of Canada by population">List of census divisions of Canada by population</a></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Nature of Canada's census divisions by province or territory </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Province/Territory </th> <th>Second-level divisions </th> <th colspan="2">Census divisions correspond to second-level <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative subdivisions</a>? </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_census_divisions_of_Alberta" title="List of census divisions of Alberta">Alberta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Alberta" title="List of communities in Alberta">Rural municipalities</a> </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Census divisions consist of groups of municipalities, <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_municipalities_in_Alberta" title="List of specialized municipalities in Alberta">specialized municipalities</a>, and rural municipalities (these include <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_districts_in_Alberta" title="List of municipal districts in Alberta">municipal districts</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_Board" title="Special Areas Board">special areas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_improvement_districts_in_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="List of improvement districts in Alberta">improvement districts</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">British Columbia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">Regional districts</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions correspond to regional districts. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Manitoba">Manitoba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_municipalities_in_Manitoba" title="List of rural municipalities in Manitoba">Rural municipalities</a> </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Census divisions consist of groups of urban and rural municipalities. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_New_Brunswick" title="Administrative divisions of New Brunswick">Rural Districts</a> </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Since 2023, New Brunswick is using a new municipal format. The new "rural districts" boundaries were roughly based on historical counties, although there are quite considerable differences in the final format.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Newfoundland and Labrador is not subdivided into second-level administrative divisions. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_Northwest_Territories" title="List of regions of the Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none">Regions</span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_Northwest_Territories#Administrative_regions" title="List of regions of the Northwest Territories">Administrative regions</a> </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Census divisions mostly correspond to the administrative regions of the Northwest Territories, except for North Slave Admin Region which is split into two census divisions. In addition, the remaining census divisions bear slightly different borders than their territorial counterparts. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of counties of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of counties of Nova Scotia">Counties</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions correspond to historical counties. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Nunavut" title="List of regions of Nunavut">Nunavut</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Nunavut" title="List of regions of Nunavut">Regions</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions correspond to the administrative regions of Nunavut. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Ontario">Ontario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario" title="List of municipalities in Ontario">Upper-tier municipalities</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions consist of "upper-tier" municipalities (counties, districts, regional municipalities, single-tier cities). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Prince Edward Island">Counties</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions correspond to historical counties.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_census_divisions_of_Quebec" title="List of census divisions of Quebec">Quebec</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none">Counties</span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_regional_county_municipalities_and_equivalent_territories_in_Quebec" title="List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec">Regional county municipalities</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Census divisions mostly correspond to regional county municipalities or equivalent territories. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Saskatchewan" title="List of municipalities in Saskatchewan">Urban municipalities</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_municipalities_in_Saskatchewan" title="List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan">Rural municipalities</a> </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">No </td> <td style="background:#eac7c7;">Census divisions consist of groups of urban and rural municipalities. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Yukon" title="Demographics of Yukon">Yukon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unorganized_Yukon" title="Unorganized Yukon">None</a> </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yes </td> <td style="background:#d9ead0;">Yukon is not subdivided into second-level administrative divisions; thus, Statistics Canada uses the entire territory as a single census division. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In most cases, a census division corresponds to a single unit of the appropriate type listed above. However, in a few cases, Statistics Canada groups two or more units into a single statistical division: </p> <ul><li>In Ontario, <a href="/wiki/Haldimand_County,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Haldimand County, Ontario">Haldimand County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Ontario" title="Norfolk County, Ontario">Norfolk County</a> are grouped as a single census division, as are <a href="/wiki/Brant,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Brant, Ontario">Brant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brantford,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Brantford, Ontario">Brantford</a>. Additionally, in 2023 the government of Ontario expected to change a few district boundaries. One of which is Peel Region, which will be split by 2025, although it is unclear if the census division boundary will remain.</li> <li>In Quebec, 93 of 98 census divisions correspond precisely to the territory of one <a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">regional county municipality</a> (with the addition of Indian reserves, which do not legally belong to RCMs) or a "territory equivalent to an RCM" (which usually corresponds to a single <a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">independent city</a>). However, there are five census divisions consisting of two or three RCMs or equivalent territories each. See <a href="/wiki/List_of_census_divisions_of_Quebec" title="List of census divisions of Quebec">List of census divisions of Quebec</a>. <ul><li>These are the five census divisions: <ul><li><ul><li>The CD of <a href="/wiki/Francheville_(census_division)" title="Francheville (census division)">Francheville</a> (37) consists of the TE of <a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_(territory_equivalent_to_a_regional_county_municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trois-Rivières (territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)">Trois-Rivières</a> (371) and the RCM of <a href="/wiki/Les_Chenaux_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality">Les Chenaux</a> (372). These two divisions formerly constituted the single <a href="/wiki/Francheville_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Francheville Regional County Municipality">RCM of Francheville</a>, which was dissolved in 2002.</li> <li>The CD of <a href="/wiki/Le_Saguenay-et-son-Fjord" title="Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord">Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord</a> (94) consists of the TE of <a href="/wiki/Saguenay,_Quebec" title="Saguenay, Quebec">Saguenay</a> (941) and the RCM of <a href="/wiki/Le_Fjord-du-Saguenay_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality">Le Fjord-du-Saguenay</a> (942). Le Fjord-du-Saguenay formerly included the smaller cities which were amalgamated to create the new city of Saguenay in 2002.</li> <li>The CD of <a href="/wiki/Sept-Rivi%C3%A8res%E2%80%94Caniapiscau" title="Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau">Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau</a> (97) consists of the RCMs of <a href="/wiki/Sept-Rivi%C3%A8res_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality">Sept-Rivières</a> (971) and <a href="/wiki/Caniapiscau_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality">Caniapiscau</a> (972).</li> <li>The CD of <a href="/wiki/Minganie%E2%80%93Le_Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent" class="mw-redirect" title="Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent">Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent</a> (98) consists of the RCMs of <a href="/wiki/Minganie_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Minganie Regional County Municipality">Minganie</a> (981) and <a href="/wiki/Le_Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality">Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent</a> (982). The latter superseded Basse-Côte-Nord in 2010; Basse-Côte-Nord itself was part of Minganie until 2002.</li> <li>The CD of <a href="/wiki/Nord-du-Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Nord-du-Québec">Nord-du-Québec</a> (99) is coextensive with the <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Quebec">administrative region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nord-du-Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Nord-du-Québec">Nord-du-Québec</a> and consists of the TEs of <a href="/wiki/Jam%C3%A9sie_(territory_equivalent_to_a_regional_county_municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamésie (territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)">Jamésie</a> (991), <a href="/wiki/Kativik_(territory_equivalent_to_a_regional_county_municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kativik (territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)">Kativik</a> (992) and <a href="/wiki/Eeyou_Istchee_(territory_equivalent_to_a_regional_county_municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eeyou Istchee (territory equivalent to a regional county municipality)">Eeyou Istchee</a> (993).</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>In almost all such cases, the division in question was formerly a single unit of the standard type, which was divided into multiple units by its province after the <a href="/wiki/2001_Canadian_census" title="2001 Canadian census">2001 Canadian census</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Census_consolidated_subdivisions">Census consolidated subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Census consolidated subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A census consolidated subdivision is a geographic unit between census division and census subdivision. It is a combination of adjacent census subdivisions typically consisting of larger, more rural census subdivisions and smaller, more densely populated census subdivisions.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCanCCSs_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCanCCSs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Census_subdivisions">Census subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Census subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Census subdivisions generally correspond to the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_government_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal government in Canada">municipalities</a> of Canada, as determined by provincial and territorial legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCanCSDs_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCanCSDs-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They can also correspond to area which are deemed to be equivalents to municipalities for statistical reporting purposes, such as <a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_settlement" title="Indian settlement">Indian settlements</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Unorganized_area_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unorganized area (Canada)">unorganized territories</a> where municipal level government may not exist.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCanCSDs_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCanCSDs-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Statistics Canada has created census subdivisions in cooperation with the provinces of British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia as equivalents for municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCanInterim_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCanInterim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian reserve and Indian settlement census subdivisions are determined according to criteria established by <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada">Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCanCSDsmore_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCanCSDsmore-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dissemination_areas">Dissemination areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dissemination areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dissemination areas are the smallest standard geographic unit in Canada and cover the entire country.<sup id="cite_ref-2006DA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006DA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As small areas, they comprise one or more dissemination blocks and have a population between 400 and 700 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2006DA_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006DA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specially-defined_geographic_units">Specially-defined geographic units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Specially-defined geographic units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_metropolitan_areas">Census metropolitan areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Census metropolitan areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See template below for links to census metropolitan areas by size.</i></dd></dl> <p>A "census metropolitan area" (CMA) is a grouping of census subdivisions comprising a large urban area (the "urban core") and those surrounding "urban fringes" with which it is closely integrated. To become a CMA, an area must register an urban core population of at least 100,000 at the previous census. CMA status is retained even if this core population later drops below 100,000. </p><p>CMAs may cross census division and provincial boundaries, although the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>-<a href="/wiki/Gatineau" title="Gatineau">Gatineau</a> metropolitan area in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> is the only one that currently crosses a provincial border. </p><p>The methodology used by Statistics Canada does not allow for CMA-CMA mergers into larger statistical areas; consequently, there is no Canadian equivalent to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">combined statistical areas</a> of the United States. Statistics Canada has stated that <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oshawa" title="Oshawa">Oshawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a> could be merged into a single CSA were such an approach utilized.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Statistics Canada has described the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Golden_Horseshoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Golden Horseshoe">Greater Golden Horseshoe</a> as the country's largest <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_agglomerations">Census agglomerations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Census agglomerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_census_agglomerations_by_province_or_territory" title="List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory">List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan areas in Canada">List of metropolitan areas in Canada</a></div> <p>A "census agglomeration" (CA) is a smaller version of a CMA in which the urban core population at the previous census was greater than 10,000 but less than 100,000. If the population of an urban core is less than 50,000, it is the starting point for the construction of a 'census agglomeration'.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_tracts">Census tracts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Census tracts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CMAs and CAs with a population greater than 50,000 are subdivided into census tracts which have populations ranging from 2,500 to 8,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_centres">Population centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Population centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_population_centres_in_Canada" title="List of the largest population centres in Canada">List of the largest population centres in Canada</a></div> <p>A population centre (PC), formerly known as an <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a> (UA), is any grouping of contiguous dissemination areas that has a minimum population of 1,000 and an average population density of 400 persons per square kilometre or greater.<sup id="cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAtoPC-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 2011 census, urban area was renamed "population centre".<sup id="cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAtoPC-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2011preview_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011preview-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, Statistics Canada identified 942 population centres in Canada. Some population centres cross municipal boundaries and not all municipalities contain a population centre while others have more than one.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population centre level of geography is further divided into the following three groupings based on population:<sup id="cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAtoPC-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>"small population centre" – 1,000 to 29,999</li> <li>"medium population centre" – 30,000 to 99,999</li> <li>"large urban population centre" – 100,000 and greater</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Designated_places">Designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Designated_place" title="Designated place">Designated place</a></div> <p>A "designated place" (DPL) is usually a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or urban areas (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre), but for which Statistics Canada or a provincial government has requested that similar demographic data be compiled.<sup id="cite_ref-DPLdefined_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DPLdefined-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Localities">Localities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A "<a href="/wiki/Locality_(settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Locality (settlement)">locality</a>" (LOC) is a historical named location or place. The named location may be a former census subdivision, a former urban area, or a former designated place. It may also refer to neighbourhoods, post offices, communities and unincorporated places among other entities.<sup id="cite_ref-LOCdefined_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOCdefined-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_districts">Electoral districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Electoral districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Statistics Canada also aggregates data by federal <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_(Canada)" title="Electoral district (Canada)">electoral districts</a>, one purpose for which is the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_(Canada)#Boundary_adjustment_for_federal_electoral_districts" title="Electoral district (Canada)">redrawing of district boundaries</a> every ten years. Federal electoral districts are numerically indexed; each district receives a unique five-digit code, with the first two digits being the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Geographical_Classification_code_(Canada)" title="Standard Geographical Classification code (Canada)">Standard Geographical Classification code</a> for the province or territory in which the district is located. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_division_statistics_of_Canada" title="Census division statistics of Canada">Census division statistics of Canada</a></li> <li>Census divisions of <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Alberta">Alberta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a></li> <li>Counties of <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a></li> <li>Regions of <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Manitoba">Manitoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Northwest_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of the Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Nunavut" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Nunavut">Nunavut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipalities_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional county municipalities of Quebec">Regional county municipalities of Quebec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">Regional districts of British Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Geographical_Classification_code_(Canada)" title="Standard Geographical Classification code (Canada)">Standard Geographical Classification code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Mexico" title="Municipalities of Mexico">Municipalities of Mexico</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While officially designated as a "municipal district", several <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_districts_in_Alberta" title="List of municipal districts in Alberta">municipal districts in Alberta</a> have branded themselves as "counties".<sup id="cite_ref-municodes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-municodes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">New Brunswick's county governments were abolished in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/2023_New_Brunswick_local_governance_reform" title="2023 New Brunswick local governance reform">administrative reforms in 2023</a>, rural districts were created for the province to provide important local services to residents who had no local government.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Approximately 70% of Prince Edward Island's land mass, home to 30% of its residents, is rural and unincorporated, with no local government services.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStatistics_Canada" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514114205/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/Index_e.cfm">"Illustrated Glossary: Census Geography"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/Index_e.cfm">the original</a> on 2011-05-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-10-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Illustrated+Glossary%3A+Census+Geography&rft.au=Statistics+Canada&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgeodepot.statcan.ca%2FDiss%2FReference%2FCOGG%2FIndex_e.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-municodes-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-municodes_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7b81986c-b05a-4b72-8f12-aec3a22970ae/resource/ed2a6f59-4c8a-481c-968b-04553e53cb17/download/2024-lgcode.pdf">"2024 Municipal Codes"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Alberta_Municipal_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta Municipal Affairs">Alberta Municipal Affairs</a>. June 3, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 14,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2024+Municipal+Codes&rft.pub=Alberta+Municipal+Affairs&rft.date=2024-06-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.alberta.ca%2Fdataset%2F7b81986c-b05a-4b72-8f12-aec3a22970ae%2Fresource%2Fed2a6f59-4c8a-481c-968b-04553e53cb17%2Fdownload%2F2024-lgcode.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation report cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://canlii.ca/t/550jc">Municipalities Act</a>. SNB 1966(1), c 20. <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick" title="Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick">Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick</a>. 22 June 1966. 194<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 June</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Municipalities+Act&rft.series=SNB+1966%281%29%2C+c+20&rft.pages=194&rft.pub=Legislative+Assembly+of+New+Brunswick&rft.date=1966-06-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcanlii.ca%2Ft%2F550jc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Corporate/Promo/localgovreform/rural-districts.pdf">"Rural Districts: New Brunswick's reformed local governance system"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Government of New Brunswick. 4 August 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 June</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rural+Districts%3A+New+Brunswick%27s+reformed+local+governance+system&rft.pub=Government+of+New+Brunswick&rft.date=2022-08-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.gnb.ca%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fgnb%2FCorporate%2FPromo%2Flocalgovreform%2Frural-districts.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBagloleGriffinMacDonald2007" class="citation report cs1">Baglole, Harry; Griffin, Diane; MacDonald, Wendy (June 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fpeim.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IRISgroup.pdf">A Study on Prince Edward Island Local Governance</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report). p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=A+Study+on+Prince+Edward+Island+Local+Governance&rft.pages=1&rft.date=2007-06&rft.aulast=Baglole&rft.aufirst=Harry&rft.au=Griffin%2C+Diane&rft.au=MacDonald%2C+Wendy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffpeim.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2FIRISgroup.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-StatCanCCSs-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-StatCanCCSs_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/geo007-eng.cfm">"Census consolidated subdivision (CCS)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2012-01-31. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130207100209/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/geo007-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2013-02-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-02-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Census+consolidated+subdivision+%28CCS%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2012-01-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2011%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo007-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-StatCanCSDs-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-StatCanCSDs_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-StatCanCSDs_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo012-eng.cfm">"Census subdivision (CSD)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2010-06-14. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120729174540/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo012-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-07-29<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-29</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Census+subdivision+%28CSD%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2010-06-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2006%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo012-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-StatCanInterim-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-StatCanInterim_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0009x/92f0009x2011000-eng.pdf">"Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Statistics Canada. April 2011. p. 7&8. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111211062752/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0009x/92f0009x2011000-eng.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2011-12-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-29</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Interim+List+of+Changes+to+Municipal+Boundaries%2C+Status%2C+and+Names&rft.pages=7%268&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2011-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statcan.gc.ca%2Fpub%2F92f0009x%2F92f0009x2011000-eng.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-StatCanCSDsmore-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-StatCanCSDsmore_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo012a-eng.cfm">"More information on Census subdivision (CSD)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2011-04-04. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124032219/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo012a-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-01-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-29</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=More+information+on+Census+subdivision+%28CSD%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2011-04-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2006%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo012a-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2006DA-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2006DA_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2006DA_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo021-eng.cfm">"2016 Census Dictionary: Dissemination area (DA)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2016-11-16. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190710221308/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo021-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-07-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-07-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2016+Census+Dictionary%3A+Dissemination+area+%28DA%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2016-11-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2016%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo021-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2008002/5002030-eng.htm">"Defining and Measuring Metropolitan Areas: A Comparison between Canada and the United States"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>. 2008-11-17. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220150/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2008002/5002030-eng.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 2014-05-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-05-19</span></span>. <q>...application of the American combination criteria could result in the consolidation (combining) of the CMAs of Oshawa and Hamilton with the Toronto CMA.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Defining+and+Measuring+Metropolitan+Areas%3A+A+Comparison+between+Canada+and+the+United+States&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2008-11-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statcan.gc.ca%2Fpub%2F92f0138m%2F2008002%2F5002030-eng.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-550/p14-eng.cfm">"2006 Census: Portrait of the Canadian Population in 2006: Subprovincial population dynamics"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150610182230/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-550/p14-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-06-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-11</span></span>. <q>In 2006, nearly half of all Canadians, 13.9 million people, were living in the country's three largest urban areas: the Montréal census metropolitan area, the Vancouver census metropolitan area, and the Greater Golden Horseshoe in southern Ontario.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2006+Census%3A+Portrait+of+the+Canadian+Population+in+2006%3A+Subprovincial+population+dynamics&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2006%2Fas-sa%2F97-550%2Fp14-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sancton, Andrew. "Canadian Local Government: An Urban Perspective" Pp. 74. Oxford University Press, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UAtoPC-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UAtoPC_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/geo049a-eng.cfm">"Population centre (POPCTR)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2011-05-05. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522193417/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/geo049a-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2013-05-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-09-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Population+centre+%28POPCTR%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2011-05-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2011%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo049a-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2011preview-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2011preview_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/preview-avantgout/data-donnees/hl-fs-eng.cfm">"Preview of Census Products and Services: Highlight tables"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2012-04-12. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130730174233/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/preview-avantgout/data-donnees/hl-fs-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2013-07-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-08-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Preview+of+Census+Products+and+Services%3A+Highlight+tables&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2012-04-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2011%2Fref%2Fpreview-avantgout%2Fdata-donnees%2Fhl-fs-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSancton2011" class="citation book cs1">Sancton, Andrew (2011). <i>Canadian Local Government: An Urban Perspective</i>. Canada: Oxford University Press. p. 73. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-542756-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-542756-1"><bdi>978-0-19-542756-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Canadian+Local+Government%3A+An+Urban+Perspective&rft.place=Canada&rft.pages=73&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-19-542756-1&rft.aulast=Sancton&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DPLdefined-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DPLdefined_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo018-eng.cfm">"2006 Census Dictionary: Designated place (DPL)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2009-11-20. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120511032435/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo018-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-05-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-12-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2006+Census+Dictionary%3A+Designated+place+%28DPL%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2009-11-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2006%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo018-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LOCdefined-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LOCdefined_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo030-eng.cfm">"2006 Census Dictionary: Locality (LOC)"</a>. Statistics Canada. 2009-11-20. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120616174100/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/geo030-eng.cfm">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-06-16<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-12-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2006+Census+Dictionary%3A+Locality+%28LOC%29&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2009-11-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww12.statcan.gc.ca%2Fcensus-recensement%2F2006%2Fref%2Fdict%2Fgeo030-eng.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACensus+geographic+units+of+Canada" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140602033305/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/diss/maps/referencemaps/n_cd_e.cfm"><i>Reference maps</i></a> for census divisions at Statistics Canada.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geoint-eng.cfm">Hierarchy of census geography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/tab/t1_1-eng.cfm">Table of geographic areas by province and territory</a></li></ul> <p><br /></p><div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Census_metropolitan_areas_(CMAs)_in_Canada_by_size" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Census_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada_by_size" title="Template:Census metropolitan areas in Canada by size"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Census_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada_by_size" title="Template talk:Census metropolitan areas in Canada by size"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Census_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada_by_size" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Census metropolitan areas in Canada by size"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Census_metropolitan_areas_(CMAs)_in_Canada_by_size" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada by size</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Toronto_Area" title="Greater Toronto Area">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">ON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Montreal" title="Greater Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">QC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Vancouver" title="Greater Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">BC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Region_(Canada)" title="National Capital Region (Canada)">Ottawa-Gatineau</a>, ON/QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calgary_metropolitan_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Calgary metropolitan region">Calgary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">AB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_metropolitan_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton metropolitan region">Edmonton</a>, AB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9_m%C3%A9tropolitaine_de_Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Communauté métropolitaine de Québec">Quebec City</a>, QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Capital_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Capital Region">Winnipeg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">MB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Waterloo" title="Regional Municipality of Waterloo">Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Ontario" title="London, Ontario">London</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Niagara" title="Regional Municipality of Niagara">St. Catharines-Niagara</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oshawa" title="Oshawa">Oshawa</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Victoria" title="Greater Victoria">Victoria</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saskatoon_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Saskatoon Metropolitan Area">Saskatoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">SK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regina,_Saskatchewan" title="Regina, Saskatchewan">Regina</a>, SK</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherbrooke" title="Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a>, QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_District_of_Central_Okanagan" title="Regional District of Central Okanagan">Kelowna</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrie" title="Barrie">Barrie</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Metropolitan Area">St. John's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">NL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbotsford,_British_Columbia" title="Abbotsford, British Columbia">Abbotsford</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Sudbury" title="Greater Sudbury">Greater Sudbury</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guelph" title="Guelph">Guelph</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguenay,_Quebec" title="Saguenay, Quebec">Saguenay</a>, QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res" title="Trois-Rivières">Trois-Rivières</a>, QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moncton" title="Moncton">Moncton</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">NB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brantford" title="Brantford">Brantford</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Saint_John" title="Greater Saint John">Saint John</a>, NB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough,_Ontario" title="Peterborough, Ontario">Peterborough</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lethbridge" title="Lethbridge">Lethbridge</a>, AB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Bay" title="Thunder Bay">Thunder Bay</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanaimo" title="Nanaimo">Nanaimo</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamloops" title="Kamloops">Kamloops</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilliwack" title="Chilliwack">Chilliwack</a>, BC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Ontario" title="Belleville, Ontario">Belleville</a>–<a href="/wiki/Quinte_West" title="Quinte West">Quinte West</a>, ON</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Fredericton" title="Greater Fredericton">Fredericton</a>, NB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drummondville" title="Drummondville">Drummondville</a>, QC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Deer,_Alberta" title="Red Deer, Alberta">Red Deer</a>, AB</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Census_divisions_of_Canada_(by_province_or_territory)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Canada_topic" title="Template:Canada topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Canada_topic" title="Template talk:Canada topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Canada_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Canada topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Census_divisions_of_Canada_(by_province_or_territory)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Canada">Census divisions of Canada</a> (by <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">province or territory</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Provinces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Alberta">Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of British Columbia">British Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Manitoba">Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Ontario">Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Quebec">Quebec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_the_Northwest_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of the Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Nunavut" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Nunavut">Nunavut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Yukon" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Yukon">Yukon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Canada" title="Category:Canada">Category</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/25px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/37px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg/50px-Maple_Leaf_%28from_roundel%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="343" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Canada" title="Portal:Canada">Canada portal</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Canadian_censuses" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Canadian_censuses" title="Template:Canadian censuses"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Canadian_censuses" title="Template talk:Canadian censuses"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Canadian_censuses" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Canadian censuses"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Canadian_censuses" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Canada" title="Census in Canada">Canadian censuses</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1871_Canadian_census" title="1871 Canadian census">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Canadian_census" title="1881 Canadian census">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Canadian_census" title="1891 Canadian census">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Canadian_census" title="1901 Canadian census">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Canadian_census" title="1911 Canadian census">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Canadian_census" title="1921 Canadian census">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Canadian_census" title="1931 Canadian census">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Canadian_census" title="1941 Canadian census">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Canadian_census" title="1951 Canadian census">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Canadian_census" title="1956 Canadian census">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Canadian_census" title="1961 Canadian census">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Canadian_census" title="1966 Canadian census">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Canadian_census" title="1971 Canadian census">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Canadian_census" title="1976 Canadian census">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Canadian_census" title="1981 Canadian census">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Canadian_census" title="1986 Canadian census">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Canadian_census" title="1991 Canadian census">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Canadian_census" title="1996 Canadian census">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Canadian_census" title="2001 Canadian census">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_census" title="2006 Canadian census">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_census" title="2011 Canadian census">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Canadian_census" title="2016 Canadian census">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Canadian_census" title="2026 Canadian census">2026</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1906_Canadian_census" title="1906 Canadian census">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Canadian_census" title="1916 Canadian census">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Canadian_census" title="1926 Canadian census">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Canadian_census" title="1936 Canadian census">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Canadian_census" title="1946 Canadian census">1946</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-1871</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1666_census_of_New_France" title="1666 census of New France">1666 (New France)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1825_census_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1825 census of Lower Canada (page does not exist)">1825 (Lower Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_census_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 census of Lower Canada (page does not exist)">1831 (Lower Canada)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_census_of_Canada_East&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 census of Canada East (page does not exist)">1842 (Canada East)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_census_of_Canada_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 census of Canada West (page does not exist)">1842 (Canada West)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Canadian_census&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Canadian census (page does not exist)">1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick & Nova Scotia)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1861_Canadian_census&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1861 Canadian census (page does not exist)">1861 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Is.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_census_of_Manitoba" title="1870 census of Manitoba">1870 (Manitoba)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early local</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Quebec&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Quebec (page does not exist)">Quebec (1640–1880)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Acadia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Acadia (page does not exist)">Acadia (1671–1763)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Newfoundland and Labrador (page does not exist)">Newfoundland and Labrador (1671–1945)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_census_of_Newfoundland" title="1921 census of Newfoundland">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_census_of_Newfoundland" title="1945 census of Newfoundland">1945</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Ontario&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Ontario (page does not exist)">Ontario (1719–1907)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Nova Scotia (page does not exist)">Nova Scotia (1767–1838)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_New_Brunswick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in New Brunswick (page does not exist)">New Brunswick (1773–1848)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Prince_Edward_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Prince Edward Island (page does not exist)">Prince Edward Is. (1787–1871)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1871_census_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="1871 census of Prince Edward Island">1871</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_Manitoba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in Manitoba (page does not exist)">Manitoba (1827–1856)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_in_British_Columbia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses in British Columbia (page does not exist)">British Columbia (1870–1891)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Censuses_of_First_Nations_bands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Censuses of First Nations bands (page does not exist)">First Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Census_of_Agriculture" title="Canadian Census of Agriculture">Census of Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_census_in_Canada" title="Municipal census in Canada">Municipal censuses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Dominion Bureau of Statistics">Dominion Bureau of Statistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statistics_Act" title="Statistics Act">Statistics Act</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Census geographic units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_family" title="Census family">Census family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_of_Canada#Population_by_years" title="Population of Canada">Population by years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population" title="List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population">Population by municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_Canadian_cities_by_census" title="List of largest Canadian cities by census">Largest cities by census</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Articles_on_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_American_countries" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Articles_on_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_American_countries" title="Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of North American countries"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Articles_on_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_American_countries" title="Template talk:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of North American countries"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Articles_on_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_American_countries" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of North American countries"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Articles_on_second-level_administrative_divisions_of_North_American_countries" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Articles on second-level <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a> of North American countries</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_divisions_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Major divisions of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Belize" title="List of municipalities in Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Costa_Rica" title="Cantons of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Cuba" title="Municipalities of Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_and_districts_of_El_Salvador" title="List of municipalities and districts of El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Guatemala" title="Municipalities of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Haiti" title="Arrondissements of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Honduras" title="Municipalities of Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Mexico" title="Municipalities of Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Nicaragua" title="Municipalities of Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Panama" title="Districts of Panama">Panama</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_by_country" title="List of administrative divisions by country">List of administrative divisions by country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐f69cdc8f6‐v4897 Cached time: 20241122141254 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.431 seconds Real time usage: 0.616 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 2147/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 79625/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 3119/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 16/100 Expensive parser function count: 9/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 99476/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.249/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 5670194/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 531.498 1 -total 49.16% 261.306 2 Template:Reflist 38.31% 203.601 14 Template:Cite_web 17.60% 93.556 4 Template:Navbox 13.00% 69.077 1 Template:Census_metropolitan_areas_by_size 12.55% 66.705 1 Template:Short_description 7.08% 37.619 1 Template:AltaMC 6.62% 35.183 3 Template:See_also 5.91% 31.404 2 Template:Pagetype 5.24% 27.871 2 Template:Date --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:605671-0!canonical and timestamp 20241122141254 and revision id 1257570356. Rendering was triggered because: page-view --> </div><!--esi <esi:include src="/esitest-fa8a495983347898/content" /> --><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&oldid=1257570356">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&oldid=1257570356</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Census_divisions_of_Canada" title="Category:Census divisions of Canada">Census divisions of Canada</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Subdivisions_of_Canada" title="Category:Subdivisions of Canada">Subdivisions of Canada</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Administrative_divisions_in_North_America" title="Category:Administrative divisions in North America">Administrative divisions in North America</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Second-level_administrative_divisions_by_country" title="Category:Second-level administrative divisions by country">Second-level administrative divisions by country</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Censuses_in_Canada" title="Category:Censuses in Canada">Censuses in Canada</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Canadian_English_from_November_2022" title="Category:Use Canadian English from November 2022">Use Canadian English from November 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Canadian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 15 November 2024, at 16:31<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census_geographic_units_of_Canada&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-5w7wd","wgBackendResponseTime":147,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.431","walltime":"0.616","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2147,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":79625,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":3119,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":16,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":9,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":99476,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 531.498 1 -total"," 49.16% 261.306 2 Template:Reflist"," 38.31% 203.601 14 Template:Cite_web"," 17.60% 93.556 4 Template:Navbox"," 13.00% 69.077 1 Template:Census_metropolitan_areas_by_size"," 12.55% 66.705 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.08% 37.619 1 Template:AltaMC"," 6.62% 35.183 3 Template:See_also"," 5.91% 31.404 2 Template:Pagetype"," 5.24% 27.871 2 Template:Date"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.249","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5670194,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"table#1 {\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-v4897","timestamp":"20241122141254","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Census geographic units of Canada","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1053463","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1053463","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-04-19T08:46:39Z","dateModified":"2024-11-15T16:31:41Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/44\/Canada-census_layout.png","headline":"term used in Canada"}</script> </body> </html>