Introduction to the Geography Section

Geographic Attributes:

Adjusted Counts

Census Metropolitan Area and Census Agglomeration Influenced Zones (MIZ)

Geographic Code

Land Area

Population Density

Geographic Classifications:

Standard Geographical Classification (SGC)

Statistical Area Classification (SAC)

Geographic Files:

Cartographic Boundary Files (CBFs)

Digital Boundary Files (DBFs)

Digital Cartographic Files (DCFs)

Road Network Files (RNFs)

Street Network Files (SNFs)

Geographic Infrastructure:

National Geographic Base (NGB)

Geographic Units:

Block

Census Agglomeration (CA)

Census Agricultural Region (CAR)

Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS)

Census Division (CD)

Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA)

Census Subdivision (CSD)

Census Subdivision – Previous Census

Census Tract (CT)

Consolidated Census Agglomeration

Consolidated Census Metropolitan Area

Designated Place (DPL)

Dissemination Area (DA)

Economic Region (ER)

Enumeration Area (EA)

Federal Electoral District (FED)

Locality (LOC)

Place Name (PN)

Primary Census Agglomeration

Primary Census Metropolitan Area

Province or Territory

Rural Area (RA)

Unincorporated Place (UP)

Urban Area (UA)

Urban Core, Urban Fringe and Rural Fringe

Maps and Mapping/Geographic Information Systems (GIS):

Block-face

Coordinate System

Datum

Ecumene

Geocoding

Map Projection

Reference Map

Representative Point

Thematic Map

Other:

Geographic Reference Date

Postal Code

Spatial Data Quality Elements

Urban Population Size Group