An
area containing a dense concentration of population. It must
have a population of at least 1,000 and a density of at least
400 persons per square kilometre, based on the previous census.
Urban areas are comprised of complete enumeration areas. UAs
separated by gaps of less than two kilometres (road distance)
are combined to form a single urban area. All territory lying
outside urban areas is considered rural. Taken together, urban
and rural areas cover all of Canada. In 1991 there were
893 Urban Areas.The 1996 Urban Areas (UA) Digital Boundary File
contains 929 UAs in Canada.
The
Data are available in Arc/Info(r)
Export format (*.E00), or in MapInfo(r)
format in the Lambert
Projection or in the Latitude
/ Longitude Projection. In the DRC the following products
are stored:
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