REFERENCE MAP FILES - DISSEMINATION AREAS BY CENSUS DIVISIONS FOR AREAS OUTSIDE CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREAS (CMA) AND CENSUS AGGLOMERATIONS (CA)

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Description:

Census data are disseminated for a wide range of geographic areas ranging from the national level down to the highly detailed dissemination area (DA) level. Reference maps depict the boundaries of these geographic areas and help users put the census data in a spatial context. Also included on the reference maps are names and codes of census geographic areas, and major physical and cultural features such as roads, railroads, coastlines, rivers and lakes and other notable physical features. This reference guide includes information on the three map series listed below.

The dissemination area reference maps cover three distinct types of areas: census tracts within census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and tracted census agglomerations (CAs); non-tracted CAs; and census divisions outside of CMAs and CAs. All depict the dissemination area as their smallest reference unit.

In Canada, there are 52,993 dissemination areas defined for the 2001 Census (see Appendix B for a table of the geographical units by province and territory). Together, the three map series presented in this reference guide cover all of Canada.

The set of Dissemination Area Reference Maps by Census Division covers areas outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Each map in the set covers one census division (CD) and shows the boundaries and codes of dissemination areas within that CD. The maps also show the boundaries of census subdivisions, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, as well as urban areas and representative points for designated places.

The maps include background information such as rivers, lakes, railroad tracks and provincial boundaries, and other significant features. There are approximately 1,000 maps in this set—generally two or more maps per census division. Some maps include insets to show detail for the congested areas. These insets appear on the main map where possible, but in some cases they appear on a second map sheet. The maps vary in scale and size; the maximum dimensions are approximately40.2
inches by 36.2 inches.

See Reference Guide for further details.

(Source: Statistics Canada 2002)

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Maps:

The 2001 Maps are available in PDF format. Each CMA has a directory. Users will need to know the 2001 CD codes and/or CD names for identifying files.

In the TDR the following products are stored:

PROVINCE	PROVINCIAL CODE
British Columbia	59
Alberta	48
Saskatchewan	47
Manitoba	46
Ontario	35
Quebec	24
New Brunswick	13
Nova Scotia	12
Prince Edward Island	11
Newfoundland	10
Yukon Territory	60
Northwest Territories	61
Nunavut	62

 

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