REFERENCE MAP FILES - DISSEMINATION AREAS BY CENSUS TRACTS (CT) FOR 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 Tract covers all 27 census metropolitan areas and the 19 census agglomerations that are part of the census tract program. Each map in the set covers one census tract (CT) and shows the boundaries and codes of dissemination areas within that CT. The maps also show census tract, census subdivision, and census metropolitan area or census agglomeration boundaries on a background of detailed street networks and other visible features such as rivers and lakes.

There are 6,154 maps in this set—generally one map per census tract. The dimensions of each map are approximately 27 cm by 43 cm (11 inches by 17 inches). Map scales vary according to the size of the census tract; thus the maps cannot be cut and pasted together. In cases where< there is too much detail to show on one map, the census tract may be split into two or more maps.

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 DA and CT codes for identifying files.

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