Census Boundary Bundle – Canada
- Census Boundary Bundle - Canada represents complete hierarchies of political and census boundaries for Canada. The standard version is updated every 5 years following the new Canada census, while the enhanced version is updated quarterly and includes selected large water features and more detailed shorelines.
Coverage
- Canada
Product Family
- Boundaries
Usage
With complete census boundary data for Canada, you can accelerate analysis and visual representation within mapping applications across a variety of use cases:
- Conduct land use and demographic studies to inform marketing and planning
- Perform social, economic, and market research to optimize location and network planning
- Link census data to geographic areas with unique identifiers to streamline analysis
- Create new geographic areas for analysis and territory management
Details
Census Boundary Bundle (Canada) includes the following levels:
- Provinces/Territories: all 10 provinces and 3 territories
- Census Divisions: counties, regional districts, regional municipalities, and united counties
- Census Metropolitan Areas/Census Agglomerations (CMA/CA): urban areas with populations over 100,000
- Census Subdivisions: towns, cities, villages, townships, and Indian Reserves
- Census Tracts: small communities (average population 4,000)
- Dissemination Areas (DA): The smallest boundary for which Canada census data is provided, with populations from 400-700 persons
- Aggregate Dissemination Area (ADA): a new boundary feature created to offer a contiguous, nationwide boundary layer, based on census tracts, census subdivisions, or dissemination areas
Specifications
- Update Frequency
- Quarterly (Enhanced), Every 5 Years (Standard)
- Coverage
- Canada
- Unit of Sale
- Country, Province
