Census Subdivision - Digital Boundary Files (CSD-DBF), (Intercensal)

Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83"

Abstract:

The Census Subdivision Boundary Files portray the boundaries of all census subdivisions in Canada. A census subdivision is an administrative area which is a component of the Standard Geographical Classification. Census subdivision is the general term for municipalities, as determined by provincial and territorial legislation, or areas treated as municipal equivalents for statistical purposes, for example, Indian reserves, Indian settlements and unorganized territories.

CSDUID - Uniquely identifies a census subdivision (composed of 2-digit province/territory code, 2-digit census division code and 3-digit census subdivision code).

Additional Documentation

Metadata Information

Language: eng; CAN

Last Update: 2015-04-01

Other Maintenance Requirements:
Catalogue no. 92-162-G

Metadata Contact:
Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

http://scholarsportal.info/

Contact Instructions:
gis@scholarsportal.info

Metadata Standard:
North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information
Citation Information

Series
Name: Statistics Canada, Boundary Files

Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

Keywords:
Boundaries - Political, Census Subdivision (CSD), Municipalities

Boundaries, Census, Municipalities, Urban communities

Place Keywords:
Continent > North America > Canada

Dataset Language: eng

Status: completed

Update Frequency: asNeeded

Spatial Representation Type: vector

Extent

West Longitude: -141.018073

East Longitude: -52.582296

North Latitude: 83.135503

South Latitude: 41.676949

Supplemental Information:
Spatial Representation - Vector

Geometric Objects:

Object Type: curve

Object Count: 5243
Reference System Information

Reference System Identifier

Value: 4269

Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/
Data Quality Information

Scope Level: dataset

The geographic area boundaries, names, codes, and the relationships among the various geographic levels are found on Statistics Canada’s Spatial Data Infrastructure. These data for administrative areas are updated using information from provincial and territorial sources. These data for statistical areas are updated using the results of the previous census and input from users.

Process step:

The files were transformed from Lambert conformal conic projection into latitude / longitude coordinates. Finally, the files were verified, translated into French and English versions and appropriately labelled.

The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is the source for all Digital Boundary File products.
Distribution Information

Distributor:

Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

Census Subdivision - Digital Boundary Files (CSD-DBF), (Intercensal)

Additional Documentation

Metadata Information

Citation Information

Spatial Representation - Vector

Reference System Information

Data Quality Information

Distribution Information