1996 Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions reference maps, individual maps : reference guide

31 Pages·1997·0.89 MB·English

by  Statistics Canada.

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1996 Census Divisions and Census
Subdivisions Reference Maps: Individual
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What'sNewinthe1996CensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMaps
• The21censusdivisionsandcensussubdivisionsreferencemapsareavailableindividuallyand
inthepublication,StandardGeographicalClassification,VolumeII. (In1991,thecensus
divisionsandcensussubdivisionsreferencemapswereavailableintwopublications:
StandardGeographicalClassification1991,VolumeIIandCensusDivisionsandCensus
SubdivisionsReferenceMaps.)
• Subprovincialregionsarenowreferredtoaseconomicregions.
• Thereferencemapseriesisintroducedbyfourgeneralmaps-Indexmap,CensusDivisions
map,EconomicRegionsandCensusDivisionsmap,andCensusMetropolitanAreasand
CensusAgglomerationsmap.
• Enhancedproduct-thereferencemapbaseprovidesamoreappropriatelevelofphysical
featuredetail.
• Improvedtextplacementfacilitatestextlegibility.
• AllcensusboundariesarederivedfromtheEnumerationAreaDigitalBoundaryFile,resulting
inimprovedaccuracy.

TableofContents
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Page
1.AboutthisGuide 1
2.Overview -2
2.1.Introduction 2
2.2.PurposeoftheProduct 2
3.AboutthisProduct •?
3.1.Content 3
3.2.GeneralMethodology 3
3.3.ReferenceDate 3
3.4.Comparisonto1991CensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMaps 4
3.5.Limitations 4
3.6.RecommendedApplications 4
4.DataQuality. • 5
4.1.Lineage • 5
4.1.1.SourceMaterials 5
4.1.2.MethodofDerivation 5
4.2.PositionalAccuracy 6
4.3.AttributeAccuracy 7
4.4.LogicalConsistency ?
4.4.1.InternalConsistency 8
4.4.2.ConsistencywithOtherProducts 8
4.5.Completeness 8
5.GlossaryofTerms 9
AppendixA. HierarchyofNational,MetropolitanandPostalCodeGeographicUnits,1996. 12
AppendixB. GeographicUnitsbyProvinceandTerritory,1996(asofNovember1996) 13
AppendixC CensusSubdivisionTypesbyProvinceandTerritory,1996 14
References. 15
GeographyProductsandServices. 16
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1996CensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMaps:IndividualMaps-ReferenceGuide

AboutthisGuide
1. AboutthisGuide
Thisreferenceguidewaspreparedtoaccompanyindividualprovinceandterritorymaps fromthe 1996 Census
DivisionsandCensusSubdivisions(CDs/CSDs)ReferenceMapsseries. Theentireseriesofmapsisalsoavailableina
singlepublication,entitledtheStandardGeographicalClassification, VolumeII(CatalogueNo.12-572-XPB). The
publicationincludesanindexmap,threenationallevelmapsand21mapscoveringtheprovincesandterritories. The
indexmapshowstheareacoveredbyeachmap. Thenationalmapsdepictcensusdivisions,censusdivisionsand
economicregions, andcensusmetropolitanareasandcensusagglomerations. The21 individual provincial and
territorialmapsdepictcensussubdivisions,censusdivisions,censusmetropolitanareasandcensusagglomerations.
Thisreferenceguidedescribesthemapcontent,thegeneralmethodologyusedtocreatethemaps andprovides
informationaboutdataquality.
GeographictermsandconceptshighlightedinboldinthetextarebrieflydefinedintheGlossaryofTerms,section5.
Moredetailscanbefoundinthe1996CensusDictionary,CatalogueNo.92-351-XPE. Supplementaryinformationis
providedintheappendicesandalistofrelatedproductsandservicesisalsoincluded.
Thisreferenceguideisbasedonthebestinformationavailableatthetimeofitsrelease. Itinnowayconstitutesa
warrantyofthedataintheeventthatusersmayobservecharacteristicsthatdeviatefromthosestatedinthisdocument.
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Overview
Overview
2.1. Introduction
Censusdataaredisseminatedforawiderangeofgeographicareasrangingfromthenationalleveldowntothehighly
detailedenumerationareaslevel. AppendixAshowsthehierarchyofgeographicareasandindicateswhethertheyare
administrative or statistical. The administrative hierarchy includes census subdivisions, census divisions and
provincesandterritories. StatisticsCanadaestablishedtheStandardGeographicalClassification(SGC)toorganise
thosethreetypesofgeographicareasusingahierarchyofgeographiccodes. Referencemapsdepicttheboundariesof
thesegeographicareasandhelpusersputcensusdatainaspatialcontext.
TheCensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMapSerieshasbeenpackagedforsaleasapublication
entitledStandardGeographicalClassification. VolumeII(CatalogueNo. 12-572-XPB). Individualmapsfromthis
seriesarealsoavailable(CatalogueNo.92F0089XPB).
TheCensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMapSeriespresentscensusdivisions(CDs)andcensus
subdivisions(CSDs)forallprovincesandterritoriesandalsodisplayscensusmetropolitanareas(CMAs)andcensus
agglomerations(CAs). TheSGCpublicationincludesanIndexMap,aCensusDivisionsMap,anEconomicRegions
MapandaCensusMetropolitanAreasandCensusAgglomerationsMap.
Inthe10provincesandtwoterritoriesthatmakeupCanada,thereare288CDsand5,984CSDsdefinedforthe1996
Census(seeAppendixB). All25CMAsand112CAsaredepictedaswellasthe74economicregions(ERs). All
mapsarepresentedbyprovinceorterritoryorbyprovincialpart.
2.2. PurposeoftheProduct
TheCensusDivisionsandCensusSubdivisionsReferenceMapsseriesispublishedtoprovideahighlevelspatial
referenceforthecensusdata,enablinguserstolocateboundariesandrelatecensusdatatoactualphysicallocations.
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