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Cartographic boundary files are a series of products containing the boundaries of standard geographic areas that have been modified to follow shorelines around Canada and larger inland lakes, to ensure that official limits are followed and that all land and islands are included. The coordinates are latitude/longitude and are based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).
Access: restricted to University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic research and teaching purposes. See DLI licence
Producer: Statistics Canada. Geography Divison
Disseminator: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative
Date disseminated: 2006/10/31
Digital boundary files depict the official boundaries of standard census geographic areas. The boundaries sometimes extend beyond shorelines into water, rather than following the shorelines. The coordinates are latitude/longitude and are based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).
Access: restricted to University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic research and teaching purposes. See DLI licence
Producer: Statistics Canada. Geography Divison
Disseminator: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative
Alternative listing at: UT Map Library
Date disseminated: 2006/10/31
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Data Library Service, University of Toronto
All Canada files
Level
Cartographic boundary files
(CBF)Digital boundary files
(DBF)
ArcInfo
MapInfo
ArcInfo
MapInfo
Census consolidated subdivision (CCS)
X
X
X
X
Census division (CD)
X
X
X
X
Population ecumene census division
X
Census metropolitan area (CMA)
X
X
X
X
Census subdivision (CSD)
X
X
X
X
Census tract (CT)
X
X
X
Designated place (DPL)
X
X
Dissemination area (DA)
X
X
X
X
Dissemination block (DB)
X
X
X
X
Economic region (ER)
X
X
X
X
Federal electoral district (FED)
2003 Representation OrderX
X
Forward sortation area (FSA)
X
X
X
X
Provinces and territories (PR)
X
X
X
X
Urban area (UA)
X
X
Water - coast
X
X
Water - lakes
X
X
Water - rivers
X
X
Created: 2005/11/11; Last updated: 2009-06-08