| Abbreviations | Standard Census Geographic Units |
Capsule Description | SGC Code | Coverage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Units in Canada |
Size based on 1981 Population |
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| CA | Census Agglomerations | Labour market areas with an urbanized core of at least 10,000 population, based on the prevoius census. | CA(3) | 114 | From 10,000 to over 115,000 persons |
| CCS | Census Consolidated Subdivisions |
Grouping of contiguous subdivisions | PR(2) + CD(2) + CCS(3) | 2628 | Less than 100 to around 2,000,000 persons |
| CD | Census Divisions | General terms applying to census divisions, counties, regional districts, regional municipalities and five other types of areas made up of census subdivisions | PR(2) + CD(2) | 266 | 5,000 to over 2,000,000 persons |
| CMA | Census Metropolitan Areas |
Main labour market areas of urban areas (urbanized cores) of at least 100,000 population, based on previous census | CMA(3) | 25 | From 100,000 to over 3,000,000 persons |
| CMA/CA Parts |
Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomeration Parts |
Three types of areas- urbanized core, urban fringe and rural fringe within CMAs and CAs | CMA/CA(3) + Part(1) | 359 | From around 1,000 to almost 3,000,000 persons |
| CSD | Census Subdivisions | General term applying to cities, towns, villages, Indian Reserves and settlements and unorganized territories | PR(2) + CD(2) + CSD(3) | 6009 | Less than 100 to around 1,000,000 persons |
| CT | Census Tracts | Permanently defined areas within large urban communities | CMA(3) + CTname(7.2) or CMA(3) + CTcode(4) |
3776 | About 4,000 persons |
| EA | Enumeration Areas | The basic area for which data are collected and the building block of all standard census geographic areas | PR(2) + FED(3) + EA(3) | 44,080 () | About 600 persons |
| FED | Federal Electoral District |
Areas that return a member to House of Commons | PR(2) + FED(2) | 282 | About 85,000 persons |
| PCA | Primary Census Agglomerations |
Labour market sub-region within a larger consolidated census metropolitan area (CMA) or consolidated census agglomeration (CA) | PCA(3) | 21 * | From 10,000 to about 115,000 |
| PCMA | Primary Census Metropolitan Areas |
Labour market sub-region within a larger consolidated census metropolitan area (CMA) | PCMA(3) | 12 * | From 100,000 to almost 3,000,000 persons |
| PCT | Provincial Census Tracts |
Permanently defined areas outside large urban communities | PR(2) + PCTname(7.2) or PR(2) + PCTcode(4) |
1837 | About 5,000 persons |
| PR | Province/Territory | The major political division of the country | PR(2) | 13 | From almost 22,000 to over 9,000,000 persons |
| UA | Urban Areas | An area with a population of 1,000 or more and a poulation density of 400 or more per square km. | UA(4) | 940 | About 5,000 persons |
() Counts are as of November 14, 1986.
* PCMAs and PCAs have been introduced for the first time as part of the 1986 Census.
Last updated: 02/05/2002