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Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) 2013Representation Order, Reference GuideThis reference guide is intended for users of the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF). The guide provides an overview of the file, thegeneral methodology used in its creation and important technical information.

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What's new?The postal code reference date for this update is November 2014. The Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) refers to the federalelectoral districts (FEDs) based on the 2013 Representation Order and replaces the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) based onthe 2003 Representation Order released in April of 2015.The 'unique link' variable indicates if the postal code is linked to one or more FEDs (Federal electoral districts).The 'weight' variable estimates the proportion of the population of a postal code that resides within each FED (Federal electoral district).

© This data includes information copied with permission from Canada Post Corporation. OM. Postal code is an official mark of Canada Post Corporation.

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1. About this guideThis reference guide is intended for users of the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF). The guide provides an overview of the file, thegeneral methodology used in its creation and important technical information.

This data product is provided 'as-is,' and Statistics Canada makes no warranty, either express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties ofmerchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Statistics Canada be liable for any direct, special, indirect, consequential or otherdamages, however caused.

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2. OverviewThe Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) is a digital file which provides a link between the six-character postal code and Canada'sfederal electoral districts (which are also known as federal ridings). The current version of the PCFRF (The Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) links848,529 active postal code records, existing as of November 2014, to the 338 federal electoral districts.

Elections Canada defines a federal electoral district (FED) as any place or territorial area entitled to return a Member of Parliament (MP) to serve in theHouse of Commons. Federal electoral district legal limits and descriptions are the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer, and are usually revisedevery ten years after the results of the decennial census. There are 338 FEDs (Federal electoral district) in the 2013 Representation Order, the mostrecent revision of the federal electoral districts limits. The FEDs (federal electoral district) are based on the 2011 Census population data.

How to cite this guidePostal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF), Reference Guide, 2015. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. (number) 92-178-G.

How to cite this productPostal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF), 2015. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. (number) 92-178-X.

Acknowledgements© This data includes information copied with permission from Canada Post Corporation.

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3. About this productPurpose of the productThe Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) was conceived as a tool to provide a linkage between postal codes and federal electoraldistricts (FEDs).

Definitions and concepts

Geographic terms and concepts are briefly defined in the glossary (Appendix A). More details can be found in the 2011 Census Dictionary (Catalogueno. (number) 98-301-X) and the 2011 Illustrated Glossary (Catalogue no. (number) 92-195-X).

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ContentThe PCFRF contains a total of 845,603 postal codes . The number of postal codes by FED (Federal electoral district), and whether those postalcodes are linked to other FEDs (Federal electoral districts), is provided in Table 3.1.

Each record of the file contains the following:

six-character postal codefederal electoral district code – 2013 Representation Orderfederal electoral district name – Englishfederal electoral district name – Frenchunique link: an indicator of whether the postal code is linked to more than one federal electoral districtweight: for use in proportional allocation

Please see section 4, Technical specifications for the data descriptions and definitions.

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General methodologyNot applicable

LimitationsSome postal codes straddle one or more FED (Federal electoral district) boundaries. The 'unique link' variable indicates if the postal code is linkedto one or more FEDs (Federal electoral districts).

Users often link the postal code in their data set to the FED (Federal electoral district) in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File). Whenperforming this link, users should be aware that the postal code in their data set may represent a mailing address used by a person, not necessarilywhere the person actually resides. Similarly, a postal code in a business-based mailing address may not necessarily indicate where the businessactivity took place.

Before using the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) with administrative files containing postal codes , users should be aware of somecharacteristics of postal codes that may affect their linkage to federal electoral districts on the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File).

Postal delivery areas do not respect federal electoral district boundaries

A postal delivery area (as represented by the six-character postal code ) may straddle one or more federal electoral district boundaries. This meansthat, in the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File, the same postal code may be linked to two or more (adjacent) federal electoral districts. Mostfederal electoral districts are affected in this way in both population centres and rural areas. Refer to Logical consistency in the Data quality section forfurther details.

Postal codes may be associated with post office boxes at a postal station that is not in the same federal electoral district as the clientusing the post office box

The postal code associated with a lock box (post office box) may be geocoded to the physical location of the associated postal installation (postoffice). This could be located in a federal electoral district that is different from the ultimate destination of the mail delivery – the residential, industrial, orcommercial location of the client renting the lock box.

Canada Post Corporation (CPC) regularly retires postal codes and may also reactivate retired postal codes for use again

Users of the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) must keep in mind that the file contains only the postal codes from CPC (Canada PostCorporation) that are active as of November 2014.

If the addresses of postal codes in a user's administrative file are not updated to November 2014, there may be non-matches with the PCFRF (PostalCodes by Federal Ridings File) because some of the postal codes in the user's file may have been retired, or may even have been reactivated and re-assigned by CPC (Canada Post Corporation) to another range of addresses outside the riding where they had previously been used.

Statistics Canada maintains an audit trail of the birth dates and retirement dates of postal codes in the PCCF (Postal Code Conversion File). Usersmay wish to consult the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF), Reference Guide (Catalogue no. 92-154-G), available on the Statistics Canadawebsite. An updated version of the PCCF (Postal Code Conversion File) including November 2014 postal codes was released in April 2015.

Comparison to other products/versionsLinkage of postal codes to more detailed geographic areas, such as dissemination area or dissemination block, is available in the Postal CodeConversion File (PCCF).

Using with other productsNot applicable

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Reference dateThe reference date for postal codes contained in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) is November 2014. This is the same date as thepostal codes contained in the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) product released in April 2015.

The geographic reference date is a date determined by Statistics Canada to finalize the geographic framework for which the census data are collected,tabulated and reported. The geographic reference date for the 2011 Census is January 1, 2011.

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Table 3.1 Number of postal codes by federal electoral district

Federalelectoral districtcode

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Number of postal code linked toother federal electoral districts

Percentage of postal codes linked toother federal electoral districts

10001 Avalon 1,698 31 1.8010002 Bonavista--Burin--Trinity 485 19 4.0010003 Coast of Bays--Central--Notre

Dame929 26 2.80

10004 Labrador 388 2 0.6010005 Long Range Mountains 2,149 20 1.0010006 St. John's East 3,173 80 2.6010007 St. John's South--Mount Pearl 2,447 51 2.0011001 Cardigan 699 0 0.0011002 Charlottetown 1,889 0 0.0011003 Egmont 1,061 0 0.0011004 Malpeque 284 0 0.0012001 Cape Breton--Canso 3,193 10 0.4012002 Central Nova 1,433 12 0.8012003 Cumberland--Colchester 2,657 8 0.4012004 Dartmouth--Cole Harbour 3,314 3 0.0012005 Halifax 3,553 3 0.0012006 Halifax West 2,260 4 0.2012007 Kings--Hants 1,586 0 0.0012008 Sackville--Preston--

Chezzetcook1,914 10 0.60

12009 South Shore--St. Margarets 2,422 2 0.0012010 Sydney--Victoria 5,065 6 0.2012011 West Nova 856 0 0.0013001 Acadie--Bathurst 5,338 15 0.2013002 Beauséjour 8,064 130 1.6013003 Fredericton 3,834 122 3.2013004 Fundy Royal 7,512 93 1.2013005 Madawaska--Restigouche 4,437 20 0.4013006 Miramichi--Grand Lake 5,837 79 1.4013007 Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe 4,709 129 2.8013008 New Brunswick Southwest 8,140 92 1.2013009 Saint John--Rothesay 4,552 33 0.8013010 Tobique--Mactaquac 6,993 10 0.2024001 Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik-

-Eeyou1,525 1 0.00

24002 Abitibi--Témiscamingue 2,622 1 0.0024003 Ahuntsic-Cartierville 2,433 0 0.0024004 Alfred-Pellan 3,001 0 0.0024005 Argenteuil--La Petite-Nation 2,165 33 1.6024006 Avignon--La Mitis--Matane--

Matapédia1,954 21 1.00

24007 Beauce 2,968 5 0.2024008 Beauport--Limoilou 3,349 8 0.2024009 Bécancour--Nicolet--Saurel 3,244 0 0.0024010 Bellechasse--Les Etchemins--

Lévis2,689 0 0.00

24011 Beloeil--Chambly 3,480 14 0.40

24012 Berthier--Maskinongé 1,444 5 0.4024013 Blainville 2,612 3 0.2024014 Boucher--Les Patriotes-- 1,705 15 0.80

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Verchères24015 Bourassa 2,174 0 0.0024016 Brome--Missisquoi 3,152 26 0.8024017 Brossard--Saint-Lambert 2,685 7 0.2024018 Centre-du-Bas-Saint-Laurent 2,425 0 0.0024019 Charlesbourg--Haute-Saint-

Charles3,916 1 0.00

24020 Charlevoix--Montmorency 2,218 8 0.4024021 Châteauguay--Lacolle 2,163 24 1.2024022 Chicoutimi 3,554 5 0.2024023 Compton--Stanstead 1,672 6 0.4024024 Dorval--Lachine 2,836 1 0.0024025 Drummond 4,045 0 0.0024026 Gaspésie--Les Îles-de-la-

Madeleine1,962 21 1.00

24027 Gatineau 3,288 0 0.0024028 Hochelaga 1,958 2 0.2024029 Honoré-Mercier 2,341 6 0.2024030 Hull--Aylmer 3,739 2 0.0024031 Joliette 1,587 3 0.2024032 Jonquière 3,390 22 0.6024033 La Pointe-de-l'Île 3,120 7 0.2024034 La Prairie 1,950 22 1.2024035 Lac-Saint-Jean 4,589 17 0.4024036 Lac-Saint-Louis 3,829 6 0.2024037 LaSalle--Verdun 1,926 3 0.2024038 Laurentides--Labelle 2,104 33 1.6024039 Laurier--Sainte-Marie 2,541 7 0.2024040 Laval--Les Îles 2,610 0 0.0024041 LeMoyne 3,020 0 0.0024042 Lévis--Lotbinière 2,312 3 0.2024043 Longueuil 2,819 0 0.0024044 Louis-Hébert 3,717 0 0.0024045 Louis-Saint-Laurent 3,724 17 0.4024046 Manicouagan 2,286 4 0.2024047 Mégantic--L'Érable 3,146 8 0.2024048 Mirabel 1,325 50 3.8024049 Montarville 2,133 15 0.8024050 Montcalm 2,204 3 0.2024051 Montmagny--L'Islet--

Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup1,746 0 0.00

24052 Mont-Royal 2,369 0 0.0024053 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--

Westmount2,255 10 0.40

24054 Outremont 1,621 3 0.2024055 Papineau 1,911 1 0.0024056 Pierrefonds--Dollard 2,826 6 0.2024057 Pontiac 2,527 21 0.8024058 Portneuf--Jacques-Cartier 3,768 0 0.0024059 Québec 4,234 16 0.4024060 Repentigny 3,636 0 0.0024061 Richmond--Arthabaska 3,584 3 0.0024062 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 3,357 0 0.0024063 Rivière-du-Nord 3,181 33 1.0024064 Rosemont--La Petite-Patrie 1,814 0 0.0024065 Sainte-Rose 2,734 3 0.2024066 Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot 2,535 0 0.0024067 Saint-Jean 2,944 0 0.00

24068 Saint-Laurent 2,187 0 0.0024069 Saint-Léonard--Saint-Michel 1,948 2 0.2024070 Saint-Maurice--Champlain 4,732 4 0.0024071 Salaberry--Suroît 2,678 24 0.8024072 Shefford 2,802 26 1.0024073 Sherbrooke 3,940 6 0.20


24074 Soulanges--Vaudreuil 2,248 15 0.6024075 Terrebonne 2,428 6 0.2024076 Trois-Rivières 4,903 3 0.0024077 Ville-Marie 3,616 16 0.4024078 Vimy 2,683 3 0.2035001 Ajax 2,121 6 0.2035002 Algoma--Manitoulin--

Kapuskasing1,035 9 0.80

35003 Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill

1,761 5 0.20

35004 Barrie--Innisfil 1,949 7 0.4035005 Barrie--Springwater--Oro-

Medonte1,776 8 0.40

35006 Bay of Quinte 2,749 4 0.2035007 Beaches--East York 2,079 4 0.2035008 Brampton Centre 1,748 0 0.0035009 Brampton East 1,284 0 0.0035010 Brampton North 1,539 1 0.0035011 Brampton South 1,854 3 0.2035012 Brampton West 1,359 4 0.2035013 Brant 4,296 4 0.0035014 Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound 1,734 0 0.0035015 Burlington 3,957 10 0.2035016 Cambridge 3,177 4 0.2035017 Chatham-Kent--Leamington 2,844 8 0.2035018 Davenport 1,691 0 0.0035019 Don Valley East 1,382 52 3.8035020 Don Valley North 1,596 0 0.0035021 Don Valley West 2,271 52 2.2035022 Dufferin--Caledon 3,311 0 0.0035023 Durham 2,033 24 1.2035024 Eglinton--Lawrence 2,364 0 0.0035025 Elgin--Middlesex--London 2,621 2 0.0035026 Essex 2,475 7 0.2035027 Etobicoke Centre 2,994 0 0.0035028 Etobicoke--Lakeshore 3,200 0 0.0035029 Etobicoke North 2,016 0 0.0035030 Flamborough--Glanbrook 1,101 8 0.8035031 Glengarry--Prescott--Russell 952 4 0.4035032 Guelph 3,685 6 0.2035033 Haldimand--Norfolk 1,913 1 0.0035034 Haliburton--Kawartha Lakes--

Brock1,040 4 0.40

35035 Hamilton Centre 3,521 3 0.0035036 Hamilton East--Stoney Creek 3,414 5 0.2035037 Hamilton Mountain 3,106 0 0.0035038 Hamilton West--Ancaster--

Dundas3,452 2 0.00

35039 Hastings--Lennox andAddington

801 8 1.00

35040 Huron--Bruce 1,027 0 0.0035041 Kanata--Carleton 1,731 10 0.6035042 Kenora 1,224 8 0.6035043 King--Vaughan 1,180 1 0.0035044 Kingston and the Islands 3,848 7 0.20

35045 Kitchener Centre 3,340 4 0.2035046 Kitchener--Conestoga 1,708 7 0.4035047 Kitchener South--Hespeler 2,220 4 0.2035048 Lambton--Kent--Middlesex 1,400 1 0.0035049 Lanark--Frontenac 1,965 16 0.8035050 Leeds--Grenville 1,548 2 0.2035051 London--Fanshawe 3,067 19 0.6035052 London North Centre 3,599 16 0.4035053 London West 2,964 9 0.4035054 Markham--Stouffville 2,084 0 0.00


35055 Markham--Thornhill 1,936 83 4.2035056 Markham--Unionville 1,928 83 4.4035057 Milton 1,715 14 0.8035058 Mississauga Centre 1,344 0 0.0035059 Mississauga--Cooksville 1,860 22 1.2035060 Mississauga--Erin Mills 1,632 10 0.6035061 Mississauga--Lakeshore 3,291 18 0.6035062 Mississauga--Malton 2,516 5 0.2035063 Mississauga--Streetsville 1,892 11 0.6035064 Nepean 2,413 9 0.4035065 Newmarket--Aurora 2,477 23 1.0035066 Niagara Centre 4,426 2 0.0035067 Niagara Falls 4,404 0 0.0035068 Niagara West 887 6 0.6035069 Nickel Belt 1,114 1 0.0035070 Nipissing--Timiskaming 2,289 0 0.0035071 Northumberland--Pine Ridge 1,681 24 1.4035072 Oakville 3,945 0 0.0035073 Oakville North--Burlington 1,748 14 0.8035074 Oshawa 4,100 3 0.0035075 Ottawa Centre 4,149 3 0.0035076 Ottawa--Orléans 2,636 9 0.4035077 Ottawa South 3,342 14 0.4035078 Ottawa--Vanier 3,414 0 0.0035079 Ottawa West--Nepean 3,090 13 0.4035080 Oxford 3,113 1 0.0035081 Parkdale--High Park 1,731 0 0.0035082 Parry Sound--Muskoka 1,121 0 0.0035083 Perth--Wellington 1,943 0 0.0035084 Peterborough 3,175 4 0.2035085 Pickering--Uxbridge 2,054 26 1.2035086 Renfrew--Nipissing--

Pembroke3,054 0 0.00

35087 Richmond Hill 2,280 2 0.0035088 Rideau--Carleton 1,001 14 1.4035089 St. Catharines 4,480 0 0.0035090 St. Paul's 1,982 0 0.0035091 Sarnia--Lambton 2,875 0 0.0035092 Sault Ste. Marie 2,947 1 0.0035093 Scarborough--Agincourt 1,494 0 0.0035094 Scarborough Centre 2,121 0 0.0035095 Scarborough--Guildwood 1,612 4 0.2035096 Scarborough North 1,535 0 0.0035097 Scarborough--Rouge Park 1,789 4 0.2035098 Scarborough Southwest 2,185 0 0.0035099 Simcoe--Grey 1,690 1 0.0035100 Simcoe North 2,423 6 0.2035101 Spadina--Fort York 2,033 508 25.0035102 Stormont--Dundas--South

Glengarry2,225 0 0.00

35103 Sudbury 3,246 0 0.00

35104 Thornhill 2,483 0 0.0035105 Thunder Bay--Rainy River 2,887 46 1.6035106 Thunder Bay--Superior North 2,834 45 1.6035107 Timmins--James Bay 1,984 8 0.4035108 Toronto Centre 1,906 514 27.0035109 Toronto--Danforth 2,184 4 0.2035110 University--Rosedale 2,060 18 0.8035111 Vaughan--Woodbridge 1,990 0 0.0035112 Waterloo 2,984 4 0.2035113 Wellington--Halton Hills 1,951 6 0.4035114 Whitby 2,669 3 0.2035115 Willowdale 1,876 0 0.0035116 Windsor--Tecumseh 3,325 1 0.00


35117 Windsor West 4,222 1 0.0035118 York Centre 2,021 0 0.0035119 York--Simcoe 1,312 19 1.4035120 York South--Weston 2,139 0 0.0035121 York West 1,487 0 0.0046001 Brandon--Souris 2,160 8 0.4046002 Charleswood--St. James--

Assiniboia--Headingley2,219 10 0.40

46003 Churchill--Keewatinook Aski 787 11 1.4046004 Dauphin--Swan River--

Neepawa739 8 1.00

46005 Elmwood--Transcona 2,380 8 0.4046006 Kildonan--St. Paul 2,004 1 0.0046007 Portage--Lisgar 1,388 15 1.0046008 Provencher 651 9 1.4046009 Saint Boniface--Saint Vital 2,338 8 0.4046010 Selkirk--Interlake--Eastman 894 11 1.2046011 Winnipeg Centre 2,795 9 0.4046012 Winnipeg North 2,214 1 0.0046013 Winnipeg South 1,949 0 0.0046014 Winnipeg South Centre 2,427 1 0.0047001 Battlefords--Lloydminster 1,108 9 0.8047002 Cypress Hills--Grasslands 1,098 16 1.4047003 Desnethé--Missinippi--

Churchill River181 11 6.00

47004 Humboldt--Warman--Martensville--Rosetown

121 20 16.60

47005 Moose Jaw--Lake Centre--Lanigan

1,672 38 2.20

47006 Prince Albert 1,499 11 0.8047007 Regina--Lewvan 2,995 26 0.8047008 Regina--Qu'Appelle 1,863 39 2.0047009 Regina--Wascana 2,718 1 0.0047010 Saskatoon--Grasswood 2,054 6 0.2047011 Saskatoon--University 2,073 9 0.4047012 Saskatoon West 2,966 19 0.6047013 Souris--Moose Mountain 1,244 19 1.6047014 Yorkton--Melville 795 9 1.2048001 Banff--Airdrie 2,198 20 1.0048002 Battle River--Crowfoot 1,218 11 1.0048003 Bow River 1,077 7 0.6048004 Calgary Centre 4,626 9 0.2048005 Calgary Confederation 4,358 11 0.2048006 Calgary Forest Lawn 2,594 26 1.0048007 Calgary Heritage 2,444 5 0.2048008 Calgary Midnapore 2,557 5 0.2048009 Calgary Nose Hill 2,161 21 1.0048010 Calgary Rocky Ridge 1,817 14 0.80

48011 Calgary Shepard 2,635 7 0.2048012 Calgary Signal Hill 2,409 1 0.0048013 Calgary Skyview 1,965 19 1.0048014 Edmonton Centre 4,431 133 3.0048015 Edmonton Griesbach 4,491 17 0.4048016 Edmonton Manning 2,429 0 0.0048017 Edmonton Mill Woods 2,404 85 3.6048018 Edmonton Riverbend 2,385 51 2.2048019 Edmonton Strathcona 4,747 68 1.4048020 Edmonton West 2,829 125 4.4048021 Edmonton--Wetaskiwin 2,834 72 2.6048022 Foothills 949 26 2.8048023 Fort McMurray--Cold Lake 1,574 23 1.4048024 Grande Prairie 2,051 8 0.4048025 Lakeland 1,537 21 1.4048026 Lethbridge 3,789 14 0.40


48027 Medicine Hat 2,509 16 0.6048028 Peace River--Westlock 884 31 3.6048029 Red Deer--Mountain View 1,880 94 5.0048030 Red Deer--Wolf Creek 1,984 82 4.2048031 St. Albert--Edmonton 2,472 17 0.6048032 Sherwood Park--Fort

Saskatchewan2,693 0 0.00

48033 Sturgeon River 1,642 18 1.0048034 Yellowhead 998 17 1.8059001 Abbotsford 2,390 1 0.0059002 Burnaby North--Seymour 2,867 40 1.4059003 Burnaby South 2,821 39 1.4059004 Cariboo--Prince George 3,945 34 0.8059005 Central Okanagan--

Similkameen--Nicola1,976 8 0.40

59006 Chilliwack--Hope 2,144 1 0.0059007 Cloverdale--Langley City 2,059 11 0.6059008 Coquitlam--Port Coquitlam 2,457 5 0.2059009 Courtenay--Alberni 3,265 10 0.4059010 Cowichan--Malahat--Langford 1,863 2 0.2059011 Delta 3,500 0 0.0059012 Fleetwood--Port Kells 1,936 3 0.2059013 Kamloops--Thompson--

Cariboo3,053 3 0.00

59014 Kelowna--Lake Country 3,318 4 0.2059015 Kootenay--Columbia 2,613 3 0.2059016 Langley--Aldergrove 2,488 8 0.4059017 Mission--Matsqui--Fraser

Canyon1,639 2 0.20

59018 Nanaimo--Ladysmith 3,493 6 0.2059019 New Westminster--Burnaby 2,650 0 0.0059020 North Okanagan--Shuswap 2,848 5 0.2059021 North Vancouver 3,637 6 0.2059022 Pitt Meadows--Maple Ridge 2,481 0 0.0059023 Port Moody--Coquitlam 3,240 2 0.0059024 Prince George--Peace River--

Northern Rockies3,437 34 1.00

59025 Richmond Centre 2,132 7 0.4059026 Saanich--Esquimalt--Juan de

Fuca3,279 0 0.00

59027 Saanich--Gulf Islands 3,534 0 0.0059028 Skeena--Bulkley Valley 1,790 14 0.8059029 South Okanagan--West

Kootenay2,782 6 0.20

59030 South Surrey--White Rock 2,945 3 0.20

59031 Steveston--Richmond East 2,207 7 0.4059032 Surrey Centre 2,934 2 0.0059033 Surrey--Newton 1,847 1 0.0059034 Vancouver Centre 2,050 11 0.6059035 Vancouver East 3,322 8 0.2059036 Vancouver Granville 3,384 35 1.0059037 Vancouver Island North--

Comox--Powell River3,200 14 0.40

59038 Vancouver Kingsway 2,461 5 0.2059039 Vancouver Quadra 3,248 33 1.0059040 Vancouver South 2,412 3 0.2059041 Victoria 4,908 0 0.0059042 West Vancouver--Sunshine

Coast--Sea to Sky Country2,063 6 0.20

60001 Yukon 983 0 0.0061001 Western Arctic 510 0 0.0062001 Nunavut 28 0 0.00Total 848,529


4. Technical specifications

Table 4.1 Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) record layout

Position Size Type Description1 6 C Postal code7 5 C Federal electoral district code12 56 C Federal electoral district name - English68 56 C Federal electoral district name - French124 1 C Unique link125 3 C Weight

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Record layout and data descriptions


Postal code

The postal code is a six-character alphanumeric code defined and maintained by Canada Post Corporation (CPC) for the sortation and delivery ofmail.

The alphanumeric characters are arranged in the form ANA NAN, where 'A' represents a letter of the alphabet and 'N' a numeric digit. The first characterof a postal code (allocated in alphabetic sequence from east to west across Canada) represents a province or territory or a major sector entirely withina province.

The first three characters represent a set of well-defined and stable areas known as the forward sortation area (FSA ). Rural FSAs (Forward sortationareas) are identifiable by the presence of a '0' in the second position of the FSA (Forward sortation area) code.

The last three characters identify the local delivery unit (LDU). In population centres, the LDU (Local delivery unit) can specify a small and easily definedarea within an FSA (Forward sortation area) such as block-face (one side of a city street between consecutive intersections with streets), an apartmentbuilding, an office building, or a large firm or organization which does large volume business with the post office. In rural areas, the LDU (Local deliveryunit) denotes a service area – the area serviced by rural route delivery from a post office or station (e.g. (for example), a rural route, general delivery, orpost office box).

Federal electoral district code

A federal electoral district (FED) is any place or territorial area entitled to return a member to serve in the House of Commons. FED (Federal electoraldistrict) legal limits and descriptions are the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer, and are usually revised every ten years after the results of thedecennial census. The 2013 Representation Order is the most current revision, and is based on 2011 Census population data. This code uniquelyidentifies a federal electoral district – 2013 Representation Order. The first two digits identify the province or territory.

Federal electoral district name – EnglishThis contains the English name of the federal electoral district from the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district name – French

This contains the French name of the federal electoral district from the 2013 Representation Order.

Unique linkThe unique link value given in the file can be either '1,' which indicates the postal code is linked to one FED (Federal electoral district), or '2,' whichindicates that the postal code is linked to two or more FEDs (Federal electoral districts).

Weight

The 'weight' estimates the proportion of the population of a postal code that resides within each FED (Federal electoral district). If a postal code islinked to only one FED (Federal electoral district) in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File), the weight is equal to 1. When a postal codeis linked to more than one FED (Federal electoral district), the sum of weights for that postal code equals 1.0.

File specificationsThe current version of the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) is an ASCII file and does not include any software or instructions on how touse the product within specific Geographical Information Systems (GIS) or mapping packages.

Software formatsNot applicable

System requirementsNot applicable

Installation instructionsNot applicable

Geographic representationNot applicable

File naming conventionThe naming convention for PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) data files is bilingual and reflects the reference date (November 2014) of the

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Canada Post Corporation data used in the release. The file name for this release is pcfrfNatFED2013_NOV14_fcpcefNatCEF2013.zip.


5. Data quality

Linkage data quality elements provide information on the fitness-for-use of a spatial database by describing why, when and how the data are created,and how accurate the data are. The quality elements include an overview reporting on lineage, attribute accuracy, logical consistency and completeness.This information is provided to users for all linkage data products.

LineageLineage describes the history of the linkage data, including descriptions of the source material from which the data were derived, and the methods ofderivation. It also contains the dates of the source material, and all transformations involved in producing the final digital files.

SourcesThe sources used to derive the Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) are as follows:

The November 2014 Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) links postal codes (provided by Canada Post Corporation [CPC] on the AddressLookup File updated to November 2014) to geographic codes for all 2011 Census geographic areas, including province and federal electoraldistrict 2003 Representative Order codes. The November 2014 PCCF (Postal Code Conversion File) contains over 1.7 million postal code

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records linked to the geographic areas used in the 2011 Census. These geographical areas have a reference date of January 1, 2011, except forthe Federal electoral district – 2003 Representation Order.The PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) contains postal code data under license from Canada Post Corporation. The most recentCanada Post Corporation file from which this data is copied is dated November 2014.Federal electoral district (FED) names are derived from the Statistical Registers and Geography Division's Spatial Data Infrastructure. The sourceof the geographic names and codes of federal electoral districts is the 2013 Representation Order of the Chief Electoral Office, Elections Canada.The Spatial Data Infrastructure contains a table with the name of each federal electoral district and its associated identification code. This table is

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updated based on name changes provided by Elections Canada. Where changes to the electoral boundaries have been provided by ElectionsCanada, the correspondence between the federal electoral district and postal codes is updated.The 2011 Census of Population is used as a source for deriving the weights. When a postal code is linked in the PCFRF (Postal Codes byFederal Ridings File) to more than one FED (Federal electoral district ), the number of persons reporting the postal code in the census may beused to derive the weights.

Method of derivation

The updated Postal CodesOM by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) was created by converting the existing federal electoral districts (2003 RepresentationOrder) and their linked postal CodesOM to the new federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order), transferring the postal CodesOM linkages.The conversion process was accomplished using 2011 Census Dissemination Blocks and a best fit methodology for dissemination blocks that werefound in more than one federal electoral district. During the conversion process, in cases where dissemination blocks overlapped two or more federalelectoral districts (2013 Representation Order), a complete allocation was made of the dissemination block to one FED based on the population count orthe area of the dissemination block found in each FED.

Positional accuracyNot applicable

Attribute accuracyAttribute accuracy refers to the accuracy of the quantitative and qualitative information attached to each feature (such as population for a populationcentre, street name, census subdivision name and code).

The attribute accuracy of the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) is dependent on the accuracy of the geocodes for the dissemination blocksand dissemination areas in the PCCF (Postal Code Conversion File). The linkage of the dissemination blocks or dissemination areas to the FEDs(federal electoral district) is based on the boundaries of the FEDs (federal electoral district) as found in the Spatial Data Infrastructure.

The accuracy of the weight variable is based on the linkage to the FED (federal electoral district) in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File),the population reporting the postal code in the census as well as address range data in Canada Post's Address Lookup File.

The population on which the weight variable in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) is based was derived from the total population data ofthe 2011 Census. Population counts are determined according to the 'de jure' method. This means that people are enumerated at their usual place ofresidence, regardless of where they may have been on Census Day, May 10, 2011. For more information on the quality of 2011 Census data, seeAppendix C in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

If a postal code is linked to more than one FED (federal electoral district) in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) and was not reportedin the census, address range data from the Address Lookup File is used to estimate the weight. This is the case for about 1% of the postal codes inthe PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File). Because large populations residing in apartments or collective dwelling units may be represented byonly one address, this method can underestimate the weight associated with these populations.

Logical consistencyLogical consistency describes the fidelity of relationships encoded in the data structure of the digital linkage data.

Of the 845,603 active postal codes found on this file, there are 843,128 active postal codes uniquely linked to one federal electoral district and2,475 active postal codes that are linked to two or more federal electoral districts. The following table summarizes them.

Table 5.1 Count of postal codes linked to federal electoral districts

Number of federal electoral districts Active postal codes Number of records1 843,128 843,1282 2,126 4,2523 292 8764 25 100

5 19 956 13 78Total 845,603 848,529

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Completeness in the context of the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File) is the degree to which all valid postal codes are accounted for.Almost all postal codes , valid and active as of November 2014 according to Canada Post Corporation, have been linked to census geography.

There are 338 FEDs (federal electoral district) in the 2013 Representation Order of the Chief Electoral Office, Elections Canada. All of these FEDs(federal electoral district) are included in the PCFRF (Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File).

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Appendix A GlossaryAdjusted counts 'Adjusted counts' refer to previous census population and dwelling counts that were adjusted (i.e. (that is to say), recompiled) to reflect current censusboundaries, when a boundary change occurs between the two censuses.

Block-face A block-face is one side of a street between two consecutive features intersecting that street. The features can be other streets or boundaries ofstandard geographic areas.

Block-faces are used for generating block-face representative points, which in turn are used for geocoding and census data extraction when the streetand address information are available.

Census agricultural region Census agricultural regions (CARs) are composed of groups of adjacent census divisions. In Saskatchewan, census agricultural regions are made up ofgroups of adjacent census consolidated subdivisions, but these groups do not necessarily respect census division boundaries.

Census consolidated subdivision A census consolidated subdivision (CCS) is a group of adjacent census subdivisions. Generally, the smaller, more densely-populated censussubdivisions (towns, villages, etc. (and so on)) are combined with the surrounding, larger, more rural census subdivision, in order to create a geographic

level between the census subdivision and the census division.

Census division Census division (CD) is the general term for provincially legislated areas (such as county, municipalité régionale de comté and regional district) or their


equivalents. Census divisions are intermediate geographic areas between the province/territory level and the municipality (census subdivision).

Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre(known as the core). A CMA (census metropolitan area) must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core.

A CA (census agglomeration) must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA (census metropolitan area) or CA (censusagglomeration), other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived fromprevious census place of work data.

If the population of the core of a CA (census agglomeration) declines below 10,000, the CA (census agglomeration) is retired. However, once an areabecomes a CMA (census metropolitan area), it is retained as a CMA (census metropolitan area) even if its total population declines below 100,000 or thepopulation of its core falls below 50,000. Small population centres with a population count of less than 10,000 are called fringe. All areas inside the CMA(census metropolitan area) or CA (census agglomeration) that are not population centres are rural areas.

When a CA (census agglomeration) has a core of at least 50,000, it is subdivided into census tracts. Census tracts are maintained for the CA (censusagglomeration) even if the population of the core subsequently falls below 50,000. All CMAs (census metropolitan areas) are subdivided into censustracts.

Census metropolitan influenced zone The census metropolitan influenced zone (MIZ) is a concept that geographically differentiates the area of Canada outside census metropolitan areas(CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs). Census subdivisions (CSDs) within provinces that are outside CMAs (census metropolitan areas) and CA(census agglomeration)s are assigned to one of four categories according to the degree of influence (strong, moderate, weak or no influence) that theCMAs (census metropolitan areas) or CA (census agglomeration)s have on them. CSDs (Census subdivisions) within the territories that are outside CA(census agglomeration)s are assigned to a separate category.

Census subdivisions within provinces are assigned to a MIZ (metropolitan influenced zone) category based on the percentage of their resident employedlabour force that commutes to work in the core(s) of CMAs (census metropolitan areas) or CA (census agglomeration)s. CSDs (Census subdivisions)with the same degree of influence tend to be clustered. They form zones around CMAs (census metropolitan areas) and CA (census agglomeration)sthat progress through the categories from 'strong' to 'no' influence as distance from the CMAs (census metropolitan areas) and CA (censusagglomeration)s increases. As many CSDs (Census subdivisions) in the territories are very large and sparsely populated, the commuting flow of theresident employed labour force is unstable. For this reason, CSDs (Census subdivisions) in the territories that are outside CA (census agglomeration)sare assigned to a separate category that is not based on their commuting flows.

Census subdivision Census subdivision (CSD) is the general term for municipalities (as determined by provincial/territorial legislation) or areas treated as municipalequivalents for statistical purposes (e.g. (for example), Indian reserves, Indian settlements and unorganized territories).

Census tract Census tracts (CTs) are small, relatively stable geographic areas that usually have a population between 2,500 and 8,000 persons. They are located incensus metropolitan areas and in census agglomerations that had a core population of 50,000 or more in the previous census.

A committee of local specialists (for example, planners, health and social workers, and educators) initially delineates census tracts in conjunction withStatistics Canada. Once a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA) has been subdivided into census tracts, the census tracts aremaintained even if the core population subsequently declines below 50,000.

Coordinate system A coordinate system is a reference system based on mathematical rules for specifying positions (locations) on the surface of the earth. The coordinatevalues can be spherical (latitude and longitude) using angular units of measure such as degrees, minutes and seconds or planar (Lambert conformalconic) using linear units such as metres.

Cartographic boundary files, digital boundary files, representative points and road network files are disseminated in Lambert conformal conic projection.

Core, fringe and rural area The terms 'core,' 'fringe' and 'rural area' replace the terms 'urban core,' 'urban fringe' and 'rural fringe' for the 2011 Census. These terms distinguishbetween population centres (POPCTRs) and rural areas (RAs) within a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA).

A CMA (census metropolitan area) or CA (census agglomeration) can have two types of cores: the core and the secondary core. The core is thepopulation centre with the highest population, around which a CMA (census metropolitan area) or a CA (census agglomeration) is delineated. The coremust have a population (based on the previous census) of at least 50,000 persons in the case of a CMA (census metropolitan area), or at least 10,000persons in the case of a CA (census agglomeration).

The secondary core is a population centre within a CMA (census metropolitan area) that has at least 10,000 persons and was the core of a CA (censusagglomeration) that has been merged with an adjacent CMA (census metropolitan area).

The term 'fringe' includes all population centres within a CMA (census metropolitan area) or CA (census agglomeration) that have less than 10,000persons and are not contiguous with the core or secondary core.

All territory within a CMA (census metropolitan area) or CA (census agglomeration) that is not classified as a core or fringe is classified as rural area.

Datum A datum is a geodetic reference system which includes an ellipsoid and an origin against which the latitude and longitude of all other points on theearth's surface are referenced. A datum may often be associated with a particular ellipsoid (mathematical reference model of the earth).

Designated place A designated place (DPL) is normally a small community or settlement that does not meet the criteria established by Statistics Canada to be a census


subdivision (an area with municipal status) or a population centre.

Designated places are created by provinces and territories, in cooperation with Statistics Canada, to provide data for submunicipal areas.

Dissemination area A dissemination area (DA) is a small, relatively stable geographic unit composed of one or more adjacent dissemination blocks. It is the smalleststandard geographic area for which all census data are disseminated. DAs (Dissemination areas) cover all the territory of Canada.

Dissemination block A dissemination block (DB) is an area bounded on all sides by roads and/or boundaries of standard geographic areas. The dissemination block is thesmallest geographic area for which population and dwelling counts are disseminated. Dissemination blocks cover all the territory of Canada.

Economic region An economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete census divisions (CDs) (with one exception in Ontario) created as a standard geographic unit foranalysis of regional economic activity.

Ecumene Ecumene is a term used by geographers to mean inhabited land. It generally refers to land where people have made their permanent home, and to allwork areas that are considered occupied and used for agricultural or any other economic purpose. Thus, there can be various types of ecumenes, eachhaving its own unique characteristics (population ecumene, agricultural ecumene, industrial ecumene, etc.).

Federal electoral district A federal electoral district (FED) is an area represented by a member of the House of Commons. The federal electoral district boundaries used for the2011 Census are based on the 2003 Representation Order.

Geocoding Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (codes or x,y coordinates) to map features and data records. The resulting geocodes permitdata to be linked geographically to a place on the earth.

Households, postal codes and place of work data are linked to block-face representative points (coordinates) when the street and address informationis available; otherwise, they are linked to dissemination block (DB) representative points. In some cases, postal codes and place of work data arelinked to dissemination area (DA) representative points when they cannot be linked to DBs. As well, place of work data are linked to census subdivisionrepresentative points when the data cannot be linked to DAs.

Geographic code A geographic code is a numerical identifier assigned to a geographic area. The code is used to identify and access standard geographic areas for thepurposes of data storage, retrieval and display.

Geographic reference date The geographic reference date is a date determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of finalizing the geographic framework for which census datawill be collected, tabulated and reported. For the 2011 Census, the geographic reference date is January 1, 2011.

Geographical region of Canada The geographical regions of Canada are groupings of provinces and territories established for the purpose of statistical reporting. The six geographicalregions of Canada are: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, British Columbia and Territories.

Land area Land area is the area in square kilometres of the land-based portions of standard geographic areas. Land area data are unofficial and are provided forthe sole purpose of calculating population density.

Map projection A map projection is the process of transforming and representing positions from the earth's three-dimensional curved surface to a two-dimensional (flat)surface. The process is accomplished by a direct geometric projection or by a mathematically derived transformation.

The Lambert conformal conic map projection is widely used for general maps of Canada at small scales and is the most common map projection used atStatistics Canada.

National Geographic Database The National Geographic Database (NGD) is a shared database between Statistics Canada and Elections Canada. The database contains roads, roadnames and address ranges. It also includes separate reference layers containing physical and cultural features, such as hydrography and hydrographicnames, railroads and power transmission lines.

Place name 'Place name' refers to selected names of active and retired geographic areas as well as names from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base.Place names include names of census subdivisions (municipalities), designated places and population centres, as well as the names of some localplaces.

Population centre A population centre (POPCTR) has a population of at least 1,000 and a population density of 400 persons or more per square kilometre, based on thecurrent census population count. All areas outside population centres are classified as rural areas. Taken together, population centres and rural areascover all of Canada.

Population centres are classified into three groups, depending on the size of their population:

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Population centre population includes all population living in the cores, secondary cores and fringes of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and censusagglomerations (CAs), as well as the population living in population centres outside CMA (census metropolitan area)s and CA (census agglomeration)s.

Population density Population density is the number of persons per square kilometre.

Postal code The postal code is a six-character code defined and maintained by Canada Post Corporation for the purpose of sorting and delivering mail.

Province or territory 'Province' and 'territory' refer to the major political units of Canada. From a statistical point of view, province and territory are basic areas for which dataare tabulated. Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories.

Reference map A reference map shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated. The maps display the boundaries,names and unique identifiers of standard geographic areas, as well as major cultural and physical features, such as roads, railroads, coastlines, riversand lakes.

Representative point A representative point is a coordinate point that represents a line or a polygon. The point is centrally located along the line, and centrally located orpopulation weighted in the polygon.

Representative points are generated for block-faces, as well as for selected geographic areas – province/territory (PR), federal electoral district (FED),economic region (ER), census division (CD), census metropolitan area/census agglomeration (CMA/CA), census subdivision (CSD), population centre(POPCTR), designated place (DPL), census tract (CT), dissemination area (DA) and dissemination block (DB).

Households, postal codes and place of work data are linked to block-face representative points (coordinates) when the street and address informationis available; otherwise, they are linked to dissemination block (DB) representative points. In some cases, postal codes and place of work data arelinked to dissemination area (DA) representative points when they cannot be linked to DBs. As well, place of work data are linked to census subdivision(CSD) representative points when the data cannot be linked to DAs.

Rural area Rural areas (RAs) include all territory lying outside population centres (POPCTRs). Taken together, population centres and rural areas cover all ofCanada.

Rural population includes all population living in rural areas of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs), as well aspopulation living in rural areas outside CMAs (census metropolitan areas) and CAs (census agglomerations).

Spatial Data Infrastructure The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an internal maintenance database that is not disseminated outside of Statistics Canada. It contains roads, roadnames and address ranges from the National Geographic Database (NGD), as well as boundary arcs of standard geographic areas that do not followroads, all in one integrated line layer. The database also includes a related polygon layer consisting of basic blocks (BB; basic blocks are the smallestpolygon units in the database, and are formed by the intersection of all roads and the arcs of geographic areas that do not follow roads), boundary layersof standard geographic areas, and derived attribute tables, as well as reference layers containing physical and cultural features (such as hydrography,railroads and power transmission lines) from the NGD (National Geographic Database).

The SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) supports a wide range of census operations, such as the maintenance and delineation of the boundaries ofstandard geographic areas (including the automated delineation of dissemination blocks and population centres) and geocoding. The SDI (Spatial DataInfrastructure) is also the source for generating many geography products for the 2011 Census, such as cartographic boundary files and road networkfiles.

Spatial data quality elements Spatial data quality elements provide information on the fitness for use of a spatial database by describing why, when and how the data are created, andhow accurate the data are. The elements include an overview describing the purpose and usage, as well as specific quality elements reporting on the

lineage, positional accuracy, attribute accuracy, logical consistency and completeness. This information is provided to users for all spatial data productsdisseminated for the census.

Standard Geographical Classification The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011 is Statistics Canada's main classification of geographic areas in Canada. It is designed to classifystatistical information by geographic areas. The classification consists of four levels: geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories, censusdivisions (such as counties and regional municipalities) and census subdivisions (such as municipalities). The four geographic levels are hierarchicallyrelated; a seven-digit code is used to show this relationship.

Statistical Area Classification The Statistical Area Classification (SAC) groups census subdivisions according to whether they are a component of a census metropolitan area, acensus agglomeration or a census metropolitan influenced zone (MIZ). The MIZ (metropolitan influenced zone) classifies all CSDs (Censussubdivisions) in provinces and territories that are outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.

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the classification variant. The next level consists of individual census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and census metropolitaninfluenced zones (MIZs). The highest level consists of three categories that cover all of the land mass of Canada:

census metropolitan areascensus agglomerationsoutside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.

The SAC (Statistical Area Classification) provides unique numeric identification (codes) for these hierarchically-related geographic areas. It wasestablished for the purpose of reporting statistics.

Thematic map A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for selected geographic areas. The map may be qualitative in nature(e.g. (for example), predominant farm types) or quantitative (e.g. (for example), percentage population change).

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Appendix B Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2011CensusFigure B.1 Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2011 Census

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population; Canada Post Corporation, May 2011.


Table C.1 Geographic units by province and territory, 2011 CensusGeographicunit

Canada Newfoundlandand Labrador

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NovaScotia

NewBrunswick

Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta BritishColumbia

Yukon NorthwestTerritories

Nunavut

2006 2011

Federalelectoraldistrict (2003RepresentationOrder)

308 308 7 4 11 10 75 106 14 14 28 36 1 1 1

Economicregion

76 76 4 1 5 5 17 11 8 6 8 8 1 1 1

Censusagriculturalregion

82 82 3 3 5 4 14 5 12 20 8 8 ... ... ...

Censusdivision

288 293 11 3 18 15 98 49 23 18 19 29 1 6 3

Censusconsolidatedsubdivision

2,341 2,338 89 68 43 151 1,005 316 126 300 77 153 1 6 3

Censussubdivision

5,418 5,253 376 113 99 273 1,285 574 287 959 435 743 37 41 31

Dissolutions(January 2,2006 toJanuary 1,2011)

221 ... 3 0 1 6 13 13 13 26 19 126 0 1 0

Incorporations(January 2,2006 toJanuary 1,2011)

... 56 2 0 0 3 4 2 3 1 1 33 2 5 0

Designatedplace

1,289 1,507 183 0 65 167 106 114 97 194 261 319 1 0 0

Censusmetropolitanarea

33 33 1 0 1 2 6 15 1 2 2 4 0 0 0

Censusagglomeration

111 114 3 2 4 5 25 28 4 7 16 21 1 1 0

with censustracts

15 15 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 0

without censustracts

96 99 3 2 4 4 22 24 4 7 13 17 1 1 0

Census tract 5,076 5,452 47 0 93 102 1,371 2,273 173 109 573 711 0 0 0Smallpopulationcentre (1,000to 29,999)

811 857 29 6 35 30 224 237 42 59 101 87 1 3 7

Mediumpopulationcentre (30,000to 99,999)

54 54 0 1 1 2 13 19 1 2 6 9 0 0 0

Large urbanpopulationcentre(100,000 ormore)

29 31 1 0 1 1 6 14 1 2 2 4 0 0 0

Place name 21,411 35,033 1,836 709 3,138 2,679 6,985 8,091 1,839 2,687 3,117 3,528 195 153 76Disseminationarea

54,626 56,204 1,071 293 1,645 1,454 13,622 19,964 2,179 2,467 5,711 7,582 68 98 50

Disseminationblock

478,831 493,345 8,732 3,573 15,842 15,415 109,455 132,777 30,471 51,610 66,332 55,529 1,359 1,492 758

Block-face 3,739,041 3,947,786 81,868 27,050 155,484 135,411 842,992 1,003,813 201,005 362,238 525,180 577,975 13,036 15,612 6,122Forwardsortation area

1,625 1,638 35 7 77 111 418 526 64 48 153 190 3 3 3

Postal code 805,640 834,056 10,878 3,316 27,852 58,617 212,162 276,844 24,568 21,923 80,948 115,435 968 516 29

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Sources: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population; Canada Post Corporation, May 2011.

1. Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, large urban population centres and small population centres crossing provincial boundaries are counted in both provinces, and, therefore, do not add up to thenational total.


Table D.1 Census subdivision types by province and territory, 2011 CensusCensus subdivisiontype

Canada Newfoundlandand Labrador

PrinceEdward

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NovaScotia

NewBrunswick

Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta BritishColumbia

Yukon NorthwestTerritories

Nunavut

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community3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ...

CG Communitygovernment

4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ...

CN Crown colony /Colonie de lacouronne

1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ...

COM Community 33 ... 33 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...CT Canton

(municipalité de)45 ... ... ... ... 45 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

CU Cantons unis(municipalité de)

2 ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

CV City / Ville 2 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...CY City 149 3 2 ... 4 ... 46 9 16 17 49 1 1 1DM District

municipality52 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 ... ... ...

HAM Hamlet 36 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 24ID Improvement

district7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 ... ... ... ...

IGD Indiangovernmentdistrict

2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ...

IM Islandmunicipality

1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ...

IRI Indian reserve /Réserveindienne

961 3 4 25 18 27 139 75 168 81 419 ... 2 ...

LGD Localgovernmentdistrict

2 ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ...

LOT Township androyalty

67 ... 67 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

M Municipality /Municipalité

3 ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

MD Municipal district 76 ... ... 12 ... ... ... ... ... 64 ... ... ... ...MÉ Municipalité 619 ... ... ... ... 619 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...MU Municipality 54 ... ... ... ... ... 54 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...NH Northern hamlet 11 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 ... ... ... ... ...NL Nisga'a land 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ...NO Unorganized /

Non organisé137 ... ... ... ... 96 16 10 2 ... ... 4 6 3

NV Northern village 11 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 ... ... ... ... ...P Parish / Paroisse

(municipalité de)150 ... ... ... 150 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

PE Paroisse(municipalité de)

179 ... ... ... ... 179 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

RCR Rural community/ Communautérurale

4 ... ... ... 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

RDA Regional districtelectoral area

158 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 158 ... ... ...

RG Region 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...RGM Regional

municipality4 ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ...

RM Ruralmunicipality

413 ... ... ... ... ... ... 117 296 ... ... ... ... ...

RV Resort village 40 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 ... ... ... ... ...S-É Indian settlement

/ Établissementindien

28 ... ... ... ... 6 5 4 1 4 3 5 ... ...


SA Special area 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ...SC Subdivision of

countymunicipality /Subdivisionmunicipalité decomté

28 ... ... 28 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

SÉ Settlement /Établissement

13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 ... ...

SET Settlement 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 3SG Self-government

/ Autonomiegouvernementale

4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ... ...

SM Specializedmunicipality

5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 ... ... ... ...

SNO Subdivision ofunorganized /Subdivision nonorganisée

92 92 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

SV Summer village 51 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 ... ... ... ...T Town 743 277 7 31 13 ... 88 51 147 108 14 3 4 ...TC Terres réservées

aux Cris8 ... ... ... ... 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

TI Terre inuite 12 ... ... ... ... 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...TK Terres réservées

aux Naskapis1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

TL Teslin land 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ...TP Township 207 ... ... ... ... ... 207 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...TV Town / Ville 15 ... ... ... 14 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...V Ville 222 ... ... ... ... 222 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...VC Village cri 8 ... ... ... ... 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...VK Village naskapi 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...VL Village 550 ... ... ... 66 45 11 19 266 95 43 4 1 ...VN Village nordique 14 ... ... ... ... 14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Total 5,253 376 113 99 273 1,285 574 287 959 435 743 37 41 31... not applicable Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population.


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Postal Codes OM by Federal Ridings ... - Statistics Canada