Updated Products - Geography

Please note the updated products listed below and the path to access them via the FTP.

1) Geography Boundary Files - Census 2006

The 2006 boundary files portray the official geographic limits used for census dissemination and are available for Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Economic Regions, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, Census Consolidated Subdivisions, and Census Subdivisions. The boundary files are available in two formats: Digital Boundary Files and Cartographic Boundary Files. Digital Boundary Files depict the official boundaries of standard census geographic areas. The boundaries sometimes extend beyond shorelines into water, rather than follow the shoreline, to ensure that official limits are followed and that all land and islands are included. Cartographic Boundary Files contain boundaries of standard geographic areas that have been modified to follow shorelines. The files provide a framework for mapping and spatial analysis using commercially available geographic information systems (GISs) or other mapping software. A reference guide is included.

FTP: /dli/geography/arcinfo/
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FTP: /dli/geography/mapinfo/
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2) Standard Geographical Classification (SCG). Volume II. Reference Maps

The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) is a system of names and codes representing areas of Canada. It consists of a three-tiered hierarchy - province or territory, census division, and census subdivision. This relationship is reflected in the seven-digit code. The SGC is used to identify information for particular geographical areas and to tabulate statistics. This volume provides a series of reference maps that show the boundaries, names, and SGC codes of all census divisions and census subdivisions in Canada, in effect on January 1, 2006. It also provides the names, codes and areal extent of census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and economic regions. A thematic map of the Statistical Area Classification (SAC) by census subdivision is included.

FTP: /dli/geography/reference-maps
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