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2001 CENSUS SPATIAL DATA FILES:
FILES AVAILABLE IN ARCINFO FORMAT
To decide which files met your needs, assess the purpose of your research and read over Census geography concepts and definitions. Then select the All Canada download files, the Provincial download files, or the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) download files.
Statistics Canada builds on geographical units used in the collection of Census information to organize its data. The complete hierarchy of standand geographic units for disseminating the results of the 2001 census can be viewed as a chart; descriptions for each geographic unit are provided in Statistics Canada's Geography Catalogue.
The following chart indicates how individual Block-face units "roll up" to create Dissemination Areas (formerly known as Enumeration Areas) and Census Subdivisions (villages, town, communities):
Canada-Wide Level Geo-Spatial Files
The following geographic divisions providing all-Canada coverage are available for downloading:- Province
- Federal Electoral District (FED)
- Forward Sortation Area (FSA)
- Economic Region (ER)
- Census Division [CD]
- Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS)
- Census Subdivision [CSD]
- Designated Place (DP)
- Dissemination Area
- Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
- Urban Area
- Hydrography
Provincial Level Geo-Spatial Files
The following geographic divisions are available for downloading by province. Note the RNF files refer to Road Network Files; Skeletal Road Network Files are also available upon request.
| Province | CCS Files | CSD Files | CT Files | DA Files | RNF Files |
| Newfoundland | gccs010 | gcsd010 | gct_010 | gda_010 | grnf_010 |
| Prince Edward Island | gccs011 | gcsd011 | gct_011 | gda_011 | grnf_011 |
| Nova Scotia | gccs012 | gcsd012 | gct_012 | gda_012 | grnf_012 |
| New Brunswick | gccs013 | gcsd013 | gct_013 |
gda_013 gbl_013 (Block) |
grnf_013 |
| Quebec | gccs024 | gcsd024 | gct_024 | gda_024 | grnf_024 |
| Ontario | gccs035 | gcsd035 | gct_035 | gda_035 | grnf_035 |
| Manitoba | gccs046 | gcsd046 | gct_046 | gda_046 | grnf_046 |
| Saskatchewan | gccs047 | gcsd047 | gct_047 | gda_047 | grnf_047 |
| Alberta | gccs048 | gcsd048 | gct_048 | gda_048 | grnf_048 |
| British Columbia | gccs059 | gcsd059 | gct_059 | gda059 | grnf_059 |
| Yukon Territory | gccs060 | gcsd060 | gct_060 | gda_060 | grnf_060 |
| Northwest Territories | gccs061 | gcsd061 | gct_061 | gda_061 | grnf_061 |
| Nunavet | gccs062 | gcsd062 | gct_062 | gda_062 | grnf_062 |
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