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1996 CENSUS SPATIAL DATA FILES:
FILES AVAILABLE IN ARCINFO FORMAT

These files are for use under conditions of the DLI License only and may not be redistributed or used outside the license conditions. Penalties will apply for those in violation of the terms of the licence.

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 boundaries used in the collection of Census information to organize its data. For the purposes of understanding the files available for downloading, two "streams" of geographic building blocks, the National hierarchy, and the Municipal hierarchy, show the relationships between the building blocks.

The National Hierarchy is composed of the following building blocks:

graph of the National Hierarchy

Spatial files may be available as "digital boundary files" (.dbf files) which reflect administrative boundaries or "digital cartographic files" (.dcf files) which provide a more accurate geographical representation. Note that for some geographies, a water layer is also available.

All-Canada Spatial Files


These are large files; you may wish to select from the Provincial level files.
Level of Geography .DBF Files .DCF Boundary Files .DCF Water Files
Provincial boundaries provincial boundary provincial .dcf file water layer
Federal Electoral Districts FED boundaries FED .dcf file Not available
Urban Areas Urban Areas UA .dcf file UA water layer
Census Divisions Census Divisions CD .dcf file Not available
Census Consolidated Subdivision CCS CCS .dcf file Not available
Forward Sortation Areas Not available FSA .dcf file Not available
Census Subdivisions CSDs CSD .dcf file Not available
Designated Places DPLs DPL .dcf file DPL water layer
Census Metropolitan Areas CMAs & CAs CMA .dcf file CMA water layer
Census Tracts CTs CT .dcf file CT water layer
Enumeration Areas EAs EA .dcf file Not available

Provincial Level Geo-Spatial Files


The files are presented by province, with the .DBF files and .DCF files as separate choices.
Province CCS Files CSD Files CT Files EA Files Water files
Newfoundland .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Prince Edward Island .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | N/A .dbf | .dcf water
Nova Scotia .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
New Brunswick .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Quebec .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Ontario .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Manitoba .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Saskatchewan .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Alberta .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
British Columbia .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf | water .dbf | .dcf water
Yukon Territory .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | N/A .dbf | .dcf water
Northwest Territories .dbf | .dcf .dbf | .dcf .dbf | N/A .dbf | .dcf water


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