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Censuses:
2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1976, 1971, 1966, 1961
Remarks:
Statistics Canada uses standard codes and abbreviations to represent provinces and territories. The two-digit code that uniquely identifies each province/territory is based on the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC). The code is assigned from east to west. The first digit represents the region of Canada in which the province/territory is located and the second digit denotes one of the 10 provinces and three territories (Table 10).
On October 21, 2002, the alpha code for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador changed from NF to NL. Furthermore, the official English abbreviation for Newfoundland and Labrador changed from Nfld.Lab. to N.L. The official French abbreviation remains unchanged.
Table 10 Abbreviations and codes for provinces and territories, 2006 Census
Refer to the related definitions of census division (CD) and Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).
Changes prior to the current census:
A new territory called Nunavut came into effect on April 1, 1999. Nunavut includes three census divisions (Baffin Region, Keewatin Region, and Kitikmeot Region) that were formerly the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories.
