Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016
Table 1.1
Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census

Release date: February 8, 2017
Table 1.1
Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census
Table summary
This table displays the results of Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census. The information is grouped by Geographic area (appearing as row headers), Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut (appearing as column headers).
Geographic area Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt.
2011Table 1 - Note 1 2016
Federal electoral district (2003 & 2013 Representation Order) 308 338 7 4 11 10 78 121 14 14 34 42 1 1 1
Economic region 76 76 4 1 5 5 17 11 8 6 8 8 1 1 1
Census agricultural region 82 72 3 3 5 4 14 5 12 7 8 8 1 1 1
Census division 293 293 11 3 18 15 98 49 23 18 19 29 1 6 3
Census consolidated subdivision 2,338 1,768 20 45 39 87 688 273 105 297 72 132 1 6 3
Census subdivision 5,253 5,162 372 112 96 273 1,285 575 229 950 425 737 36 41 31
Dissolutions (January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2016) 158 Note ...: not applicable 5 2 4 4 2 0 107 12 11 9 2 0 0
Incorporations (January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2016) Note ...: not applicable 67 1 1 1 4 2 1 49 3 1 3 1 0 0
Census metropolitan area 33 35 1 0 1 2 6 16 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
Census agglomeration 114 117 4 2 4 5 24 29 5 8 15 22 1 1 0
with census tracts 15 14 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
without census tracts 99 103 4 2 4 4 22 26 5 8 11 18 1 1 0
Census tract 5,452 5,721 47 0 98 111 1,402 2,376 174 113 634 766 0 0 0
Small population centre (1,000 to 29,999) 857 918 27 4 36 28 251 253 49 56 112 93 1 4 7
Medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999) 54 57 0 1 0 2 13 20 1 3 8 10 0 0 0
Large urban population centre (100,000 or more) 31 30 1 0 1 1 6 13 1 2 2 4 0 0 0
Designated place 1,507 1,629 199 0 68 157 117 129 135 193 304 326 1 0 0
Aggregate Dissemination Area Note ...: not applicable 5,386 84 21 152 125 1,151 1,685 226 312 527 997 33 42 31
Dissemination area 56,204 56,590 1,073 295 1,658 1,454 13,658 20,160 2,183 2,474 5,803 7,617 67 98 50
Dissemination block 493,345 489,905 8,781 3,642 15,333 14,361 106,315 133,245 30,669 54,118 66,749 52,881 1,519 1,495 797
Block-face 3,947,786 4,326,050 87,520 31,930 157,440 135,406 901,024 1,112,718 210,191 369,386 738,613 553,370 10,810 11,566 6,076
Forward sortation area 1,638 1,646 35 7 77 111 419 528 66 49 154 191 3 3 3
Postal codeOM 834,056 855,842 11,345 4,017 28,541 59,457 216,753 283,982 25,204 22,667 85,295 117,029 996 528 28
Place name 35,033 51,072 2,376 1,066 4,103 3,967 11,937 11,212 2,331 4,077 4,281 5,083 267 226 146
... not applicable
Note: Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries are counted in both provinces, and, therefore, do not add up to the national total.

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