Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021
Table 1.1
Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 Census

Release date: February 9, 2022
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Table 1.1
Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 Census
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This table displays the results of Geographic areas by province and territory, 2021 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.
2016Table 1.1 Note 1 2021
Federal electoral district
(2003 & 2013 Representation Order)		 338 338 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 72 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 1,768 1,757 20 34 39 87 688 273 105 297 72 132 1 6 3
Census subdivision 5,162 5,161 372 98 95 266 1,282 577 239 951 423 751 35 41 31
Dissolutions
(January 2, 2016 to January 1, 2021)		 Note ...: not applicable 161 0 92 4 10 6 6 4 18 11 8 2 0 0
Incorporations
(January 2, 2016 to January 1, 2021)		 67 161 0 78 3 3 3 8 14 19 9 23 1 0 0
Census metropolitan area 35 41 1 0 1 3 7 16 1 2 4 7 0 0 0
Census agglomeration 117 111 3 2 4 4 25 27 5 8 13 21 1 1 0
with census tracts 14 9 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
without census tracts 103 102 3 2 4 4 23 24 5 8 10 20 1 1 0
Census tract 5,721 6,247 53 0 108 119 1,480 2,533 187 126 797 844 0 0 0
Small population centre
(1,000 to 29,999)		 918 934 26 3 35 28 256 264 52 60 106 94 2 4 6
Medium population centre
(30,000 to 99,999)		 57 58 0 1 1 2 12 20 1 3 11 8 0 0 0
Large urban population centre
(100,000 or more)		 30 34 1 0 1 1 7 14 1 2 2 6 0 0 0
Designated place 1,629 1,685 207 0 70 161 120 135 148 198 311 332 2 0 1
Aggregate Dissemination Area 5,386 5,433 86 23 152 130 1,175 1,679 238 309 529 1,008 31 42 31
Dissemination area 56,590 57,936 1,082 319 1,670 1,470 13,806 20,468 2,223 2,625 6,203 7,848 74 98 50
Dissemination block 489,905 498,786 9,147 3,352 15,093 13,530 105,128 137,867 32,278 58,297 68,167 52,423 1,437 1,289 778
Block-face 4,326,050 4,486,530 108,282 32,830 154,858 134,198 893,795 1,142,203 250,673 446,200 739,243 554,830 11,426 11,510 6,482
Forward sortation area 1,646 1,669 35 7 77 111 422 529 74 55 157 193 3 3 3
Postal codeOM 855,842 880,864 11,806 4,170 29,239 59,675 221,627 292,020 26,602 23,509 90,564 120,003 1031 566 52
Place name 51,072 40,526 2,259 940 3,327 2,932 8,960 8,517 2,126 3,258 3,731 3,930 233 188 125
... not applicable
Note 1

2003 representation Order

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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. Population centres crossing provincial boundaries are counted in both provinces, and, therefore, do not add up to the national total.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.

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