Symbols, abbreviations and acronyms
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Symbols
The standard table symbols apply to all data published by Statistics Canada.
The following symbols may be found in 2021 Census products.
Symbol | Description |
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.. | not available for a specific reference period |
... | not applicable |
0 | true zero or a value rounded to zero |
r | revised |
x | suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
E | use with caution |
F | too unreliable to be published |
high-level correction |
Abbreviations and acronyms
Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms found within various census products.
Provinces and territories
- PR or Prov.
- Province
- Terr.
- Territory
- N.L.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- P.E.I.
- Prince Edward Island
- N.S.
- Nova Scotia
- N.B.
- New Brunswick
- Que.
- Quebec
- Ont.
- Ontario
- Man.
- Manitoba
- Sask.
- Saskatchewan
- Alta.
- Alberta
- B.C.
- British Columbia
- Y.T.
- Yukon
- N.W.T.
- Northwest Territories
- Nvt.
- Nunavut
Census geographic areas
- ADA
- Aggregate dissemination area
- CA
- Census agglomeration
- CAR
- Census agricultural region
- CCS
- Census consolidated subdivision
- CD
- Census division
- CMA
- Census metropolitan area
- CSD
- Census subdivision
- CT
- Census tract
- DA
- Dissemination area
- DB
- Dissemination block
- DPL
- Designated place
- ER
- Economic region
- FED
- Federal electoral district
- FSA©
- Forward sortation area©
- MIZ
- Census metropolitan area influenced zone
- POPCTR
- Population centre
- PR or Prov.
- Province
- Terr.
- Territory
Census division types
- CDR
- Census division / Division de recensement
- CT
- County / Comté
- CTY
- County
- DIS
- District
- DM
- District municipality
- MRC
- Municipalité régionale de comté
- RD
- Regional district
- REG
- Region
- RM
- Regional municipality
- TÉ
- Territoire équivalent
- TER
- Territory / Territoire
- UC
- United counties
Census subdivision types
- C
- City / Cité
- CC
- Chartered community
- CG
- Community government
- CN
- Crown colony / Colonie de la couronne
- CT
- Canton (municipalité de)
- CU
- Cantons unis (municipalité de)
- CV
- City / Ville
- CY
- City
- DM
- District municipality
- FD
- Fire district
- GR
- Gouvernement régional
- HAM
- Hamlet
- ID
- Improvement district
- IGD
- Indian government district
- IM
- Island municipality
- IRI
- Indian reserve / Réserve indienne
- LGD
- Local government district
- M
- Municipality / Municipalité
- MD
- Municipal district
- MÉ
- Municipalité
- MRM
- Regional municipality / Municipalité regionale
- MU
- Municipality
- NH
- Northern hamlet
- NL
- Nisga'a land
- NO
- Unorganized / Non organisé
- NV
- Northern village
- P
- Parish / Paroisse (municipalité de)
- PE
- Paroisse (municipalité de)
- RCR
- Rural community / Communauté rurale
- RDA
- Regional district electoral area
- RGM
- Regional municipality
- RM
- Rural municipality
- RMU
- Resort municipality
- RV
- Resort village
- S-É
- Indian settlement / Établissement indien
- SA
- Special area
- SC
- Subdivision of county municipality / Subdivision municipalité de comté
- SÉ
- Settlement / Établissement
- SET
- Settlement
- SG
- Self-government / Autonomie gouvernementale
- SM
- Specialized municipality
- SNO
- Subdivision of unorganized / Subdivision non organisée
- SV
- Summer village
- T
- Town
- TAL
- Tla'amin Lands
- TC
- Terres réservées aux Cris
- TI
- Terre inuite
- TK
- Terres réservées aux Naskapis
- TL
- Teslin land
- TP
- Township
- TV
- Town / Ville
- TWL
- Tsawwassen Lands
- V
- Ville
- VC
- Village cri
- VK
- Village naskapi
- VL
- Village
- VN
- Village nordique
Designated place types
- CFA
- Class IV area (Nova Scotia)
- CS
- Cluster subdivision (Saskatchewan)
- DMU
- Dissolved municipality (Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta)
- DPL
- Designated place (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- FLG
- Former local government / Ancien gouvernement local (New Brunswick)
- IPL
- Interim Protected Land (Yukon)
- IRI
- Indian reserve / Réserve indienne (British Columbia)
- IST
- Island trust (British Columbia)
- LNC
- Localité non constituée (Quebec)
- LSB
- Local service board (Ontario)
- LSD
- Local service district / District de services locaux (New Brunswick)
- LUD
- Local urban district (Manitoba)
- MDI
- Municipalité dissoute (Quebec)
- MDP
- Municipal defined places (Ontario)
- MET
- Métis settlement (Alberta)
- NCM
- Northern community (Manitoba)
- NS
- Northern settlement (Saskatchewan)
- NVL
- Nisga'a village (British Columbia)
- OHM
- Organized hamlet (Saskatchewan)
- RPC
- Retired population centre / Centre de population retiré (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut)
- RS
- Resort subdivision (Saskatchewan)
- SE
- Aboriginal settlement (Yukon)
- UNP
- Unincorporated place (Alberta, British Columbia)
- UUC
- Unincorporated urban centre (Manitoba)
Others
- %
- Percentage
- AMF
- Area master file
- APS
- Aboriginal Peoples Survey
- BFDF
- Block-face data file
- CANCEIS
- Canadian Census Edit and Imputation System
- CARTLIB
- Cartographic library
- CBF
- Cartographic boundary file
- CMHC
- Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation
- CIRNAC
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- DBF
- Digital boundary file
- DCF
- Digital cartographic file
- DCW
- Digital chart of the world
- Diff.
- Difference
- E & I
- Edit and imputation
- GIS
- Geographic information system
- GNBC
- Geographical Names Board of Canada
- GRS
- Geodetic reference system
- ISC
- Indigenous Services Canada
- km2
- Square kilometre
- m
- Metre
- MP
- Member of Parliament
- n.e.c.
- Not elsewhere classified
- n.i.e.
- Not included elsewhere
- n.o.s.
- Not otherwise specified
- NAD
- North American Datum
- NGB
- National Geographic Base
- NGD
- National Geographic Database
- NRCan
- Natural Resources Canada
- NTDB
- National Topographic Database
- PCCF
- Postal code conversion file
- PCFRF
- Postal codes by federal riding file
- QC
- Quality control
- RNF
- Road network file
- RO
- Representation Order
- SAC
- Statistical Area Classification
- SDI
- Spatial Data Infrastructure
- SGC
- Standard Geographical Classification
- TNR
- Total non-response
- UN
- United Nations
- UTM
- Universal transverse mercator
- vs
- Versus
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