Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Canadian census divisions


Related Topics

In the News (Wed 30 May 12)

  
  Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north of this region is the broad Canadian Shield, an area of rock scoured clean by the last ice age, thinly soiled, rich in minerals, and dotted with lakes and rivers—Canada by far has more lakes than any other country in the world and has a large amount of the world's freshwater.
South of the Gulf, the Canadian Maritimes protrude eastward from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec.
Particularly, the use of the maple leaf, as a Canadian symbol, dates back to the early 18th century and is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian   (5385 words)

  
 - DMTI Spatial - {Census Demographic Boundaries}   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Census Subdivision is the term applied to municipalities (as determined by provincial legislation) or their equivalent (for example, Indian Reserves, Indian settlements and unorganized territories).
Census Division is the term applied to areas established by provincial law which are intermediate geographic areas between the municipality (Census Subdivision) and the province level.
The Census Metropolitan Area, as well as the Census Agglomeration is a very large urban area (urban core) together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core.
www.dmtispatial.com /census_boundaries.htm   (296 words)

  
 Chapter I - Census Geography
A census tract is a small census geographic area established in a large urban community withthe assistance of local specialists who help define boundaries that are useful for urban and social research.
"Census division" is the general term used for counties, regional districts, regional municipalities and five other types of geographic areas made up of groups of census subdivisions.
An agricultural region is a subprovincial geographic region used by the census of agriculture in the dissemination of agricultural statistics.
www.ucalgary.ca /~libdata/adc/geo.html   (2591 words)

  
 Ontario Population Projections, 2004-2031 Ontario and Its 49 Census Divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The base population for Ontario and its 49 Census Divisions used in the projections is taken from the preliminary July 1, 2004 postcensal estimates, first released by Statistics Canada in September 2004 for Ontario and in November 2004 for Census Divisions.
This declining or negative trend in natural increase means that many Census Divisions in Ontario where natural increase used to be the main if not the sole contributor to population growth have already started to see their population growth slow, a trend that is projected to continue as the population ages further.
At the Census Division level, intraprovincial migration or the movement of population within the province is a significant component of population growth.
www.fin.gov.on.ca /english/demographics/demog05.html   (8069 words)

  
 The Canadian Jewish Experience
The Canadian Jewish community today is on the threshhold of becoming a major force in world Jewry as the result of the convergence of two factors that are almost cliches and the addition of a third.
Thus the Canadian Jewish community is basically a twentieth century phenomenon, founded by Eastern European Jews, who came to an essentially empty land, Jewishly and generally, and founded their institutions from scratch.
The Canadian Jewish Congress (its different name in part reflected the influence of North American thinking) is exceptional in that it took on a broader governance role, especially in the education and cultural sphere, from the first.
www.jcpa.org /dje/books/canch1.htm   (9627 words)

  
 Using Geographic Codes to Import Data into MapPoint (Microsoft MapPoint 2004)
Because census tract numbers are only unique within a county, the full FIPS code that is unique within the United States is an eleven-digit number composed of the state FIPS code, the county FIPS code, and the census tract FIPS code.
Census divisions correspond to counties in most of eastern Canada, to regional districts in British Columbia, and to census-created geographies with no administrative reality in most of central Canada.
Census divisions have a four-digit SGC code whose first two digits are equal to the province/territory SGC code.
msdn.microsoft.com /library/en-us/dnmap04/html/mpimport.asp?frame=true   (2625 words)

  
  ESRI Canada - ArcCanada: Census Divisions
The 1991 and 1996 Census Divisions are associated with the SGC Tables, which contain age, gender and mother tongue cohorts.
The 1996 Census Divisions can also be associated with the Census Tables, which contain an additional wealth of statistical information for each census division.
The 1996 Census Division can be linked to the 1996 SGC Tables, which contain updated statistical information on age, gender and mother tongue.
k12.esricanada.com /metadata/arccanada/metadata3/natcens   (254 words)

  
 The Atlas of Canada - Data and Mapping Notes
Census divisions are geostatistical areas which account for all of the area of Canada.
According to the 1996 Census Dictionary, census divisions correspond to areas such as counties, regional districts, regional municipalities and other areas established by provincial law.
The Census of Agriculture was expanded in 1996 to include 138 commercial poultry hatcheries and 1593 farms producing only Christmas trees.
atlas.gc.ca /sitefrancais/english/maps/economic/agriculture/agriculture1996/dataandmappingnotes.html   (329 words)

  
 Community Vitality, Community Confidence Official Languages Research Forum
Canadian Heritage asked presenters, commentators, and researchers at the Official Languages Research Forum to discuss the methodological approach used in the survey conducted by GPC International on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Official Languages.
By and large, Canadian Heritage is convinced that with its strengths and weaknesses, the GPC International survey on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Official Languages is a unique tool that provides numerous opportunities for analysis, as well as an up-to-date picture of the official language communities with respect to a variety of topics.
Divisions differentiating between large cities on the one hand and small towns and rural areas on the other could reveal key dimensions of community vitality for each of these major types of environments.
www.pch.gc.ca /progs/lo-ol/pubs/forum_2005/7_e.cfm   (7762 words)

  
 SFU Library - Statistics - 1996 Canadian Census
Census subdivisions are usually municipalities, Indian reserves, cities, towns and villages.
Every census division in BC is a regional district and changes if the regional district changes.
Includes census divisions, subdivisions and census tracts (Part A is Population, Part B is derived from the detailed questionnaire), which are available in both paper (down to the census tract level) and CD-ROM format (down to the Enumeration Area level).
www.lib.sfu.ca /researchhelp/publicationtypes/census1996.htm   (1919 words)

  
 Introduction
Given the release of the first 2001 Census results, as well as most of the Geography tools in March 2002, it is now appropriate to examine the extent to which the dissemination of the census has changed as a result of the new base.
By the 1981 Census, large, automated systems were tested for the preparation of maps of urban areas with 8,000 of these maps at the enumeration area being produced for 1986 Census collection when the system was put into full production.
If they didn’t know the census code number, they would have to obtain a census reference map, find the area in which they were interested, note the code number and then look up the area in a publication.
gis.esri.com /library/userconf/proc02/pap1359/p1359.htm   (2743 words)

  
 Methodlogies - SalaryExpert.com
Canadian areas are those assigned by BTA utilizing the same methodology as found with U.S. data (adding 46 additional areas).
Canadian Level II earnings are the highest reported average for any one census sub-division within the assigned “OES” area.
Canadian estimates reflect a minimum of at least one census sub-division (which are, on average, much larger than any single U.S. county).
www.salaryexpert.com /index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Dsp_Methodologies   (10815 words)

  
 Ryerson Library - Census of Canada Research Guide
The Profile series gives a statistical overview of census characteristics by all levels of geography except six-character postal code: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas (CMA's) and census agglomerations (CA's), census divisions (CD's), census subdivisions (CSD's), census tracts (CT's), federal electoral districts (FED's), enumeration areas (EA's) and forward sortation areas (FSA's).
Profile data at the municipality (Census Subdivision level) is available at the Community Profiles 1996 page from the Statistics Canada website.
Profile data is available in print at the Canada, Provinces and Territories, census division and census subdivision level and at the census metropolitan area, census agglomeration and census tract level.
www.ryerson.ca /library/subjects/can_census/1996/Profile.html   (338 words)

  
 CSISS Classics - Lou Skoda and J.C. Robertson: The Isodemographic Map of Canada, 1972.
Unlike the United States, however, the Canadian population was highly concentrated in the 200 miles closest to the border with its southern neighbor, and mostly within urban areas at that.
Their map not only represented a population-oriented rendering of the 1966 Canadian census divisions, it did so while keeping all of Canada together in a contiguous mass and preserving recognizeable division and province outlines.
The model itself would be built out of metal strips representing census division and province boundaries that could be shaped and moved around on the surface as needed.
www.csiss.org /classics/content/27   (898 words)

  
 SFU Library - Statistics - Canadian Census
Data from the census is available for Canada as a whole, Provinces and Territories, and lower geographic levels.
Data from the census tracts are always published and they are good for local area analysis for urban planning, educational research, and market research.
The 2001 Census Catalogue - which is available in only on the interent in pdf format - contains detailed descriptions of all products and services based on the 2001 Census, including prices, release dates and media, catalogue numbers and ISBN numbers.
www.lib.sfu.ca /researchhelp/publicationtypes/census.htm   (2156 words)

  
 Yukon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
In 1901, after many had gone back, the Census put the population of the territory at 27,219, a figure that was not reached again until 1991.
By 1920 the elected territorial council had been reduced to three members and the territory was directly ruled by the Gold commissioner, a federal civil servant reporting to the Minister of the Interior.
Having acquired the land from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1870, the Canadian government divided the territory off of the Northwest Territories in 1898 to fill the need for local government created by the influx of prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Yukon   (3411 words)

  
 Introduction to the 2001 Canadian Census
All Census data available through the RDL service is governed by the Data Liberation Initiative Data Release Agreement.
The enumeration area correspondence file provides a correlation table between 1996 census enumeration areas (Eas) and 2001 census dissemination areas, including a flag indicating whether each 1996 EA is wholy or partially contained in the 2001 dissemination area.
Census divisions, Census subdivisions, Federal Electoral Districts) for which census data and other statistics are produced.
www.sfu.ca /rdl/dlib/data/survey/census/2001cen/2001georef.html   (414 words)

  
 Definitions of "rural"
Table H1: OECD community codes for Canadian census consolidated subdivisions, 1996
Table H2: OECD regional codes for Canadian census divisions, 1996
Table I2.5: "Ehrensaft" and "Revised" Beale codes for Canadian census divisions, 1996
www.statcan.ca /english/research/21-601-MIE/21-601-MIE2002061.htm   (219 words)

  
 [No title]
The Canadian Climate Centre's general circulation model predicts that, with increased CO concentrations, the largest rise in mean surface temperature in southern Canada will occur in the Interior Plains.
Five Canadian census divisions, representing 104,043 km² of the brown soil zone, have a population of 133,116, but 44% of this total is in the cities of Swift Current and Medicine Hat--see Fig.
However these factors, and the USLE in general, have been applied to the Canadian plains with limited success, given the different soil, climate and topography from western Kansas where the USLE was derived (Pennock and de Jong, 1990).
www.emporia.edu /kas/trans100/sympos96/sauchyn/sauchyn.htm   (3940 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
In an official statement presented in 1890 to the Canadian House of Parliament, the opinion was expressed that over one-half of the immigrants arriving in Canada ultimately removed to the United States.
And the same census (1900) shows that in that year there were 4,968,182 persons resident in the United States of whose parents at least one was born in Ireland, including the 1,615,459 residents above specified, who were themselves of Irish birth.
Of the fourteen provinces now (1906) constituting the territorial divisions of the Church in the continental united States, nine are governed by archbishop of Irish blood, and forty-eight of the bishops of the seventy-eight dioceses comprised in these provinces are of the Irish race.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm   (15966 words)

  
 GEOmarketing Solutions Group Inc.-Data Products
The Canadian Census Subdivisions are boundaries representing municipalities or their equivalent such as townships, Indian Reservations and unorganized territories.
It is the first Canadian segmentation system to incorporate behavioral data in addition to demographic and socio-economic variables.
The EAP is defined as the geographical center of the area canvassed by one Census representative.
www.geomarketingsolutions.com /data_prod.html   (3313 words)

  
 Canadian Census Data - James A. Gibson Library, Brock University
Census Tracts 2001, 1996, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1971 and 1961
Census of Canada 1991 A comprehensive list of and access to data, microdata and reference publications.
All printed census volumes are located in the Government Documents collection, microfilm and microfiche are located on the 5th floor.
www.brocku.ca /library/research/politic/brief.htm   (1869 words)

  
 WEB-MAPPING : KOREM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A comprehensive demographic picture of the Canadian census landscape...
The smallest geographic areas for which census data are made available by Statistics Canada...
An Enumeration Area is the geographic area canvassed by one census representative...
www.korem.com /en/product/donnees.jsp   (374 words)

  
 1986 Census of Population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The terms by which you may use data from the 1986 Census of Population are outlined in the licence our University holds with Statistics Canada.
With the 1986 Census of Population, a number of geographic files were distributed.
Boundary files are available at the enumeration area, census tract, federal electoral districts, census metropolitan areas, census divisions and census subdivisions levels.
library.usask.ca /data/social/census86.html   (201 words)

  
 Summary of changes to the 2001 Canadian Census of population
Census handbook, dictionary, and catalogue are available early in computer-readable form, and kept more up-to-date.
Urban areas are defined using population counts and population density data from the current census.
Subject-specific Profile files at the census subdivision and census tract levels available on Statistics Canada E-stat web site as they are released, and are available to walk-in users of the public.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /datalib/cc01/changes01.htm   (579 words)

  
  ESRI Canada - ArcCanada: Census Divisions Shapefile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Teachers are encouraged to create their own legends based on the data contained in the statistics tables.
Census Divisions of Canada, including some basic socio-economic data.
Unique code for each census division, indicating both the census division and the province.
www.esricanada.com /k-12/metadata3/natcens/cd96.html   (132 words)

  
 Census Geography - Data
Population & dwelling counts for the 2001 Census are available online for a wide range of standard geographic areas.
The Population Ecumene Census Division Boundary File for Canada is a digital product created for use with Geographic Information System software.
The product consists of the population ecumene boundary file as well as boundary files for the census divisions and provinces/territories.
geodepot.statcan.ca /Diss/Data/Data_e.cfm   (224 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.