92F0059G c. 3 User Guide Enuii^crution Areas Reference Map ScrJea
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1. Paroisse murdcipalit de HAM Hamlet PAR Parish ID Improvement district A Indian reserve R serve indienne RM Aural municipality T Tawn RV Resort village TP Township SA Special area TR Terres r serv es SCM Subdivision of county municipality UNO Unorganized Non organis SD Sans d signation municipalite V Ville 5 indian settlement tablissement indien VC Village cri SET Settlement VK Village SRO Subdivision of regional district VL Village SUN Subdivision of unorganized VN Village nordique av Summer village Census Tract The general concept of a CT that of a permanent small urban neighbourhoad tke rural communitytike area established in large urban centred regions with the help of local spectalisis interested in urban and social science research Census tracts are delineated jointly by a local committee and Statistics Canada The population must be between 2 500 and 8 000 with a preferred average of 4 000 persons except for those CTs in central business districts in other major commercial and industrial zones or in peripheral rural or urban areas that may have either a lower or higher population Also when first delinaated or subsequently subdivided CTs must be as socio economically homogeneous and compact in shape as possible All CMAs and CAs in Canada containing a GSD having a population of 50 000 or more at the previous census are eligible for census tract program2. 0101 to 21M13 050 0808 Appendix 2 Definitions The definitions of geographic terms and census concepts are presented here in summary form only Please refer to the 1997 Census Dictionary Catalogue 92 301E for the full definitions Census Agglomeration CA The general concept of a is one of a large urban area together with adjacerd urban and rural areas which have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban ama is delineated around an urban area called the urbanized core and having a population of al least 10 000 based on the previous census Once a CA atlains an urbanized core population of at 100 000 based on the previous census it becomes a census metropolitan area Census Division CD Refers to the general term applying to geographic areas established by provincial laws which are intermediate geographic areas between the census subdivision and the province e g divisions counties regional districts regional municipalities and seven olher types of geographic areas made up of groups of census subdivisions In Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta provincial law does not provide for these administrative geographic areas Therefore CDs have been created by Statistics Canada in co operation with these provinces Census Metropolitan Area CMA The general concept of a CMA is one of a very large urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas which have a
3. Enumeration Area EA An EA is the geographic area canvassed by one census representative The number of dwellings in an generally vanes between a maximum of 375 in large urban areas to a minimum of 125 in rural areas An EA always respects higher level geographic areas recognized by the Census and is the smallest unit for which census data are usually available Federal Electoral District FED A FED refers to any place or territorial area entitled to retum a member to serve in the House of Commons There are 295 FEDs in Canada according to the 1987 Representation Order FED legst limits and descriptions are the responsibility af the Chief Electoral Officer and are usually revised every 10 years after the results of the decennial census Geographic Area Refers to geographic areas delineated or employed for the collection compilation analysis and dissemination of census data Province Refers to the major political division of Canada From a statistical point of view it is a basic unit for which data are tabulated and cross classified Reference Maps Reference maps are which show the locations and boundaries of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and published The main information depicted on reference maps includes the boundaries names and codes of census geographic areas and major cultural and physical features such as roads raihways rivers and lakes Standard Geographical Classification SGC The
4. high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area OMA is delineated around an urban area called the urbanized core and having population of at least 100 000 based on the previous census Once an area becomes a CMA if is retained in the program even if its population subsequently declines Smaller urban areas cenired on urbanized cores of a population of al least 10 000 are included in the census agglomeration CA program Census Subdivision CSD Refers to ihe general term applying to municipalities as determined by provincial legislation or their equivalent 9 Indian reserves indian sefttements and unorganized terroris In Newfoundland Neva Scotia and British Columbia the term also describes geographic areas that have been created by Statistics Canada in co operation with the provinces as equivalents for municipalities Census Subdivision Type The type indicates the municipal status of a census subdivision CSOs are classified into various types according to official designations adopted by provincial or federal authorities The following list indicates all CSO types and thew abbreviations BOR Borough ISD Indian government district C City Cae LGD Local gevernment district CM County municipality LOT Township and royalty COM Community MD Municipal district CT Canton municipalit de NH Northern hamlet CU Cantons unis municipalit de NV village DM Disirict municipality
5. more ihan 20 characters due to historical limilations in record layout specifications Furthermore because of software limitations SNF feature names do not have French accents Each province and territory approves the names of its CSDs whereas physical features such as lakes and rivers have official names approved by Ihe Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names CPOGN These maps show the names approved by the CPCGN and the provincial and territorial authorities Names of geographical entities having pan Canadian significance have also been established by the CPCGN such as names of provinces territories major ialands and major bodies of water and are shown in both official languages Logical Consistency Logical consistency describes the fidelity of relationships encoded in the data structure of the digital spatial data i e how well elements of the data structure follow tha rules imposed on them The boundaries were visually checked for closure on the maps produced manually For the maps produced by computer all EA polygons were topologically checked and a point in polygon method was used to validate both proper labelling as well as Knkages to higher level geographic areas For more information refer to the 1997 EA Boundary File Data Quality Statement available from the Geography Division Completeness Completeness expressses the degree which geographic entities features are captured according to the data captu
6. perimeter of the EAs The EAs were then formed into polygons Higher level geographic areas CTs CSDs CDs FEDs and CMAs CAs were created by rolling up the EA boundaries For mapping purposes within SNF coverage the Transverse Marcalor projection UTM coordinates were transformed to Lambert Conformal Conic projection wih two standard parallels n most cases the standard parallels for each urban centre are separated by two thirds of tha north south extent of the study area i e fixed at one sixth of the total latitudinal extent This placament serves to distribute the scale error across the map area The central meridian divides each urban centre in half In other cases where urban centres are contiguous or nearly contiguous the entire ares is treated as one erdity lo position the two standard parallels and central meridian These cases include the conurbation in southern Ontario from Oshawa to St Catharines including seme CSDs outside CMAs or CAs as well as Saint J r me and Matsqui which use ihe parameters for the Montreal and Vancouver CMAs respectively Some map text was relocated interactively it ovedapped with other textual components The linkages ta higher level geographic areas CTs GSDs CDs FEDs and CMAS CAs were determined from ihe Census Geographic Data Base GDB Refer to the 7291 CGDS Data Quality Statement available from the Geography Division PosKional Accuracy Positional accuracy is the diffe
7. publications The maps should not be used for digitizing purposes nor to determine the precise location of boundaries They are not intended to serve as a detailed legal or cadastral representation of the geographic areas Data Quality The purpose of a dala quality statement is to provide detailed information for users to evaluate the fitness of the data or product for particular use Five fundamental componens for quality statement are lineage positional accuracy attribute accuracy logical consistency and completeness Lineage includes descriptions of the source material from which the data were derived and the methods of derivation including the dates of the source material and all transformations involved in producing the final digital f es and map praducts Source Material Census subdivision names types and boundaries are those thal were in effect on January 1 1991 the geographic reference date of Ihe 1991 Census Where notification from provincial or territorial authorities was not received or was received after March 1991 the name type and or limits of CSDs may not correspond with those recognized by provincial or territorial authorities The maps were produced from three sources using both automated and manual techniques The Street Network File SNF called the Area Master File and the 1891 EA digital boundary file were used lo generate most of the maps within large urban centres and some maps w
8. 92F0059G x Liser introduction This reference map series shows the boundaries and codes of enumeration areas EAs The EAs are depicted within three distinct types af areas 1 Large urban centres formerly G 13 and G 13A depict EAs within urban centres census metropolitan areas and tracted census agglomerations with a population of 50 000 and over Also shown are the limas of census tracts CTs census subdivisions 2508 federal electoral districts FEDs and census metropolitan areas census agglomerations CMAs CAs with their corresponding names types andor codes 2 Small urban centres formerly G 14 and G 16 depict EAs w hin census subdivisions of unincorporated places Also shown are the limits of CSDs and FEDS wih thew corresponding names types and or codes 3 Rural areas formerly G 12 depict EAs within rural areas Also shown are the limits of 505 census divisions CDs FEDs and CMAs CAs with their corresponding names and or codes Also available for the large urban centres and some of the small whan centres are index maps that enable users to identify the appropriate containing the enumeration area s of interest Another index map is availabe for EAs within rural areas How to Use the Product The maps are designed to enable users to identify the general location and limits of the geographic areas reported in 1991 Census data
9. SGC is Statistice Canada s official classification of geographic areas in Canada The SGC provides unique numeric identification for three types of geographic areas provinces and territories census divisions and census subdivisions The three geographic areas are hierarchically related CSDs aggregate to CDs which in tum aggregate to a province or territory This relationship is reflected in the code Provincefterritary Census division Census subdivision XX XX XXX 2 digits 2 digits 3 digits Street Network File SMF The SNF formerly known as the Area Master File AMF is a Compaler readable flle thal geographically references the street network and selected other non straet features such as rivers lakes railways and municipal limits SNFs are generally created for urban municipalities which had a population of 50 000 or more at the previous census and for which census tracts have been defined The SNF contains the names for all street and non street features In addition the intersection comer civic address ranges and block face representative points are available for addressable streets Territory fiefers to two major political divisions of Canada namely Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories From a statistical point of view these territories are equivalent to provinces Le a basic unit for which data are tabulated and crass classified Unincorporated Place UP The concept of a UP is a cluster of dwell
10. for Yukon and 1 4 000 000 for N W T and the map vintages are 1972 and 1974 The map projection is Lamber Conformal Conic with standard parallels at 49 N and 77 N for Yukon and al 64 N and for Ihe Northwest Territories The 1991 Census Geographic Dala Base CGDB was used to link the EAs to higher level geographic areas This dala base contains attribute information for all standard geographical areas including the relationships or linkages between these areas Method of Derivation For areas within Street Network File coverage a d coupage method is used in order to provide for ordeny mapping of areas displayed on many map sheets The method followed is the Systeme qu b cois de r f rence cartagraphique which is an extension of the National Topographic System of Canada by systematically forming sub d coupages The SQRC map numbering system is also an extension of the NTS Appendix 1 gives further detalis on the NTS and SGRC Goth systems normally generate maps that are ihe same scale as the d coupage scale i e if the d coupage scale is 1 50 000 maps are also produced at 1 50 000 This map series deviates somewhat from this approach Tor d coupages at 1 5 000 the plot scale is 1 15 000 and for d coupages at 1 20 000 the plot scale is 1 60 000 The EAs within the Street Network File coverage were generated by extracting the x y coordinates of those physical and cultural features that formed the
11. ings i e a settlement lacking legal limits or local government UP has a cluster of five or more occupied dwellings in rural areas and is focally known by a specific name A UF has the same Standard Geographical Classification code as the CSD in which is located
12. ithin smal urban centres The 1996 EA reference maps were manually updated for those areas nol covered by SNF namely portions of large and small urban centres and rural areas The Street Network Files were digdized al various scales generally ranging from 1 2 400 to 1 50 000 The outpul scales for this map series are 1 15 000 for denasly built up areas and 1 60 000 for sparsely settled regions For the manualy produced maps the background base map information was obtained from various source documents Far the large and small urban cendres not covered by SNF National Topographic System NTS maps produced by Energy Mines and Resources Canada municipal town plans road maps 1986 cansus collection maps and pre 1991 feld update maps were used The map projections vary depending upon the sources Compilation scales ranging from 1 2 400 to 1 75 000 were generated for the large urban centres the maps were photographically reduced for dissemination 1 4 800 to 1 225 000 The compilation scales for small urban centres ranged between 1 2 400 and 1 250 000 For rural areas the background base map information was taken from EMR s NTS topographic serias and maps and from the 1986 census collection maps The NTS 1 50 000 and 1 250 000 series was used for the 10 provinces with map vintages ranging between 1954 and 1990 The map projection is Transverse Mercator For the two territories MCR maps were used the map scales are 1 1 000 000
13. re specificalions It also includes information about selection defindions used and other relevant mapping rules The map series contains 100 of the EAs 45 995 found on the CGDB Only a subset of fealures contained in the Street Network File are displayed on the automated maps Ali hydrographic features 3 except falls and dams and transportation features excepi proposed highways highways under construction trails walkways bridges and tunnels are shown Delimiter and associated features are omitted park boundary as well as most features in the general category except major powerlines and cliffs in the Quebec and Hamilton CMAs Some textual attribute information may not be depicted due to space limitations For example not all siraet names are shown only those street names that fit on line segment are plotted in order to avoid text with crossing street names Similarly street types e g Avenue Crescent are omitted In addition when potygons are split or truncated by the map frame resulting in polygon parts too small accommodate text labels the codes and or names are not shown for these polygons For ihe manually produced maps all hydrographic and transportation features are depicted Other Related Products The products listed below present information related to this reference map series Please consult the 1991 Census Catalogue Catalogue 92 302E for more information on
14. rence between the true position of a feature in the real world and the estimated position stared in the digital file or other product Positional accuracy depends on the quality of the source material used EMR s NTS series and MCR maps and the Street Network File for the position of roads railroads rivers lakes 4 as well as the manual drafting of the base map features and boundaries The accuracy of higher level geographic areas is reflected in the roll up from the 1991 EA digital boundary flle Refer to the 7997 EA Boundary File and Street Natwork File Data Qualily Statements available from the Geography Division Due to the map scales was not always possible to show the actual limits of some small EAs within the Street Network File coverage In these cases if an EA polygon was less than or equal to 3000 square meters it was depicted by a point symbol Atiribute Accuracy Attribute accuracy refers to the accuracy of the non positional information attached to each feature The 1991 Census Geographic Data Base CGDEB was used to validate that all EAs were correctly linked to higher level geographic areas It was also used to generate the following information EA codes CT names CSD names and types CD names FED codes and CMA CA names Reter to the 1991 CGDB Data Quality Staternent available from the Geography Division On the automated maps within the Street Network File coverage street names are truncated they are
15. these and other census products and services Reference Map Series Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions Feference Map Series Census Metropolitan Areas Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts Federal Electoral Districts available on request only 92 319 92 320 Not catalogued Hieference To Obtain More Information Further questions conceming producta and services should be directed to one of the following Statistics Canada Regional Reference Centres St John s 709 772 4073 Winnipeg 204 983 4020 Halifax 902 426 5331 Regina 306 780 5405 Montr al 514 269 5725 Edmonton 403 495 3027 Ottawa 613 951 8116 Calgary 403 292 6717 Toronto 416 973 6596 Vancouver 604 666 3691 toll free number is provided in all provinces and territories for users who reside outside the local dialing area of amy of the Regional Reference Centres Newfoundland and Labrador 1 800 563 4255 Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 1 800 565 7192 Quebec 1 600 361 2831 1 800 263 1136 Manitoba 1 800 542 3404 Saskatchewan 1 900 667 7164 Alberta 1 300 282 3907 Southem Alberta 1 800 472 5708 British Columbia South and Central 1 800 663 1551 Yukon and Northern B C area served by NORTHWESTEL Zenith 08213 Northwest Territories area served by NORTHWESTEL Inc Talecommunications Device for the Hearing Impaired 4 Call collect 403 495 3026 1 800 363 7629 Appendix 1 D coupage S
16. ystem The diagram below illustrates the National Topographic System NTS of Canada and the Systeme qu b cois de r f rence cartographique SORC The NTS includes map scales 1 1 000 000 1 509 000 1 250 000 1 125 000 1 50 000 and 1 25 000 The is an extension of the NTS for representing areas at scales of 1 20 000 1 10 000 1 5 000 1 2 000 and 1 1 000 21 21M 21M13 2 1M13 200 0101 A primary NTS quadrangle of the 1 1 000 000 series numbered successively 21 22 23 Each quadrangle extends 4 of latitude and 8 of longitude The NTS primary quadrangle is divided into 16 sheets for the 1 25D 000 serias lettered Ala P Each sheet is designated by the primary quadrangle number followed by a letter The NTS 1 250 000 quadrangle is divided into 16 sheets for the 1 50 000 series numbered 1 to 16 Each sheet takes the 1 250 000 dasignation foliowed by a number The 1 50 000 quadrangle is divided ino 4 sheets for the 1 20 000 serles numbered 0101 S W 0102 S E 0207 N W and 0202 The number 200 inserted between the 1 50 000 designation 21M13 and 1 20 000 designation 0101 represents the map scale when multiplied by 100 The same principle for subdividing 1 50 000 quadrangles applies to other SORG map scales For example there are 16 sheets for the 1 10 000 series numbered 21M13 100 0101 10 21 amp 113 100 0404 there are 64 sheets for the 1 5 000 serias numbered 21M13 050
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