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Geographic units by province and territory, 2006 Census

Table B.1
Geographic units by province and territory, 2006 Census
Geographic unit
Canada 2001
Canada 2006
N.L.
P.E.I.
N.S.
N.B.
Que.
Ont.
Man.
Sask.
Alta.
B.C.
Y.T.
N.W.T.
Nvt.
Federal electoral district (2003 Representation Order)
301¹ 308 7 4 11 10 75 106 14 14 28 36 1 1 1
Economic region
76 76 4 1 5 5 17 11 8 6 8 8 1 1 1
Census agricultural region
82 82 3 3 5 4 14 5 12 20 8 8 0 0 0
Census division
288 288 11 3 18 15 98 49 23 18 19 28 1 2 3
Census consolidated subdivision
2,446 2,341 89 68 43 151 1,008 316 127 300 77 156 1 2 3
Census subdivision (CSD)
5,600 5,418 377 113 100 276 1,294 585 297 984 453 836 35 37 31
CSD dissolutions (January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006)
340 ... 9 0 0 0 282 5 7 29 4 4 0 0 0
CSD incorporations (January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006)
... 158 5 0 2 1 100 4 6 11 5 24 0 0 0
Designated place
1,261 1,289 182 0 49 167 83 88 58 159 262 240 1 0 0
Census metropolitan area
27 33 1 0 1 2 6² 15² 1 2 2 4 0 0 0
Census agglomeration (CA)
113 111 3 2 4 5² 26² 28² 3 7² 12² 22 1 1 0
CA with census tracts
16 15 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 0
CA without census tracts
94 96 3 2 4 4² 23² 24² 3 7² 9² 18 1 1 0
Census tract
4,798 5,076 46 0 88 99 1,289 2,136 168 105 491 654 0 0 0
Urban area
913 895 32 7 36 32² 226² 260² 38² 58² 107² 95 1 3 5
Locality
52,291 52,558 2,445 964 3,924 3,450 12,617 10,905 2,349 3,898 3,472 7,708 363 173 290
Dissemination area
52,993 54,626 1,062 292 1,633 1,439 13,408 19,177 2,152 2,431 5,357 7,471 78 84 42
Dissemination area with farms
13,095 13,368 257 193 595 578 2,970 3,851 650 1,131 1,527 1,616 27 14 0
Dissemination block
478,707 478,831 8,199 3,251 14,656 14,864 108,751 126,244 30,421 51,729 65,071 52,808 1,261 967 609
Block-face
3,764,232 3,739,041 78,376 26,190 154,564 132,873 835,458 942,567 198,063 361,069 507,859 473,418 11,888 11,620 5,096
Forward sortation area
1,595 1,625 35 7 76 110 415 522 64 48 150 189 3 3 3
Postal code
758,658 805,640 10,378 3,157 25,313 57,355 202,972 269,676 23,943 21,541 76,924 112,904 942 506 29

Notes:

… not applicable

  1. Federal electoral districts (1996 Representation Order).
  2. Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and urban areas crossing provincial boundaries are counted in both provinces, and, therefore, do not add up to the national total.

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census; Canada Post Corporation, May 2006.