Table 5
Census subdivision types by province and territory, 2011 Census
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| Census subdivision type | Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Yukon | Northwest Territories | Nunavut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | City / Cité | 6 | . | . | . | 4 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| CC | Chartered community | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| CG | Community government | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . |
| CN | Crown colony / Colonie de la couronne | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| COM | Community | 33 | . | 33 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| CT | Canton (municipalité de) | 45 | . | . | . | . | 45 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| CU | Cantons unis (municipalité de) | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| CV | City / Ville | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| CY | City | 149 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | . | 46 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DM | District municipality | 52 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 52 | . | . | . |
| HAM | Hamlet | 36 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| ID | Improvement district | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | . | . | . | . |
| IGD | Indian government district | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| IM | Island municipality | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| IRI | Indian reserve / Réserve indienne | 961 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 139 | 75 | 168 | 81 | 419 | . | 2 | . |
| LGD | Local government district | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| LOT | Township and royalty | 67 | . | 67 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| M | Municipality / Municipalité | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| MD | Municipal district | 76 | . | . | 12 | . | . | . | . | . | 64 | . | . | . | . |
| MÉ | Municipalité | 619 | . | . | . | . | 619 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| MU | Municipality | 54 | . | . | . | . | . | 54 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| NH | Northern hamlet | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
| NL | Nisga'a land | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| NO | Unorganized / Non organisé | 137 | . | . | . | . | 96 | 16 | 10 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| NV | Northern village | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
| P | Parish / Paroisse (municipalité de) | 150 | . | . | . | 150 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| PE | Paroisse (municipalité de) | 179 | . | . | . | . | 179 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| RCR | Rural community / Communauté rurale | 4 | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| RDA | Regional district electoral area | 158 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 158 | . | . | . |
| RG | Region | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| RGM | Regional municipality | 4 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| RM | Rural municipality | 413 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 117 | 296 | . | . | . | . | . |
| RV | Resort village | 40 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 40 | . | . | . | . | . |
| S-É | Indian settlement / Établissement indien | 28 | . | . | . | . | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | . | . |
| SA | Special area | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| SC | Subdivision of county municipality / Subdivision municipalité de comté | 28 | . | . | 28 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| SÉ | Settlement / Établissement | 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . |
| SET | Settlement | 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 3 |
| SG | Self-government / Autonomie gouvernementale | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . |
| SM | Specialized municipality | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . | . |
| SNO | Subdivision of unorganized / Subdivision non organisée | 92 | 92 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| SV | Summer village | 51 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 51 | . | . | . | . |
| T | Town | 743 | 277 | 7 | 31 | 13 | . | 88 | 51 | 147 | 108 | 14 | 3 | 4 | . |
| TC | Terres réservées aux Cris | 8 | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| TI | Terre inuite | 12 | . | . | . | . | 12 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| TK | Terres réservées aux Naskapis | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| TL | Teslin land | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| TP | Township | 207 | . | . | . | . | . | 207 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| TV | Town / Ville | 15 | . | . | . | 14 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| V | Ville | 222 | . | . | . | . | 222 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| VC | Village cri | 8 | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| VK | Village naskapi | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| VL | Village | 550 | . | . | . | 66 | 45 | 11 | 19 | 266 | 95 | 43 | 4 | 1 | . |
| VN | Village nordique | 14 | . | . | . | . | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Total | 5,253 | 376 | 113 | 99 | 273 | 1,285 | 574 | 287 | 959 | 435 | 743 | 37 | 41 | 31 | |
| ... not applicable Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population. |
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