Status

This standard was approved as a departmental standard on May 17, 2010.

2009 version of SCCAI

The Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) is Statistics Canada's official classification of countries and areas of interest for use in classifying statistical data. The SCCAI provides a list of the names of countries or areas of interest in alphabetical order, with their corresponding three-digit numerical codes, two-character alpha codes and three-character alpha codes. In addition to the list of countries and areas of interest, a classification variant for social statistics data is included. The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between these geographic areas.

The Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2009 is based on the International Standard for country codes ISO 3166-1:2006^{Footnote 1} including changes announced in newsletters which update the currently valid ISO standard. The list was also updated for consistency with government of Canada norms.

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• Introduction to the classification
• SCCAI 2009 - Classification structure

Concordances and documentation on changes

• Differences between SCCAI 2009 and ISO 3166-1:2006
• Current and Historical Countries and Areas of Interest

Variant of SCCAI

Countries and Areas of Interest for Social Statistics – SCCAI 2009

The classification variant of SCCAI is a set of customized groupings that use countries and areas of interest of SCCAI as building blocks. In Statistics Canada, variants are created and adopted in cases where the version of the classification does not fully meet specific user needs for disseminating data. A classification variant is based on a classification version such as SCCAI 2009. In a variant, the categories of the classification version are split, aggregated or regrouped to provide additions or alternatives (e.g. context-specific additions) to the standard list of the base version.

The classification variant for social statistics includes customized groupings of the SCCAI countries for the publication of social statistics data.

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This plan provides information on planned and potential regulatory initiatives that Statistics Canada expects to bring forward over the next two years. It also identifies public consultation opportunities and a departmental contact point for each regulatory initiative.

Forward Regulatory Plan: 2025-2027

This plan provides information on regulatory proposals that Statistics Canada expects to bring forward over the next two years. It also identifies public consultation opportunities and a departmental contact point for each regulatory initiative.

Proposed regulatory initiatives

There are no proposed regulatory initiatives for 2025-2027. This information is up to date as of August 1, 2024.