Statistical areas
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Statistical areas are defined by Statistics Canada to support the collection and dissemination of data. They are created according to a set of rules based on geographic attributes and one or more characteristics of the resident population. Statistical areas supported by Statistics Canada include:
- Census agricultural region (a group of adjacent census divisions used for publishing agricultural data)
- Economic region (a group of adjacent census divisions used for analysing economic activity)
- Census consolidated subdivision (a group of adjacent census subdivisions, or municipalities)
- Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration
- Census metropolitan influenced zones
- Large urban population centre
- Medium population centre
- Small population centre
- Rural area
- Census tract
- Dissemination area
- Dissemination block
- Block-face
- Place name
- Census subdivision - previous census
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