Digital Boundary Files (DBF), 1996 Census Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: This data series contains all the Digital Boundary Files (DBF) produced by Statistics Canada for the 1996 census. This includes the following datasets: Census Consolidated Subdivisions Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas & Census Agglomerations Census Subdivisions Census Tracts Designated Places Enumeration Areas Federal Electoral Districts, 1987 Representation Order Provinces & Territories Urban Areas The original data files are from the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), a Statistics Canada program that provides data to academic institutions in Canada. The original files have been converted from the Arcinfo Interchange E00 file format (.e00) or the MapInfo TAB file format (.tab) into a shapefile format (.shp), as part of a data migration project to enhance the spatial use of the data. The original data files, and other supporting files and documentation, are available as additional downloads from Scholars GeoPortal.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2016-03-16

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  http://scholarsportal.info

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  

  Series

  Name: Statistics Canada, Boundary Files

  
  

  Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

  Keywords:

  Census 1996, Population, Demographics, Census

  Administration, Boundaries, Census data, Census, Données du recensement, Recensement, Frontière

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Dataset Language: eng; can

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: unknown

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.2.3200

  Extent

  West Longitude: -141.453476

  East Longitude: -52.582443

  North Latitude: 89.999428

  South Latitude: 41.676369

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Digital Boundary Files (DBF) depict the full extent of the geographical areas, including the coastal water area. Cartographic Boundary Files (CBF) depict the geographical areas using the shorelines of Canada and its coastal islands.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: curve

  Object Count:

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  
  

  Process step:

  Scholars Portal: The original data has been converted into ESRI Shapefile (.shp) format. It was projected to NAD83 for consistency between census years and boundary types. And polygons were dissolved to unique identifiers to allow for one-to-one joins with associated tabular data.

  Scholars Portal: This service represents converted data provided by the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) program at Statistics Canada, and has been altered from its original Arcinfo Interchange E00 file format (.e00) and/or MapInfo TAB file format (.tab).

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

  http://www.statcan.gc.ca/

• Related Links

  • Statistics Canada Website