Digital Boundary Files (DBF), 2016 Census Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: This data series contains all the Digital Boundary Files (DBF) produced by Statistics Canada for the 2016 census. This includes the following datasets: Aggregate Dissemination Areas Census Agricultural Regions Census Consolidated Subdivisions Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas & Census Agglomerations Census Subdivisions Census Tracts Designated Places Dissemination Areas Dissemination Blocks Economic Regions Federal Electoral Districts, 2013 Representation Order Forward Sortation Areas (coming soon) Population Centres Provinces & Territories Hydrography and other reference files and documentation are available for download from Scholars GeoPortal.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2017-07-21

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal 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 2016, Population, Demographics, Census, Cartography, Mapping

  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: -141.018073

  East Longitude: -52.582296

  North Latitude: 83.135503

  South Latitude: 41.676949

  
  

  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

  The geographic area boundaries, names, codes, and the relationships among the various geographic levels are found on Statistics Canada’s Spatial Data Infrastructure. These data for administrative areas are updated using information from provincial and territorial sources. These data for statistical areas are updated using the results of the previous census and input from users.

  
  

  Process step:

  The files were transformed from Lambert conformal conic projection into latitude / longitude coordinates. Finally, the files were verified, translated into French and English versions and appropriately labelled.

  Statistics Canada: The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is the source for all 2011 Digital Boundary File products. Primary data manipulation of the product layers included preserving the geographic hierarchy of attributes inherent within a geography. This data manipulation included copying source data to a production environment and the joining of hierarchical geographic attributes. The final data treatment was an output of various file formats supported by Geographic Information System (GIS) software.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Data Liberation Initiative, Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

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

• Related Links

  • Statistics Canada Website