Census Districts (CD), 1851 Census of the Canadas Coordinate system: 3978 - "NAD83 / Canada Atlas Lambert" Abstract: This data set reconstructs the census compilation and dissemination geography of the 1851 Census of the Canadas, including the census districts (CD) of Canada West (present-day Ontario), Canada East (present-day Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The boundaries were originally compiled for the Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project, and were derived from a combination of sources including the Atlas of Canada 1:7 500 000 data set.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2016-06-13

  Metadata Contact:

  GIS & Cartography Office, University of Toronto Toronto Ontario, Canada

  http://geography.utoronto.ca/department/gis-cartography-office/

  Contact Instructions:

  byron@geog.utoronto.ca

  Metadata Contact:

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

  http://scholarsportal.info

  Contact Instructions:

  datagis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO 19115 Geographic Information Metadata

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Series

  Name: Historical Atlas of Canada

  
  

  Historical Atlas of Canada , Canada

  Moldofsky, Byron, University of Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

  Keywords:

  Boundaries, Society, Census District, CD, Historic Census of Canada, CCRI, Canadian Century Research Infrastructure, Open Data, 1851, Geographic Data, Historical Atlas of Canada

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

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada

  Purpose:

  This data set was created by the Historical Atlas of Canada project, and depicts census district boundaries that reconstruct the census compilation and dissemination geography of the 1851 Census of the Canadas. It can be used for mapping and reference purposes at smaller scales (large territory coverage).

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: unknown

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.2.3200

  Extent

  West Longitude: -173.534813

  East Longitude: -11.962468

  North Latitude: 83.800953

  South Latitude: 35.877536

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  The Historical Atlas of Canada was a three-volume collaborative research and publishing project, completed in 1993, which used maps, text, and other graphics, to explore themes in the history of Canada. The Historical Atlas of Canada was published in English and French, the last volume in 1993. In 1998, the Concise Historical Atlas of Canada was published, with a selection of plates from the original volumes, and new essays connecting them. The Atlas uses thematic mapping to describe events, issues or patterns in Canada's development. The Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project converted and reworked the GIS data and intends to make the maps and data generated for the Atlas available to a wider audience by re-designing them for the Internet. The Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project owes its existence to the researchers, authors, editors, editorial boards, and publishers of the original Historical Atlas of Canada, and its funding agencies. These included federal government research agencies, provincial ministries and some private donors.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 125

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 3978

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

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  Census districts and divisions are based on original GIS base layers from the National Atlas of Canada 1:7,500,000 data set. Original GIS base layers are available through GeoGratis (http://geogratis.ca/).

  
  

  Sources: Historical Atlas of Canada, Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project, Historical Atlas of Canada Data Dissemination Project. For more information please read the Authors and Sources Note, available from the 'Additional Documentation' section.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Historical Atlas of Canada Data Dissemination Project, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto Toronto , Canada

• Related Links

  • Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
  • Historical Atlas of Canada Volume I: From the Beginning to 1800
  • Historical Atlas of Canada Volume II: Land Transformed, 1800 - 1891
  • Historical Atlas of Canada Volume III: Addressing the Twentieth Century, 1891 - 1961
  • Concise Historical Atlas of Canada