Dissemination Areas (Canada, 2021)

Canada Census Dissemination Areas

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Geographic boundaries and administrative identifiers for Dissemination Areas across Canada, representing the smallest standard geographic unit for which all census data are disseminated.

At a glance

Records: 57,932
Geometry: MultiPolygon
Area type: Da
Location: Canada
Country: Canada

Columns (4)

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
Dissemination Area ID	string	—	Unique 8-digit identifier for the Dissemination Area, the smallest standard geographic unit for census data.
Geography ID	string	—	Dissemination Geography Unique Identifier used by Statistics Canada for geographic data linking.
Province ID	string	13 unique	Unique two-digit identifier for the province or territory where the dissemination area is located.
Bounding Box	numeric	—	The spatial extent coordinates defining the rectangular boundary of the area.

Data preview

Dissemination Area ID	Geography ID	Province ID	Bounding Box
10010290	2021S051210010290	10	{"xmin":-52.705894470214844,"ymin":47.568389892578125,"xmax":-52.70045852661133,"ymax":47.57133865356445}
35370199	2021S051235370199	35	{"xmin":-83.0296630859375,"ymin":42.317047119140625,"xmax":-83.02387237548828,"ymax":42.320533752441406}
35180595	2021S051235180595	35	{"xmin":-78.94010162353516,"ymin":43.896331787109375,"xmax":-78.93489837646484,"ymax":43.90081024169922}
59450029	2021S051259450029	59	{"xmin":-126.9034423828125,"ymin":52.211769104003906,"xmax":-126.55278778076172,"ymax":52.62297821044922}
59152425	2021S051259152425	59	{"xmin":-122.6513442993164,"ymin":49.16586685180664,"xmax":-122.64572143554688,"ymax":49.17238998413086}
10050131	2021S051210050131	10	{"xmin":-58.065181732177734,"ymin":48.87879943847656,"xmax":-57.89704895019531,"ymax":48.96728515625}
61010034	2021S051261010034	61	{"xmin":-134.91546630859375,"ymin":67.38233947753906,"xmax":-134.73704528808594,"ymax":67.48609924316406}
24580164	2021S051224580164	24	{"xmin":-73.49713134765625,"ymin":45.49237060546875,"xmax":-73.49134826660156,"ymax":45.49956130981445}
47040074	2021S051247040074	47	{"xmin":-108.43319702148438,"ymin":49.63665008544922,"xmax":-108.41092681884766,"ymax":49.65473175048828}
35290356	2021S051235290356	35	{"xmin":-80.24356842041016,"ymin":43.14828872680664,"xmax":-80.20935821533203,"ymax":43.16750717163086}

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