Unità geografiche censuarie del Canada

Mappa delle divisioni censuarie al 2001

Le unità geografiche censuarie del Canada sono le suddivisioni definite e utilizzate dall'istituto di statistica Statistics Canada per condurre i censimenti quinquennali. Ne esistono di quattro livelli: il primo livello sono le province e territori; questi sono suddivisi in un secondo livello in divisioni censuarie, che a loro volta sono suddivise in suddivisioni censuarie di terzo livello (circa corrispondenti alle municipalità) e le aree di disseminazione di quarto livello.

Divisioni censuarie

Canada's second-level geographic units are called "census divisions". In terms of size, they generally lie between the top-level administrative divisions of the province and territory and third-level administrative divisions such as sections, townships and ranges. Census divisions are divided into census subdivisions (see section below).

Natura delle divisioni censuarie del Canada per provincia o territorio

Provincia/Territorio	Natura della divisione
Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan	Le divisioni censuarie consistono in gruppi di municipalità come città, contee, distretti municipali e municipalità rurali, ognuna delle quali è numerata.
British Columbia	Le divisioni censuarie corrispondono con i distretti regionali o le municipalità.
Nuovo Brunswick Nova Scotia Isola del Principe Edoardo	Le divisioni censuarie corrispondono con le contee.
Terranova e Labrador	Le divisioni censuarie sono delineate senza riferimento a divisioni amministrative o di altro tipo e sono numerate.
Territori del Nord-Ovest	Le divisioni censuarie non corrispondono con le regioni amministrative.
Nunavut	Le divisioni censuarie corrispondono con le regioni amministrative.
Ontario	Le divisioni censuarie consistono di municipalità di livello alto (contee, distretti, municipalità regionali, città).
Quebec	Le divisioni censuarie corrispondono alle municipalità regionali di contea o territori equivalenti.
Yukon	Territorio trattato come singola divisione censuaria.

In most cases, a census division corresponds to a single unit of the appropriate type listed above. However, in a few cases, Statistics Canada groups two or more units into a single statistical division:

• In Ontario, Haldimand County and Norfolk County are grouped as a single census division, as are Brant and Brantford. Both groups were formerly single units under Ontario's regional government structure, but were dissolved in 2001.
• In Quebec, 93 of 98 census divisions correspond precisely to the territory of one regional county municipality (possibly with the addition of Indian reserves, which do not legally belong to RCMs) or a "territory equivalent to an RCM" (TÉ). However, there are five census divisions consisting of two or three RCMs or equivalent territories each. For a list of these, see List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec#Use as census divisions

Suddivisioni censuarie

Census subdivisions generally correspond to the municipalities of Canada. They include unorganized territories and the Indian reserves and settlements determined by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Unità geografiche speciali

Aree metropolitane censuarie

See template below for links to census metropolitan areas by size.

A "census metropolitan area" (CMA) is a grouping of census subdivisions comprising a large urban area (the "urban core") and those surrounding "urban fringes" and "rural fringes" with which it is closely integrated. To become a CMA, an area must register an urban core population of at least 100,000 at the previous census. CMA status is retained even if this core population later drops below 100,000.

CMAs may cross census division and provincial boundaries, although the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Ontario and Quebec is the only one that currently crosses a provincial border. They do not, however, cross the Canada–United States border.

Consolidazione

A CMA may be consolidated with adjacent census agglomerations (CAs; see below) if they are closely integrated, to produce a grouping known as a "consolidated census metropolitan area" (CCMA). The component CMA and CAs are then described as the "primary census metropolitan area" (PCMA) and "primary census agglomeration (or agglomerations)" (PCA or PCAs).

CMAs may not be consolidated with each other.Template:Verify source

Agglomerazioni censuarie

A "census agglomeration" (CA) is a smaller version of a CMA in which the urban core population at the previous census was greater than 10,000 but less than 100,000.

Tratti censuari

CMAs and CAs with a population greater than 50,000 are subdivided into census tracts which have populations ranging from 2,000 to 8,000.

Collegamenti esterni

• Reference maps for census divisions at Statistics Canada.