Symbols, abbreviations and acronyms

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Symbols

The standard table symbols apply to all data published by Statistics Canada.

The following symbols (not included in the standard table symbols) may be found in census products.

Symbol	Definition
··· or N	not applicable
A	adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, see the 'Content considerations'
†	excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements
¶	incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement
! or	data quality flag
	corrections and updates flag

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Abbreviations and acronyms

Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms found within various census products. The content of this list will evolve over the course of the dissemination cycle, from March 2007 to May 2008.

• Provinces and territories
• Census geographic areas
• Census division types
• Census subdivision types
• Designated place types
• Others

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Provinces and territories

• PR or Prov. - Province
• Terr. - Territory
• N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador
• P.E.I. - Prince Edward Island
• N.S. - Nova Scotia
• N.B. - New Brunswick
• Que. - Quebec
• Ont. - Ontario
• Man. - Manitoba
• Sask. - Saskatchewan
• Alta. - Alberta
• B.C. - British Columbia
• Y.T. - Yukon Territory
• N.W.T. - Northwest Territories
• Nvt. - Nunavut

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Census geographic areas

• CA - Census agglomeration
• CAR - Census agricultural region
• CCS - Census consolidated subdivision
• CD - Census division
• CMA - Census metropolitan area
• CSD - Census subdivision
• CT - Census tract
• DA - Dissemination area
• DB - Dissemination block
• DPL - Designated place
• EA - Enumeration area
• ER - Economic region
• FED - Federal electoral district
• FSA - Forward sortation area
• LDU - Local delivery unit
• LOC - Locality
• MIZ - Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration influenced zone
• PCA - Primary census agglomeration
• PCMA - Primary census metropolitan area
• PN - Place name
• PR or Prov. - Province
• RA - Rural area
• Terr. - Territory
• UA - Urban area
• UP - Unincorporated place

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Census division types

• CDR - Census division / Division de recensement
• CT - County / Comté
• CTY - County
• DIS - District
• DIV - Census division
• DM - District municipality
• MB - Management board
• MM - Metropolitan municipality
• MRC - Municipalité régionale de comté
• RD - Regional district
• REG - Region
• RM - Regional municipality
• TÉ - Territoire équivalent
• TER - Territory / Territoire
• UC - United counties

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Census subdivision types

• C - City / Cité
• CC - Chartered community
• CÉ - Cité
• CG - Community government
• CM - County (municipality)
• CN - Crown colony / Colonie de la couronne
• COM - Community
• CT - Canton (municipalité de)
• CU - Cantons unis (municipalité de)
• CY - City
• DM - District municipality
• HAM - Hamlet
• ID - Improvement district
• IGD - Indian government district
• IM - Island municipality
• IRI - Indian reserve / Réserve indienne
• LGD - Local government district
• LOT - Township and royalty
• M - Municipality / Municipalité
• MD - Municipal district
• MÉ - Municipalité
• MU - Municipality
• NH - Northern hamlet
• NL - Nisga'a land
• NO - Unorganized / Non organisé
• NV - Northern village
• NVL - Nisga'a village
• P - Parish / Paroisse (municipalité de)
• PE - Paroisse (municipalité de)
• R - Indian reserve / Réserve indienne
• RCR - Rural community / Communauté rurale
• RDA - Regional district electoral area
• RG - Region
• RGM - Regional municipality
• RM - Rural municipality
• RV - Resort village
• S-É - Indian settlement / Établissement indien
• SA - Special area
• SC - Subdivision of county municipality / Subdivision municipalité de comté
• SÉ - Settlement / Établissement
• SET - Settlement
• SM - Specialized municipality
• SNO - Subdivision of unorganized / Subdivision non organisée
• SV - Summer village
• T - Town
• TC - Terres réservées aux Cris
• TI - Terre inuite
• TK - Terres réservées aux Naskapis
• TL - Teslin land
• TP - Township
• TV - Town / Ville
• V - Ville
• VC - Village cri
• VK - Village naskapi
• VL - Village
• VN - Village nordique

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Designated place types

• CFA - Class IV area
• DMU - Dissolved municipality
• DPL - Designated place
• IST - Island trust
• LSB - Local service board
• LSD - Local service district
• MDI - Municipalité dissoute
• MET - Métis settlement
• NCM - Northern community
• OHM - Organized hamlet
• SE - Aboriginal settlement
• UNP - Unincorporated place

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Others

• $ - Dollar
• % - Percentage
• AMF - Area master file
• APS - Aboriginal Peoples Survey
• BFDF - Block-face data file
• CAN$ - Canadian currency
• CANCEIS - Canadian Census Edit and Imputation System
• CARTLIB - Cartographic library
• CBF - Cartographic boundary file
• CEGEP - Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel
• CIP - Classification of Instructional Programs
• CIP_2000 - Classification of Instructional Programs (2000 edition)
• CIP_MFS - Classification of Instructional Programs – Major Field of Study Classification
• CPP - Canada Pension Plan
• DBF - Digital boundary file
• DCF - Digital cartographic file
• DCW - Digital chart of the world
• Diff. - Difference
• E & I - Edit and imputation
• EUROSTAT - Statistical Office of the European Communities
• GIS - Geographic information system
• GIS - Guaranteed Income Supplement
• GNBC - Geographic Names Board of Canada
• GRS - Geodetic reference system
• GST - Goods and services tax
• HALS - Health and Activity Limitation Survey
• HST - Harmonized sales tax
• INAC - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• ISCED_CIP - International Standard Classification of Education – Classification of Instructional Programs
• km² - Square kilometre
• LFS - Labour Force Survey
• LICOs - Low income cut-offs
• m - Metre
• MFS - Major Field of Study Classification
• MP - Member of Parliament
• n.e.c. - Not elsewhere classified
• n.i.e. - Not included elsewhere
• n.o.s. Not otherwise specified
• NAD - North American Datum
• NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAICS - North American Industry Classification System
• NCB - National Child Benefit
• NCBS - National Child Benefit Supplement
• NGB - National Geographic Base
• NGD - National Geographic Database
• NISA - Net income stabilization account
• NOC - National Occupation Classification
• NOC_S2001 - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2001
• NRCan - Natural Resources Canada
• NTDB - National Topographic Database
• OAS - Old Age Security pension
• OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• PALS - Participation Activity Limitation Survey
• PCCF - Postal code conversion file
• PCFRF - Postal codes by federal riding file
• QC - Quality control
• QPP - Quebec Pension Plan
• QST - Quebec sales tax
• RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• RNF - Road network file
• RO - Representation Order
• RRIF - Registered retirement income fund
• RRSP - Registered retirement savings plan
• SAC - Statistical Area Classification
• SDI - Spatial Data Infrastructure
• SGC - Standard Geographical Classification
• SIC - Standard Industrial Classification
• SNF - Street network file
• SOC - Standard Occupational Classification
• UN - United Nations
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
• US - United States
• USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UTM - Universal transverse mercator
• vs - Versus