Symbols, abbreviations and acronyms
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Symbols
The standard table symbols apply to all data published by Statistics Canada.
The following symbols may be found in 2016 census products.
Abbreviations and acronyms
Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms found within various census products.
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
- N.W.T. - Northwest Territories
- Nvt. - Nunavut
Census geographic areas
- ADA - Aggregate dissemination area
- 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
- ER - Economic region
- FED - Federal electoral district
- FSA - Forward sortation area©
- MIZ - Census metropolitan area influenced zone
- POPCTR - Population centre
- PR or Prov. - Province
- Terr. - Territory
Census division types
- CDR - Census division / Division de recensement
- CT - County / Comté
- CTY - County
- DIS - District
- DM - District municipality
- MRC - Municipalité régionale de comté
- RD - Regional district
- REG - Region
- RM - Regional municipality
- TÉ - Territoire équivalent
- TER - Territory / Territoire
- UC - United counties
Census subdivision types
- C - City / Cité
- CC - Chartered community
- CG - Community government
- CN - Crown colony / Colonie de la couronne
- COM - Community
- CT - Canton (municipalité de)
- CU - Cantons unis (municipalité de)
- CV - City / Ville
- 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
- P - Parish / Paroisse (municipalité de)
- PE - Paroisse (municipalité de)/
- 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
- SG - Self-government / Autonomie gouvernementale
- 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
Designated place types
- CFA Class IV area - Nova Scotia
- DMU Dissolved municipality - Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
- DPL Designated place - Newfoundland and Labrador
- IRI Indian reserve / Réserve indienne - British Columbia
- IST Island trust - British Columbia
- LNC Localité non constituée - Quebec
- LSB Local service board - Ontario
- LSD Local service district / District de services locaux - New Brunswick
- LUD Local urban district - Manitoba
- MDI Municipalité dissoute - Quebec
- MDP Municipal defined places - Ontario
- MET Métis settlement - Alberta
- NCM Northern community - Manitoba
- NS Northern settlement - Saskatchewan
- NVL Nisga'a village - British Columbia
- OHM Organized hamlet - Saskatchewan
- RPC Retired population centre / Centre de population retiré - Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia
- SE Aboriginal settlement - Yukon
- UNP Unincorporated place - Alberta, British Columbia
- UUC Unincorporated urban centre - Manitoba
Others
- % - Percentage
- AANDC - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- AMF - Area master file
- APS - Aboriginal Peoples Survey
- BFDF - Block-face data file
- CANCEIS - Canadian Census Edit and Imputation System
- CARTLIB - Cartographic library
- CBF - Cartographic boundary file
- CMHC - Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation
- DBF - Digital boundary file
- DCF - Digital cartographic file
- DCW - Digital chart of the world
- Diff. - Difference
- E & I - Edit and imputation
- GIS - Geographic information system
- GNBC - Geographic Names Board of Canada
- GRS - Geodetic reference system
- km2 - Square kilometre
- m - Metre
- 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
- NGB - National Geographic Base
- NGD - National Geographic Database
- NRCan - Natural Resources Canada
- NTDB - National Topographic Database
- PCCF - Postal code conversion file
- PCFRF - Postal codes by federal riding file
- QC - Quality control
- RNF - Road network file
- RO - Representation Order
- SAC - Statistical Area Classification
- SDI - Spatial Data Infrastructure
- SGC - Standard Geographical Classification
- UN - United Nations
- UTM - Universal transverse mercator
- vs - Versus
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