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Census tract name

Naming convention for census tracts

Each census tract (CT) is assigned a seven-character numeric 'name' (including leading zeros, the decimal point and trailing zeros). To uniquely identify each CT in its corresponding census metropolitan area or tracted census agglomeration, the three-digit CMA/CA code must precede the CT 'name'. For example:

CMA/CA name	CMA/CA code	CT name	CMA/CA code – CT name

Sarnia CA (Ont.)	562	0005.00	5620005.00
Vancouver CMA (B.C.)	933	0005.00	9330005.00

For further information refer to More information on Census tract (CT)

CMA/CA codes and number of CTs by province and CMA/CA name

Province	CMA/CA name	Type	CMA/CA code	No. of CTs
Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's	CMA	001	46
Nova Scotia	Halifax	CMA	205	88
New Brunswick	Moncton	CMA	305	27
New Brunswick	Saint John	CMA	310	46
New Brunswick	Fredericton	CA	320	26
Quebec	Saguenay	CMA	408	37
Quebec	Québec	CMA	421	166
Quebec	Sherbrooke	CMA	433	41
Quebec	Trois-Rivières	CMA	442	37
Quebec	Drummondville	CA	447	17
Quebec	Granby	CA	450	18
Quebec	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	CA	459	35
Quebec	Montréal	CMA	462	878
Quebec	Ottawa - Gatineau	CMA	505	60
Ontario	Ottawa - Gatineau	CMA	505	191
Ontario	Kingston	CMA	521	40
Ontario	Belleville	CA	522	33
Ontario	Peterborough	CMA	529	27
Ontario	Oshawa	CMA	532	73
Ontario	Toronto	CMA	535	1,003
Ontario	Hamilton	CMA	537	178
Ontario	St. Catharines - Niagara	CMA	539	93
Ontario	Kitchener	CMA	541	93
Ontario	Brantford	CMA	543	28
Ontario	Guelph	CMA	550	29
Ontario	London	CMA	555	104
Ontario	Windsor	CMA	559	70
Ontario	Sarnia	CA	562	24
Ontario	Barrie	CMA	568	32
Ontario	North Bay	CA	575	20
Ontario	Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	CMA	580	42
Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie	CA	590	23
Ontario	Thunder Bay	CMA	595	33
Manitoba	Winnipeg	CMA	602	168
Saskatchewan	Regina	CMA	705	52
Saskatchewan	Saskatoon	CMA	725	53
Alberta	Medicine Hat	CA	805	16
Alberta	Lethbridge	CA	810	27
Alberta	Calgary	CMA	825	203
Alberta	Red Deer	CA	830	16
Alberta	Edmonton	CMA	835	229
British Columbia	Kelowna	CMA	915	36
British Columbia	Kamloops	CA	925	27
British Columbia	Chilliwack	CA	930	30
British Columbia	Abbotsford	CMA	932	35
British Columbia	Vancouver	CMA	933	410
British Columbia	Victoria	CMA	935	69
British Columbia	Nanaimo	CA	938	20
British Columbia	Prince George	CA	970	27

Note: There are no census tracts in Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories or Nunavut. Refer to Table 1 - Geographic units by province and territory, 2006 Census which shows the number of census tracts by province and territory.