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

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

LOC - Locality

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 - New Brunswick

LUD Local urban district - Manitoba

MDI Municipalité dissoute - Quebec

MDP Municipal defined places - Ontario

MET Métis settlement - Alberta

NCM Northern community - Manitoba

NVL Nisga'a village - British Columbia

OHM Organized hamlet - Saskatchewan

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

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