1

Postal walk

Postal

No

This is the finest level of geography and is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes allocated to a letter carrier route.  A Postal walk of this type can be identified by a region code which is the FSA followed by three blanks, and the postal walk number.  An average FSA contains nine postal walks.

2

Other postal walk

Postal

No

This level of geography is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes unallocated to a letter carrier route and postal walks with less than 100 Taxfilers.  A postal walk record of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks, and the postal walk number "XXXX".

3

Urban forward sortation area (residential area)

Postal

Yes

The urban forward sortation area (FSA, identified by the first three characters of the postal code) includes all residential addresses covered by the first three characters of a postal code in a particular urban area (not including L.O.G. 04 and 05).  Only residential FSAs are considered for these databanks.  This level of data is an aggregation of postal walk - L.O.G. 01 and other postal walk - L.O.G. 02.

4

Rural route

Postal

No

Reasonably well-settled rural areas may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as "rural route".  Mail is delivered by a contractor to customers living along or near well-defined roads.  Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code.

5

Suburban service

Postal

No

Sparsely populated fringe areas of urban centres may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as "suburban service".  Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code.  Suburban services are usually near or on the perimeters of urban areas, and mail is delivered by a contractor to group mail boxes, community mail boxes, and/or external delivery sites (e.g., kiosks, miniparks).

6

Rural postal code (within city)

Postal

Yes

These data pertain to rural postal codes that belong to communities with more than one rural postal code.  These occur in areas that were formerly serviced by rural delivery service and changed by Canada Post to urban delivery service or in communities served by more than one rural postal code.  Rural postal codes of this type can be identified by a "zero" in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 06.

7

Other urban area (non-residential within city)

Postal

Yes

This aggregation of data (or "pot") covers non-residential addresses within an urban centre and all other data not otherwise displayed.  Commercial addresses, post office boxes and general delivery are included, as are residential addresses with too few Taxfilers to report separately.  They can be recognized by codes that are similar to the city totals, with a distinguishing difference: an "8" will follow the city postal letter rather than the "9" of the city total.

8

City total (a.k.a. postal city)

Postal

Yes

This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies for unique place names within a province/territory: Urban FSA (Residential) - L.O.G. 03; Rural route - L.O.G. 04; Suburban service - L.O.G. 05; Rural postal code (Within City) - L.O.G. 06; Other urban area - L.O.G. 07.  Also known as postal city.

9

Rural postal code (not in city)

Postal

Yes

This level of geography pertains to rural communities that have one and only one rural postal code.  These stand-alone rural postal codes can be identified by a "zero" in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 09.

10

Other provincial total

Postal

Yes

This level of data is an aggregation of small communities in the province that had less than 100 Taxfilers, where these communities are combined into a "pot".  Before 1992, it was identified by the same codes as the provincial/territorial totals, and only the "Delivery Mode" codes 2 and 3 distinguished between the two.  To avoid this problem, starting with the 1992 data, an "8" appears after the provincial/territorial letter instead of a "9".  The "9" will be reserved for the provincial/territorial total.

11

Province or territory total

Postal or Census

Yes

This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies within a province: City Totals - L.O.G. 08; Rural Postal Codes - L.O.G. 09; Other Provincial Totals - L.O.G. 10.  These totals are identified by a provincial/territorial postal letter, then a "990" followed by the province/territory code.

12

Canada

Postal or Census

Yes

This level of data is an aggregation of the provincial/territorial totals (L.O.G. 11).  The national total is identified by the region code Z99099.

21

Census division

Census

No

A Census division (CD) is a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together for the purposes of regional planning and managing common services (such as police or ambulance services).  A CD might correspond to a county, a regional municipality, or a regional district.

31

Federal electoral district

Census

No

A federal electoral district (FED) refers to any place or territorial area represented by a member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons.  There are 308 FEDs in Canada according to the 2003 Representation Order.  The Representation Order is prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer describing, naming and specifying the population of each electoral district established by the Electoral Boundaries Commission and sent to the Governor in Council

41

Census metropolitan area

Census

No

The general concept of a Census metropolitan area (CMA is one of a very large urban area, together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area.  CMAs have an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous Census.

42

Census agglomeration

Census

No

The general concept of a Census agglomeration (CA) is one of a very large urban area, together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area.  CAs have an urban core population of at least 10,000, based on the previous Census.

51

Economic region

Census

No

An economic region is a grouping of complete Census divisions with one exception in Ontario.  Economic regions (ERs) are used to analyse regional economic activity.  Within the province of Quebec, ERs are designated by law.  In all other provinces, they are created by agreement between Statistics Canada and the provinces concerned.  Prince Edward Island and the territories each consist of one economic region.

61

Census tract

Census

Yes

Census tracts (CTs) are small geographic units representing urban or rural neighbourhood-like communities in Census metropolitan areas or Census agglomerations with an urban core population of 50,000 or more at time of 1996 Census.  CTs were initially delineated by a committee of local specialists (such as planners, health and social workers, and educators) in conjunction with Statistics Canada.