Statistics Canada Census Boundary Files
Statistics Canada
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile, Several
- Coverage
- Canada
- Projection
- EPSG:3347
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 27 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Tags
Each boundary file can be linked to all higher level geographic areas using its DGUID and the new 2021 Dissemination Geographies Relationship File.
CartaTerra can export this layer as GeoPackage, Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, CSV, or GPX.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Statistics Canada
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- CanadaCA
- Type
- Vector
- Service
- ArcGIShttps://geo.statcan.gc.ca/geo_wa/rest/services/2021/Cartographic_boundary_files/MapServerWMShttps://geo.statcan.gc.ca/geo_wa/services/2021/Cartographic_boundary_files/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMSArcGIShttps://geo.statcan.gc.ca/geo_wa/rest/services/2021/Population_ecumene_boundary_files/MapServer
- Extent
- -14141.68-52.6283.11West, south, east, north. Data extent.
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