Sub-sub-series consists of maps created or maintained by Statistics Canada for work related to the 1996 census. Maps in this sub-sub-series may have been created in GIS, then printed.
The 1996 Census maps are divided into 7 series:
The large urban Enumeration areas (EA) reference maps cover all 25 Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and the 18 Census agglomerations (CAs) that are in the Census Tract (CT) Program. Census metropolitan areas are one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core) with a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A Census agglomeration is one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a core of at least 10,000. Generally there is one map per census tract which shows EA boundaries and codes on a background of detailed street networks and other visible features. The maps also show boundaries for CMAs, CAs, CTs, Census subdivisions (CSDs), and Federal electoral districts (FED). A FED is an area represented by a member of the House of Commons, established based on population counts from each decennial census as determined by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and electoral boundaries commissions. The boundaries, name, and population of each FED are included in a representation order (RO); names of FEDs may change at any time through an Act of Parliament.
The small urban Enumeration areas reference maps cover smaller urban municipalities (census subdivisions) not in the Census Tract Program. The maps depict EA boundaries and codes. Federal electoral districts are also shown on these maps. The size and the scale of maps vary, depending on the area covered.
The rural Enumeration areas reference maps depict enumeration area boundaries and codes in rural areas of Canada. Also shown are boundaries for census subdivisions, census divisions, federal electoral districts, census metropolitan areas and tracted census agglomerations. These maps, based on Canada's national topographic map series, are at a scale of 1:50,000 or 1:2500,000 for the ten provinces and at a scale of 1:1,000,000 for Yukon Teriitory and 1:4,000,000 for the Northwest Territories.
Compilation maps are a working series which are annotated to show changes in municipal boundaries from one census to another. Changes will be reflected in the most recent reference map (i.e. 1996 for the period 1991-1996).
The Census Division (CD) and Census Subdivision (CSD) reference maps series (previously referred to as the G10 series) show the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated. Census divisions are intermediate geographic areas between the province/territory level and the municipality (census subdivision). The maps display the boundaries, names and codes of standard geographic areas, as well as major cultural and physical features, such as roads, railroads, coastlines, rivers and lakes.
The Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, and Census tract reference maps series shows the boundaries and names of census tracts and subdivisions that make up the CMA/CA, including Primary census metropolitan areas (PCMAs) and Primary census agglomerations (PCAs). Also shown are the boundaries of the urban core, urban fringe and rural fringe. The maps include background information such as rivers, lakes, railroad tracks, provincial boundaries and other significant features. The map scales range from 1:25 000 to 1:2 000 000.
In addition to these series, 4 index maps are also available for Census economic regions, Census divisions, Census metropolitan areas, and Census agglomerations.
Maps in all the above series are available in digital format (as .tiff scans created by Statistics Canada); see linked lower-level descriptions for details. Sub-sub-series also consists of an estimated 5010 maps in manuscript/printed format that likely correspond to the digital maps in the above-mentioned map series: large urban census tract maps; small urban place maps; rural NTS maps; and compilation maps.
