Table 4.15
Population centre boundary files record layout
| Attribute name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FID | Object ID (4) | Specific to ArcGIS®. |
| Shape | Geometry | Specific to ArcGIS®. |
| DigitalBoundary CartographicBoundary | MultiPolygon PropertyType | Shape geometry; specific to Geography Markup Language. |
| PCUID | Character (4) | Uniquely identifies a population centre |
| PCNAME | Character (100) | Population centre name |
| PCTYPE | Character (1) | Population centre type |
| PCPUID | Character (6) | Uniquely identifies the provincial or territorial part of an population centre (composed of the 2-digit province or territory unique identifier followed by the 4-digit population centre unique identifier) |
| PCCLASS | Character (1) | Identifies whether a population centre is small, medium or large urban. |
| PRUID | Character (2) | Uniquely identifies a province or territory. |
| PRNAME | Character (100) | Province or territory name. |
| CMAUID | Character (3) | Uniquely identifies a census metropolitan area/census agglomeration. |
| CMANAME | Character (100) | Census metropolitan area or census agglomeration name. |
| CMATYPE | Character (1) | A one character field indicating whether the unit is a census metropolitan area, a tracted census agglomeration or a non-tracted census agglomeration. |
| CMAPUID | Character (5) | Uniquely identifies the provincial/territorial part of a census metropolitan area/census agglomeration in Canada (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 3-digit census metropolitan area/census agglomeration code). |
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Note: The official abbreviation for Population Centre is POPCTR. However, due to attribute name length limitations for some GIS applications, PC is used to represent Population Centre. |
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