Illustrated Glossary
Administrative areas
Release date: February 9, 2022
Definition
Administrative areas are defined, with a few exceptions, by federal and provincial laws and are adopted by Statistics Canada to support the collection and dissemination of data. Administrative areas supported by Statistics Canada include:
- Province and territory
- Federal electoral district
- Census division
- Census subdivision
- Designated place
- Postal codeOM
For more information on each of the administrative areas described above, consult the related definitions as well as the definitions from the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021.
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