Table 4.14
Dissemination block boundary file record layout

Table 4.14
Dissemination block boundary file record layout
Table summary
This table displays the results of Dissemination block boundary file record layout. The information is grouped by Attribute name (appearing as row headers), Data type and Description (appearing as column headers).
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.
DBUID Character (11) Uniquely identifies a dissemination block (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit census division code, the 4-digit dissemination area code and the 3-digit dissemination block code).
DBRPLAMX Number (17.8) Dissemination block representative point lambert X coordinate, in metres.
DBRPLAMY Number (17.8) Dissemination block representative point lambert Y coordinate, in metres.
PRUID Character (2) Uniquely identifies a province or territory.
PRNAME Character (100) Province or territory name.
CDUID Character (4) Uniquely identifies a census division (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit census division code).
CDNAME Character (100) Census division name.
CDTYPE Character (3) Census division type.
CCSUID Character (7) Uniquely identifies a census consolidated subdivision (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit census division code and the 3-digit census consolidated subdivision code).
CCSNAME Character (100) Census consolidated subdivision name.
CSDUID Character (7) Uniquely identifies a census subdivision (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit census division code and the 3-digit census subdivision code).
CSDNAME Character (100) Census subdivision name.
CSDTYPE Character (3) Census subdivisions are classified according to designations adopted by provincial/territorial or federal authorities.
ERUID Character (4) Uniquely identifies an economic region (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit economic region code).
ERNAME Character (100) Economic region name.
FEDUID Character (5) Uniquely identifies a federal electoral district (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 3-digit federal electoral district code).
FEDNAME Character (200) Federal electoral district name.
SACCODE Character (3) The 3-digit Statistical Area Classification code.
SACTYPE Character (1) The Statistical Area Classification groups census subdivisions according to whether they are a component of a census metropolitan area, a census agglomeration, a census metropolitan influenced zone or the territories.
CMAUID Character (3) Uniquely identifies a census metropolitan area/census agglomeration.
CMAPUID Character (5) Uniquely identifies the provincial/territorial part of a census metropolitan area/census agglomeration (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 3-digit census metropolitan area/census agglomeration unique identifier).
CMANAME Character (100) Census metropolitan area or census agglomeration name.
CMATYPE Character (1) A one-character field identifying whether the unit is a census metropolitan area, a tracted census agglomeration or a non-tracted census agglomeration.
CTUID Character (10) Uniquely identifies a census tract within a census metropolitan area/census agglomeration (composed of the 3-digit census metropolitan area/census agglomeration unique identifier followed by the 7.2-character census tract name).
CTNAME Character (7) Every census tract is assigned a 7.2-character numeric 'name' (including leading zeros, a decimal point and trailing zeros).
ADAUID Character (8) Uniquely identifies an aggregate dissemination area (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique indentifier followed by the 4-digit census division code and the 2-digit aggregate dissemination area code).
DAUID Character (8) Uniquely identifies a dissemination area (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 2-digit census division code and the 4-digit dissemination area code).
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