Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities

Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities This product contains 23,887 digitally restored 1971 census enumeration area (EA) boundaries for the 33 census metropolitan areas (CMA) defined by the 2011 census. EAs are the smallest geographical unit for the release of 1971 census statistics. These EA boundaries can be aggregated to the census agglomeration (CA) or the CMA level. The restored EA boundaries also include 1971 population and dwelling statistics. The areas covered by the restored EA polygons account for 61.8% Canada’s total population in 1971. The purpose of the data set is to provide a historical geography in a digital format. It is intended to be used for reference, mapping and for spatial and time series analyses. These boundaries were produced by Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistic Division in 2017. The restored 1971 EA boundaries are provided as a single spatial layer. They are also available in Statistics Canada, 2017, “Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities,” Environmental Statistics: Boundary Files, Catalogue no. 16-510-X. 2022-03-22 Statistics Canada francois.soulard@canada.ca Government and PoliticsNature and EnvironmentGeographic dataUrban developmentCensus dataBoundaries 1971 Enumeration area polygons (English)FGDB/GDB https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/statcan_statcan/Urban-development_Developpement-urbain/enumeration-area-restoration_restauration-secteurs-denombrement/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_en.gdb.zip 1971 Enumeration area polygons (French)FGDB/GDB https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/statcan_statcan/Urban-development_Developpement-urbain/enumeration-area-restoration_restauration-secteurs-denombrement/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_fr.gdb.zip 1971 Enumeration area polygons (English)SHP https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-510-x/zip/EA_SD_1971-eng.zip 1971 Enumeration area polygons (French)SHP https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-510-x/zip/EA_SD_1971-fra.zip Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities (full publication) (English)HTML https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-510-x/16-510-x2017001-eng.htm Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities (full publication) (French)HTML https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-510-x/16-510-x2017001-fra.htm Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities, release in the The Daily, Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin (overview) (English)HTML https://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/170524/dq170524e-eng.htm Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities, release in the The Daily, Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin (overview) (French)HTML https://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/170524/dq170524e-fra.htm 2011 Census Dictionary (English)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/index-eng.cfm 2011 Census Dictionary (French)HTML https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/index-fra 2011 Census Dictionary (English)PDF https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/98-301-X2011001-eng.pdf 2011 Census Dictionary (French)PDF https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/98-301-X2011001-fra.pdf 2011 Census - Road Network files (SHP/GML/TAB) (English)SHP https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/RNF-FRR/index-2011-eng.cfm?year=11 2011 Census - Road Network files (SHP/GML/TAB) (French)SHP https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/RNF-FRR/index-2011-fra.cfm?year=11 2011 Census – Boundary files for Lakes and rivers (polygons) and Rivers (lines) (SHP/GML/TAB) (English)SHP https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2011-eng.cfm 2011 Census – Boundary files for Lakes and rivers (polygons) and Rivers (lines) (SHP/GML/TAB) (French)SHP https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2011-fra.cfm 1971 Enumeration area polygonsESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/rest/services/StatCan/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_en/MapServer/0 1971 Enumeration area polygonsESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/rest/services/StatCan/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_fr/MapServer/0 1971 Enumeration area polygonsWMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/services/StatCan/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_en/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=text%2Fhtml 1971 Enumeration area polygonsWMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server2_serveur2/services/StatCan/1971_enumeration_area_restoration_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=text%2Fhtml

This product contains 23,887 digitally restored 1971 census enumeration area (EA) boundaries for the 33 census metropolitan areas (CMA) defined by the 2011 census. EAs are the smallest geographical unit for the release of 1971 census statistics. These EA boundaries can be aggregated to the census agglomeration (CA) or the CMA level.

The restored EA boundaries also include 1971 population and dwelling statistics. The areas covered by the restored EA polygons account for 61.8% Canada’s total population in 1971.

The purpose of the data set is to provide a historical geography in a digital format. It is intended to be used for reference, mapping and for spatial and time series analyses.

These boundaries were produced by Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistic Division in 2017.

The restored 1971 EA boundaries are provided as a single spatial layer. They are also available in Statistics Canada, 2017, “Restoration of the 1971 enumeration area polygons for Canada's largest cities,” Environmental Statistics: Boundary Files, Catalogue no. 16-510-X.

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