Reference data standard on Canadian provinces and territories (draft)
This draft reference data provides a standard list of values for all Canadian provinces and territories. The list reflects Canada’s 13 major political units; it is not based on geographical borders. This list is intended to standardize the way Canadian provinces and territories are described in datasets in order to enable data interoperability and improve data quality.
As the standard is draft, adoption of the values under the "Code" column is recommended when sharing data within the federal government or publishing data to the Open Government Portal.
Data Standard Stewards
Statistics Canada Statistical Geomatics Centre, Analytical Studies, Methodology and Statistical Infrastructure Field
Natural Resources Canada Geographical Names Board of Canada Secretariat
Data Standard Custodian
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Office of the Chief Information Officer, Data and Artificial intelligence policy team
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Publisher - Organization Section Name: Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Contributor: Reference Data Management Working Group of the GC Enterprise Data Community of Practice
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Reference data on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft)CSVEnglish French dataset CSV
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Reference data on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft)JSONEnglish French dataset JSON
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Crosswalk tableCSVEnglish French dataset CSV
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Crosswalk tableJSONEnglish French dataset JSON
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Data dictionary (EN)CSVEnglish guide CSV
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Data dictionary (FR)CSVFrench guide CSV
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Schema - Reference data on Canadian Provinces and TerritoriesJSONEnglish French specification JSON
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Schema - Crosswalk tableJSONEnglish French specification JSON