Reference data standard on Canadian provinces and territories (draft)

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 2022-06-17 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat EnterpriseDataDonneesIntegrees@tbs-sct.gc.ca Government and Politicsreference dataprovincesterritories Reference data on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft)CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/4cb827a6-a313-4d97-a66b-26fe23984931/download/canadian_prov_terr_du_canada.csv Reference data on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft)JSON https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/916ae913-6d82-409c-ba6d-91a6a4295323/download/canadian_prov_terr_du_canada.json Crosswalk tableCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/dbbc999b-73de-488d-bd1c-1d928a96f03f/download/crosswalk-prov_terr-correspondance.csv Crosswalk tableJSON https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/65591bfd-2bcf-4926-8c3b-667cd95e53a6/download/crosswalk_prov_terr_correspondance.json Data dictionary (EN)CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/f7923c41-3e95-48c1-aa2c-6ba7a765f605/download/canadian_prov_terr_dd.csv Data dictionary (FR)CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/3183b228-4967-4043-aa52-440fa77f1930/download/prov_terr_du_canada_dd.csv Schema - Reference data on Canadian Provinces and TerritoriesJSON https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/86c1f4f2-b5f7-4448-84e7-1a7fc4aac17c/download/canadian_prov_terr_du_canada_schema.json Schema - Crosswalk tableJSON https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/428adc57-46b0-40b2-833f-e66a6a1171c1/download/crosswalk_prov_terr_correspondance_schema.json Reference data standard on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft) (EN)PDF https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/d3d8d528-1308-48f3-9915-2056fe1ff724/download/reference-data-standard-on-canadian-provinces-and-territories-draft.pdf Reference data standard on Canadian Provinces and Territories (draft) (FR)PDF https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cd8fad92-b276-4250-972f-2d6c40ca04fa/resource/b95a2d5a-9ecc-4b4e-a660-8e89528a29cd/download/norme-sur-les-donnees-de-reference-pour-les-provinces-et-les-territoires-du-canada-ebauche.pdf

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

Geographic Information

Geographic Region Name:

Canada
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