Census District Table Help

Each census of Canada is divided into enumeration districts. Prior to confederation each district corresponded to a county or city. In the post-confederation censuses each district generally corresponds to a federal electoral district (called a riding in Canada);

All of the information that the application requires to know about a district is collected in the District Table. This includes:

• The 6 character identifier of the census. Normally this consists of the 2 character country code, 'CA' for Canada, and the 4 digit enumeration year. However for the pre-confederation censuses, which were administered separately in each of the colonies, the country code is replaced by a two character abbreviation for the colony, for example 'CW' for Canada West (previously called Upper Canada, and subsequently Ontario).
• The numeric identifier of the district. This is almost always a sequential integer, however in a couple of cases the district number includes a fractional component (.5).
• The English name of the sub-district.
• The French name of the sub-district.
• The two character abbreviation for the province.

The application requires that you uniquely identify the census year, and optionally (except for pre-confederation censuses) the province. Once you have made that selection the application displays the portion of the District table including all of the districts in the selected census region.

Once you have selected the district, click on the "Request Form" button. The application displays the information on all of the districts in the requested census and province in a tabular form that can be updated like a spreadsheet.