Standard Geographical Classification code (Canada)
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The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) is a system maintained by Statistics Canada
for categorizing and enumerating the census geographic units of Canada. Each geographic area receives a unique numeric code ranging from 1 to 10 digits, which extend telescopically to refer to increasingly small areas. This geocode
is roughly analogous to the ONS coding system
in use in the United Kingdom
.
(where x is a unique identifier incrementing from east to west, then north.)
1: Atlantic Canada
2: Quebec
3: Ontario
4: Prairies
5: British Columbia
6: Northern Canada
Provinces and Territories
XY
(where x is the above regional prefix, and y is a further identifier incrementing from east to west. Taken as a single digit, each value of y is unique within the province group, or unique within the territory group.)
10: Newfoundland and Labrador
11: Prince Edward Island
12: Nova Scotia
13: New Brunswick
24: Quebec
35: Ontario
46: Manitoba
47: Saskatchewan
48: Alberta
59: British Columbia
60: Yukon
61: Northwest Territories
62: Nunavut
(where xx is the above province/territory code, and yy is the census division's code, unique within its own province. Census divisions are generally numbered from east to west. In some locations, a similar policy to American FIPS county code
s has been adopted, with even-numbered slots being left vacant for future expansion.
Examples:
10 04: Division No. 4, Newfoundland and Labrador
10 05: Division No. 5, Newfoundland and Labrador
13 08: Kent County, New Brunswick
13 09: Northumberland County, New Brunswick
13 10: York County, New Brunswick
24 64: Les Moulins Regional County Municipality, Quebec
24 65: Territoire équivalent of Laval
, Quebec
24 66: Territoire équivalent of Montreal
, Quebec
24 67: Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec
24 68: Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec
35 07: Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario
35 08: [vacant slot]
35 09: Lanark County, Ontario
35 10: Frontenac
Census Division, Ontario
46 04: Division No. 4, Saskatchewan
47 05: Division No. 5, Alberta
59 01: Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia
59 02: [vacant slot]
59 03: Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia
59 04: [vacant slot]
59 05: Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
, British Columbia
(where xx is the province/territory code, yy the census division code, and zzz the census subdivision's code, unique within its own census division. Census subdivisions are again generally numbered from east to west, and the practice has been to leave even-numbered slots vacant for future expansion.
Examples:
35 12 001: Tyendinaga, Ontario
35 12 002: Deseronto, Ontario
35 12 003: [vacant slot]
35 12 004: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario
35 12 005: Belleville, Ontario
35 12 006: [vacant slot]
62 04 001: Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
62 04 002: [vacant slot]
62 04 003: Iqaluit, Nunavut
62 04 004: [vacant slot]
62 04 005: Kimmirut, Nunavut
62 04 006: [vacant slot]
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....
for categorizing and enumerating the census geographic units of Canada. Each geographic area receives a unique numeric code ranging from 1 to 10 digits, which extend telescopically to refer to increasingly small areas. This geocode
Geocode
GEOCODE is a standardized all-natural number representation format specification for geospatial coordinate measurements that provide details of the exact location of geospatial point at, below, or above the surface of the earth at a specified moment of time.Geocode is patented under US Patents...
is roughly analogous to the ONS coding system
ONS coding system
In the United Kingdom, the Office for National Statistics maintains a series of codes to represent a wide range of geographical areas of the UK, for use in tabulating census and other statistical data...
in use in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Regions
X(where x is a unique identifier incrementing from east to west, then north.)
1: Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
2: Quebec
3: Ontario
4: Prairies
Canadian Prairies
The Canadian Prairies is a region of Canada, specifically in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions, natural or political. Notably, the Prairie provinces or simply the Prairies comprise the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as they are largely covered...
5: British Columbia
6: Northern Canada
Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut...
Provinces and TerritoriesProvinces and territories of CanadaThe provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
XY(where x is the above regional prefix, and y is a further identifier incrementing from east to west. Taken as a single digit, each value of y is unique within the province group, or unique within the territory group.)
10: Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
11: Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
12: Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
13: New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
24: Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
35: Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
46: Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
47: Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
48: Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
59: British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
60: Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
61: Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
62: Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
Census divisions
XX YY(where xx is the above province/territory code, and yy is the census division's code, unique within its own province. Census divisions are generally numbered from east to west. In some locations, a similar policy to American FIPS county code
FIPS county code
The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. The first two digits are the FIPS state code and the last three are...
s has been adopted, with even-numbered slots being left vacant for future expansion.
Examples:
10 04: Division No. 4, Newfoundland and Labrador
Division No. 4, Newfoundland and Labrador
Census Division No. 4 is a Statistics Canada statistical division that comprises the areas of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador called St. George’s-Stephenville. It covers a land area of 7087.70 km² and had a population of 22,162 as of the 2001 census.-Municipalities:*Towns**Cape St...
10 05: Division No. 5, Newfoundland and Labrador
Division No. 5, Newfoundland and Labrador
Census Division No. 5 is a Statistics Canada statistical division composed of the areas of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador called Humber Valley, Bay of Islands, and White Bay...
13 08: Kent County, New Brunswick
Kent County, New Brunswick
Kent County is located in east-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county features a unique blend of cultures including Mi'kmaq, Acadian and English Speaking Settlers...
13 09: Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Northumberland County , having the largest area of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.-Geography:Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy...
13 10: York County, New Brunswick
York County, New Brunswick
York County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River...
24 64: Les Moulins Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Moulins Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Moulins is a regional county municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.The census division, immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche...
24 65: Territoire équivalent of Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
, Quebec
24 66: Territoire équivalent of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
24 67: Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Roussillon Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Roussillon is a regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 149,996 in 2006.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Candiac**Châteauguay**Delson**La Prairie**Léry**Mercier...
24 68: Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Jardins-de-Napierville is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Founded on January 1, 1982...
35 07: Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario
Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are located Ontario, Canada. The population, as of the 2006 census, was 99,206. The United Counties have a land area of . Leeds and Grenville are located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Eastern Ontario, and front on the St. Lawrence River and...
35 08: [vacant slot]
35 09: Lanark County, Ontario
Lanark County, Ontario
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2006, the population is 63,785. Its county seat is Perth.The county took its name from the town of Lanark in Scotland.-Geography:...
35 10: Frontenac
Frontenac County, Ontario
Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The City of Kingston is included in the census division, but is politically separated from the County of Frontenac. It has a land...
Census Division, Ontario
46 04: Division No. 4, Saskatchewan
Division No. 4, Saskatchewan
Division No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen Census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of the province, bordering Alberta and Montana. The most populous community in this division is Maple Creek.According to the 2006...
47 05: Division No. 5, Alberta
Division No. 5, Alberta
Division No. 5 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the north-central portion of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Strathmore.- Census subdivisions :...
59 01: Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia
59 02: [vacant slot]
59 03: Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia
59 04: [vacant slot]
59 05: Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the population was 30,742. The area is 8,095.62 km² . The regional district's offices are in the city of Trail...
, British Columbia
Census subdivisions
XX YY ZZZ(where xx is the province/territory code, yy the census division code, and zzz the census subdivision's code, unique within its own census division. Census subdivisions are again generally numbered from east to west, and the practice has been to leave even-numbered slots vacant for future expansion.
Examples:
35 12 001: Tyendinaga, Ontario
Tyendinaga, Ontario
Tyendinaga is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Hastings County. The township had a population of 4,070 in the Canada 2006 Census....
35 12 002: Deseronto, Ontario
Deseronto, Ontario
Deseronto is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County, located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte. The town had a population of 1,824 in the Canada 2006 Census.The town was named for Capt...
35 12 003: [vacant slot]
35 12 004: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is an 73 km² Mohawk First Nations reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Deseronto...
35 12 005: Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
35 12 006: [vacant slot]
62 04 001: Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Sanikiluaq is a small Inuit hamlet located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Nuiyak School, with 23 staff, teaches Grades K-12, with 302 students enrolled. The principal is Tim Hoyt...
62 04 002: [vacant slot]
62 04 003: Iqaluit, Nunavut
62 04 004: [vacant slot]
62 04 005: Kimmirut, Nunavut
Kimmirut, Nunavut
Kimmirut is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, and a Royal...
62 04 006: [vacant slot]