A census subdivision is a Canadianpoliticalregion organized by Statistics Canada and determined by the provinces. They generally cover municipalities of Canada which may include indian reserves, indian settlements (which are determined by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) and unorganized territories. It is one step below the census divisions of Canada. Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... Region can be used to mean either: any more or less well-defined geographical area of a country or continent, defined by geography, culture or history in political geography, an administrative subdivision of a country or of the European Union. ... Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government bureau commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society and culture. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ... Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for census purposes. ... The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, also referred to as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies governing First Nations and Canadas three northern territories. ... An unorganized territory is any geographic region that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve. ...
The following is a list of census subdivisions in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... This is a list of townships, known as lots, for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. ...
Censussubdivision (CSD) is the general term for municipalities (as determined by provincial legislation) or areas treated as municipal equivalents for statistical purposes (for example, Indian reserves, Indian settlements and unorganized territories).
Two exceptions are "Subdivision of Unorganized" in Newfoundland and Labrador, and "Subdivision of County Municipality" in Nova Scotia, which are geographic areas created as equivalents for municipalities by Statistics Canada, in cooperation with those provinces, for the purpose of disseminating statistical data.
On-reserve population is a derived census variable that is captured by using the CSD type according to criteria established by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
Generally the smaller, more urban censussubdivisions (towns, villages, etc.) are combined with the surrounding, larger, more rural censussubdivision, in order to create a geographic level between the censussubdivision and the census division.
Censussubdivisions having a land area smaller than 25 square kilometres are usually grouped with a larger censussubdivision.
A censussubdivision with a land area greater than 25 square kilometres and surrounded on more than half its perimeter by another censussubdivision is usually included as part of the CCS formed by the surrounding censussubdivision.