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The 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File portrays the boundaries of 1,620 forward sortation areas derived from postal codesOMcaptured from the 2016 Census of Population questionnaires.2016 Census Forward Sortation Areas are constructed using the 2016 Census dissemination area geography.Manual editing of the polygons to improve aesthetic appearance of the boundary file was eliminated by using the 2016 dissemination area geography in order to move accurately reflect 2016 Census res...This reference guide does not provide details on specific software packages that are available for use with the 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File. Users are advised to contact the appropriate software vendor for information. This data product is provided 'as-is,' and Statistics Canada makes no warranty, either express or implied, inc...
The 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundary File depicts the boundaries of 1,620 forward sortation areas (identified by the first three characters of the postal codeOM) derived from postal codesOMcaptured from the 2016 Census of Population questionnaires. Through analysis of the postal codesOM reported by census households, a single FSA w...
Purpose of the product
The purpose of the 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Boundary File is to provide a spatial representation of forward sortation areas as reported by census respondents and to facilitate the linkage of 2016 Census data. The 2016 Census FSABoundary File can be used with the suite of 2016 Census Boundary Files and the 2016 Census Road Network File, which provides additional reference for mapping. This product is based upon reported postal codesOM rather than the postal codeOM assigned to t...
Content
The 2016 Census FSA Boundary File contains boundaries for 1,620 FSAs. In total, census respondents reported 1,641 FSAs, 21 of which are not represented given the methodology described in Section 5, Data quality/Completeness. The 1,620 FSAsportrayed in the boundary file cover the entire country. A breakdown of the number of FSAsby province and territory is provided below.
General methodology
The 2016 Census FSA Boundary File contains the boundaries of 1,620 FSAs derived from postal codesOM captured from 2016 Census questionnaires. By analysing the postal codesOM reported by census households, a single FSA was assigned to each dissemination area (most often the FSA reported by the largest number of census households). FSApolygons were formed by a single dissemination area and or groupings of dissemination areas. For the census, the postal codeOMis captured for all households from...
Record layouts and data descriptions
The following table identifies and briefly describes the selected attributes comprising the content of the 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File.
Software formats
The 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File is available in the following formats. 1. ArcGIS® File extension: .shp 1. Geography Markup Language version 3.1.1 File extension: .gml 1. MapInfo® File extension: .tab
File extension and accented character information
The ArcGIS®, Geography Markup Language and MapInfo® files are compressed into WinZip® files (file extension .zip). An XML schema file (.xsd) is included to describe and validate the structure and content of the .gml files. The 2016 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File contains attributes with accented characters. They were successfully tested on desktop versions of ArcGIS® 10.2.2 MapInfo® 12.0 and FME Data Inspector 2015.1.
Spatial data quality elements provide information on the fitness-for-use of a spatial database by describing why, when and how the data are created, and how accurate the data are. The quality elements include an overview reporting on the lineage, positional accuracy, attribute accuracy, logical consistency and completeness. This information is prov...
See definitions of the geography universe from the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016. See Figure 1.1 Hierarchy of standard geographic area for dissemination, 2016 Census from the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 See Table 1.1 Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census from the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016. See Tabl...
Jan 18, 2022 · You can use our postal code address data to determine or verify the correct postal code for an address anywhere in Canada or identify the complete range of addresses that correspond to any one postal code. Delivery mode data and various householder counts are also available.
Sep 21, 2022 · The 2021 Census Forward Sortation Area Boundary File depicts the boundaries of 1,643 census forward sortation areas (CFSAs) (identified by the first three characters of the postal code OM) derived from postal codes OM captured from the 2021 Census of Population questionnaires.
There are two components of a Postal Code which are FSA (A Forward Sortation Area) and LDU (Local Delivery Unit). Forward Sortation Area. A Forward Sortation Area is a defined geographic area where every postal code shares the same initial three characters. In the FSA code, the first letter designates a specific "postal district."
Custom postal code maps, grouped by forward sortation area (FSA), can be made for anywhere in Canada. FSAs are the first three characters of a postal code that represent roughly the same area as 5-digit Zip Codes in the United States.
