Census Subdivision Boundary File 2025

The 2025 Census Subdivision Boundary File depicts the boundaries of all 5,054 census subdivisions, which combined, cover all of Canada. It contains the unique identifier (UID), name and type, as well as the UIDs, names and types (where applicable) of selected higher geographic levels.

The 2025 Census Subdivision Boundary File is portrayed in Lambert conformal conic projection (North American Datum of 1983 [NAD83]) and is available as a national file.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 17:32 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 16:20 (UTC)
contact_email infostats@statcan.gc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of Canada; Statistics Canada,1-800-263-1136,infostats@statcan.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Statistique Canada,infostats@statcan.gc.ca"}
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data_dictionary ["boundaries"]
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open_canada_date_published 2025-06-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Geographic data", "Boundaries", "Census", "Geography"], "fr": ["Données géographiques", "Limites", "Frontière", "Recensement", "Géographie"]}
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title_fr Fichier des limites des subdivisions de recensement 2025
update_frequency as_needed