Census Subdivision Boundary File 2022

The 2022 Census Subdivision Boundary File depicts the boundaries of all 5,180 census subdivisions (CSDs), 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 2022 Census Subdivision Boundary File is portrayed in Lambert conformal conic projection (North American Datum of 1983 [NAD83]). The 2022 Census Subdivision Boundary File is available as a national file.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:52 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 16:38 (UTC)
contact_email	infostats@statcan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Statistique Canada,infostats@statcan.gc.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Statistics Canada,1-800-263-1136,infostats@statcan.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["boundaries"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2022-06-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Données géographiques", "Limites", "Frontière", "Recensement", "Géographie"], "en": ["Geographic data", "Boundaries", "Census", "Geography"]}
open_canada_subject	["government_and_politics"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Fichier des limites des subdivisions de recensement 2022
update_frequency	as_needed