Harmonized 2016 census geography for Quebec

Geographic database containing the result of Statistics Canada's 2016 Census geography harmonization process.

Harmonization is a process of editing geographic boundaries in order to adjust them spatially to the official geographic base.

This work was carried out in 2016 by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec (ISQ) according to the official provincial geographic base. A detailed project report presents in two parts the coherence between the geography of the 2016 census and the geographical code of Quebec, then presents the process of harmonizing this geography. The content of the resulting database is detailed there (page 22), as well as the description of the attributes (pages 27 to 29). This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:00 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 19:00 (UTC)
contact_email	maxime.keith@stat.gouv.qc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Institut de la statistique du Québec", "fr": "Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec; Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec; Institut de la statistique du Québec"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	unknown,unknown,unknown
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2020-02-21 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en-t-fr": ["Census agglomeration", "Diffusion area", "Census division", "Census geography", "Census metropolitan area", "Economic region", "Census subdivision", "Government information"], "fr": ["Agglomération de recensement", "Aire de diffusion", "Division de recensement", "Géographie du recensement", "Région métropolitaine de recensement", "Région économique", "Subdivision de recensement", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Géographie du recensement de 2016 harmonisée pour le Québec
update_frequency	as_needed