2021 Census - Road Network File

The 2021 Road Network File depicts the digital road line coverage for Canada. It contains information such as street arc unique identifier (UID), name, type, direction and address range, as well as rank and class. It also includes province and census subdivision (CSD) information for each side of a street arc (where applicable).The Road Network File is portrayed in Lambert conformal conic projection (North American Datum of 1983 [NAD83]). The 2021 Road Network File is available as a national file.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 20:14 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 16:58 (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	2022-02-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Limites", "Données géographiques", "Réseau routier", "Statistiques", "Frontière", "Recensement"], "en": ["Boundaries", "Geographic data", "Road networks", "Statistics", "Census"]}
open_canada_subject	["government_and_politics"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Recensement de 2021 - Fichier du réseau routier
update_frequency	as_needed