Archived - Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996

1996 version of the SGC

The Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) is Statistics Canada's official classification of geographic areas in Canada. The SGC provides unique numeric codes for three types of geographic areas: provinces and territories, census divisions (counties, regional municipalities), and census subdivisions (municipalities). The three geographic areas are hierarchically related; a seven-digit code is used to show this relationship. In addition the two other areas, Metropolitan Areas and Economic Regions are recognized as standard geographic areas in the SGC .

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• Archived Background information Archived
• SGC 1996 - Classification structure
• Metropolitan areas - SGC 1996
• Economic Regions - SGC 1996

CSV format

• Document

  SGC-CGT-1996-Structure-eng.csv (266.55 KB)
• Document

  SGC-CGT-1996-Element-eng.csv (1.8 MB)

Changes to SGC 1996

• Archived Supplement Archived – April 1, 1999
  • Nunavut: a new territory of Canada

Products

• Volume I, The Classification (12-571-XPB)
• Volume II, Reference Maps (12-572-XPB)