Archived - Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006 - Volume I, The Classification

Status

This standard was approved as a departmental standard on January 16, 2007.

2006 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 to the SGC units, metropolitan areas with their component census subdivisions and economic regions with their component census divisions are included.

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• Archived Information on Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006 Archived
• SGC 2006 - Classification structure

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  SGC-CGT-2006-Structure-eng.csv (243.61 KB)
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  SGC-CGT-2006-Element-eng.csv (2 MB)

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• Archived SGC 2006 - Volume I, The Classification (catalogue no. 12-571-X) Archived

Concordances and documentation on changes

• Archived SGC 2006 - SGC 2001 Archived
• Archived SGC 2001 - SGC 2006 Archived
• Archived Annual changes 2001 - 2006 Archived
• Archived Annual revisions 2001 Archived

Other geographical entities

• Metropolitan areas - SGC 2006
• Economic regions - SGC 2006

Changes to SGC 2006

• Archived Supplement no. 1 Archived
  • Official name for the territory of the Yukon
• Archived Supplement no. 2 Archived
  • Guidelines for Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) name change requests
  • Change of name – Census Metropolitan Area of Abbotsford
• Archived Supplement no. 3 Archived
  • Change of name – Census Metropolitan Area of Kitchener

Reference Maps

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 to the SGC units, metropolitan areas with their component census subdivisions are included.

• Archived Information on reference maps Archived
• Reference maps

More information

• Archived SGC 2006 - More information Archived