The census geographic units of Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the world's longest are the country subdivisions Country subdivision refers to the division of a sovereign state's territory for the sake of its administration, description or other such purpose. The resulting units of division are known generically as "country subdivisions". Unlike geographical or geomorphological areas such as basins, deserts, valleys and the like, country defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. The bureau is commonly called StatCan or StatsCan although StatCan is the official abbrevation. It has regularly been considered the best statistical[1] to conduct the country's five-yearly census The Constitution of Canada gives the Federal Government exclusive responsibility for conducting a census. They exist on four levels: the top-level (first-level) divisions are Canada's provinces and territories The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces are jurisdictions that receive their power and authority directly from the Constitution Act, 1867, whereas territories derive their mandates and powers from the federal; these are divided into second-level census divisions, which in turn are divided into third-level census subdivisions (roughly corresponding to municipalities The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2006 census for census subdivisions) and fourth-level dissemination areas.
In some provinces, a census division also corresponds to a county A county is a land area of local government within a country. A county may have cities and towns within its area. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (comte, conde, Graf) or another similar unit of political organization, while in other provinces the boundaries are chosen arbitrarily as no such level of government exists. Two of Canada's three territories are also divided into census divisions.
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