Designated place

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A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns, and villages. [1]

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Though lacking separate municipal government, DPLs otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. They are created by provincial or territorial governments for the purpose of providing data for settled concentrated populations that are identifiable by name but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the province/territory in which they are located. [1] The boundaries of a DPL therefore have no legal status, and not all unincorporated communities are necessarily granted DPL status.

Some designated places may have a quasi-governmental status, such as a local services board in Ontario or an organized hamlet in Saskatchewan. Others may be formerly unincorporated settlements or formerly independent municipalities that have been merged into larger governments, and have retained DPL status in order to ensure statistical continuity with past censuses.

DPLs are similar to the function of census-designated places in the United States, but are defined differently. One significant difference is that Statistics Canada applies the designation to much smaller communities than does the United States Census Bureau.

Criteria

As of the 2016 census, Statistics Canada requires small communities or settlements to meet the following criteria in order to become a designated place: [1]

In 2006, the criteria required for a community to be defined as a designated place included: [2] [3]

The status of designated place was created for the first time in the Canada 1996 Census. [3] Prior to 1996, such areas were only counted as regular enumeration areas within the applicable census divisions, and no special aggregation of figures was published. [3]

Types

The provinces and territories of Canada can also have their own designated place types. The following are the designated place types as recorded in the 2016 census. (There were no designated places in Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut for the 2016 census.) [1] [4]

Designated place type [1] Province/territory
CFA — Class IV area Nova Scotia
DMU — Dissolved municipality Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
DPL — Designated place Newfoundland and Labrador
IRI — Indian reserve / Réserve indienne British Columbia
IST — Island trust British Columbia
LNC — Localité non constituée Quebec
LSB — Local service board Ontario
LSD — Local service district / District de services locaux New Brunswick
LUD — Local urban district Manitoba
MDI — Municipalité dissouteQuebec
MDP — Municipal defined placesOntario
MET — Métis settlement Alberta
NCM — Northern communityManitoba
NVL — Nisga'a villageBritish Columbia
NS — Northern settlement Saskatchewan
OHM — Organized hamlet Saskatchewan
RPC — Retired population centre / Centre de population retiréNewfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia
SE — Aboriginal settlement Yukon
UNP — Unincorporated place Alberta, British Columbia
UUC — Unincorporated urban centreManitoba

By province and territory

In the 2016 Canadian census, there were 1,629 designated places in Canada, of which 1,628 of them were in nine provinces. [4] There were accordingly no designated places in Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut for the 2016 census. [1] [4]

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

At the 2016 Census of Canada, Yukon had one designated place. [4] [5] [6]

Name  [6] Type  [6] Population
(2011)  [6] 		Population
(2006)  [6] 		Area
(km2)  [6]
Carmacks Landing Settlement Aboriginal settlement1741522.34

Others

There were no designated places in Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut in 2016. [1] [4]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2016-11-16). "2016 Census Program". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Designated place | 2011 Census". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "More information on Designated place (DPL)", Statistics Canada.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 Table 1.1 Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Census Dictionary: Table 1 – Geographic units by province and territory, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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