List of designated places in Ontario

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Railway bridge connecting Kitchener to Breslau, Ontario's most populous designated place Breslau Bridge - Breslau, ON.jpg
Railway bridge connecting Kitchener to Breslau, Ontario's most populous designated place

A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. [1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)." [2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities. [2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres. [2]

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At the 2016 Census of Population, Ontario 129 designated places, [3] an increase from 114 in 2011. [4] Designated place types in Ontario include 44 dissolved municipalities, 44 local service boards, 27 municipal defined places, and 11 population centres. [5] In 2016, the 129 designated places had a cumulative population of 77,371 and an average population of 600. Ontario's largest designated place is Breslau with a population of 3,778. [5]

List

Total designated places—77,37175,966+1.8%4,525.63
Province of Ontario—13,448,49412,851,821+4.6%908,699.33

See also

Notes

  1. One of two parts of Alban.
  2. One of two parts of Alban.
  3. One of two parts of Campbell.
  4. One of two parts of Campbell.
  5. One of two parts of Croft.
  6. One of two parts of Croft.
  7. One of two parts of McGregor.
  8. One of two parts of McGregor.
  9. One of three parts of Nestor Falls.
  10. One of three parts of Nestor Falls.
  11. One of three parts of Nestor Falls.

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References

  1. ↑ "2006 Census Dictionary, Figure 20: Hierarchy of standard geographic units for dissemination, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. November 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016: Designated place (DPL)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Table 1.1: Geographic areas by province and territory, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Census Dictionary: Table 1 – Geographic units by province and territory, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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