| AMF |
– |
Area Master File |
| APS |
– |
Aboriginal Peoples Survey |
| BFDF |
– |
Block–face Data File |
| CA |
– |
census agglomeration |
| CANCEIS |
– |
Canadian Census Edit and Imputation System |
| CAR |
– |
census agricultural region |
| CARTLIB |
– |
Cartographic Library |
| CBF |
– |
Cartographic Boundary File |
| CCS |
– |
census consolidated subdivision |
| CD |
– |
census division |
| CIP_2000 |
– |
Classification of Instructional Programs (2000 edition) |
| CIP_MFS |
– |
Major Field of Study – Classification of Instructional
Programs |
| CMA |
– |
census metropolitan area |
| CPP |
– |
Canada Pension Plan |
| CSD |
– |
census subdivision |
| CT |
– |
census tract |
| DA |
– |
dissemination area |
| DBF |
– |
Digital Boundary File |
| DCF |
– |
Digital Cartographic File |
| DCW |
– |
Digital Chart of the World |
| DPL |
– |
designated place |
| EA |
– |
enumeration area |
| E & I |
– |
Edit and Imputation |
| ER |
– |
economic region |
| EUROSTAT |
– |
Statistical Office of the European Communities |
| FED |
– |
federal electoral district |
| FSA |
– |
forward sortation area |
| GIS |
– |
geographic information system |
| GIS |
– |
Guaranteed Income Supplement |
| GNBC |
– |
Geographic Names Board of Canada |
| GRS |
– |
Geodetic Reference System |
| GST |
– |
Goods and Services Tax |
| HALS |
– |
Health and Activity Limitation Survey |
| HST |
– |
Harmonized Sales Tax |
| INAC |
– |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
| ISCED_MFS |
– |
International Standard Classification of Education –
Major Field of Study |
| LDU |
– |
local delivery unit |
| LFS |
– |
Labour Force Survey |
| LICOs |
– |
low income cut–offs |
| LOC |
– |
locality |
| MFS |
– |
major field of study |
| MIZ |
– |
census metropolitan area and census agglomeration influenced
zones |
| MP |
– |
member of Parliament |
| MRC |
– |
municipalité régionale de comté |
| NAD |
– |
North American Datum |
| NAFTA |
– |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAICS |
– |
North American Industry Classification System |
| NCB |
– |
National Child Benefit |
| NCBS |
– |
National Child Benefit Supplement |
| NGB |
– |
National Geographic Base |
| n.e.c. |
– |
not elsewhere classified |
| n.i.e. |
– |
not included elsewhere |
| NISA |
– |
Net Income Stabilization Account |
| NOC |
– |
National Occupational Classification |
| NOC–S 2001 |
– |
National Occupational Classification for Statistics
2001 |
| n.o.s. |
– |
not otherwise specified |
| NRCan |
– |
Natural Resources Canada |
| NTDB |
– |
National Topographic Database |
| OAS |
– |
Old Age Security pension |
| OECD |
– |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PALS |
– |
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey |
| PCA |
– |
primary census agglomeration |
| PCMA |
– |
primary census metropolitan area |
| PN |
– |
place name |
| QC |
– |
quality control |
| QPP |
– |
Quebec Pension Plan |
| QST |
– |
Quebec Sales Tax |
| RA |
– |
rural area |
| RCMP |
– |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| RNF |
– |
Road Network File |
| RO |
– |
representation order |
| RRIF |
– |
Registered Retirement Income Fund |
| RRSP |
– |
Registered Retirement Savings Plan |
| SAC |
– |
Statistical Area Classification |
| SAS |
– |
Statistical Analysis System |
| SGC |
– |
Standard Geographical Classification |
| SIC |
– |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SNF |
– |
Street Network File |
| SOC |
– |
Standard Occupational Classification |
| UA |
– |
urban area |
| UNESCO |
– |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UP |
– |
unincorporated place |
| UTM |
– |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
