Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Each of these entities may have different types of subdivision, used for various purposes.

Statistics Canada, the Canadian census organization, has created a Standard Geographical Classification (SGC). The SGC is a hierarchical set of regional divisions. Provinces and territories are top-level divisions, and have two-digit codes. On the second level are census divisions, also with two-digit codes. Census subdivisions, with three-digit codes, are on the third (lowest) level. To identify an area completely, the hierarchical codes are concatenated from left to right. For example, 35 09 021 represents the census subdivision of Perth, Ontario. The 35 identifies Ontario, the 09 identifies Lanark county, and the 021 specifies Perth.

Census divisions and subdivisions are subject to change every five years. In some cases, these changes simply reflect changes to the corresponding administrative divisions. In other cases, they may be made for the convenience of the census.

Canada has an official database of place names called the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base  (CGNDB). Each place in the CGNDB is located in a province or territory, and most of them are further localized by "Location". These "Locations" are province subdivisions.

To make sense of the subdivisions of provinces and territories, it is necessary to look at each province separately.

Alberta

Alberta has nineteen census divisions, numbered from 1 to 19. The SGC code for each division is the division number, left-filled with a zero if necessary to make two digits. Prefix 48 to get a four-digit code. In the CGNDB, Alberta's "Locations" are section, township, and range. Those are the survey units used when the province was first homesteaded and farmed. They form a coordinate system in which the smallest unit, a section, is one square mile. Alberta's area is over 250,000 square miles, so there could be a very large number of these geographic subdivisions.

Maps: Census divisions and economic regions .

British Columbia

The census divisions of British Columbia are called regional districts. They are incorporated, like the counties in the eastern provinces, and accordingly they are administrative divisions. The "Locations" used in the CGNDB are called land districts. They are not incorporated, but are considered geographic divisions. There are more land districts than regional districts. A few of the names are the same, but in general, the land districts are neither subsets nor supersets of the regional districts.

Name	HASC	SGC	Capital
Alberni-Clayoquot	CA.BC.AC	23	Port Alberni
Bulkley-Nechako	CA.BC.BN	51	Burns Lake
Capital	CA.BC.CP	17	Victoria
Cariboo	CA.BC.CR	41	Williams Lake
Central Coast	CA.BC.CC	45	Bella Coola
Central Kootenay	CA.BC.CK	03	Nelson
Central Okanagan	CA.BC.CO	35	Kelowna
Columbia-Shuswap	CA.BC.CS	39	Salmon Arm
Comox Valley	CA.BC.CM	26	Courtenay
Cowichan Valley	CA.BC.CV	19	Duncan
East Kootenay	CA.BC.EK	01	Cranbrook
Fraser Valley	CA.BC.FV	09	Chilliwack
Fraser-Fort George	CA.BC.FF	53	Prince George
Greater Vancouver	CA.BC.GV	15	Burnaby
Kitimat-Stikine	CA.BC.KS	49	Terrace
Kootenay Boundary	CA.BC.KB	05	Trail
Mount Waddington	CA.BC.MW	43	Port McNeill
Nanaimo	CA.BC.NA	21	Nanaimo
Northern Rockies	CA.BC.FL	59	Fort Nelson
North Okanagan	CA.BC.NO	37	Coldstream
Okanagan-Similkameen	CA.BC.OS	07	Penticton
Peace River	CA.BC.PC	55	Dawson Creek
Powell River	CA.BC.PW	27	Powell River
Skeena-Queen Charlotte	CA.BC.SQ	47	Prince Rupert
Squamish-Lillooet	CA.BC.SL	31	Pemberton
Stikine	CA.BC.ST	57	Victoria
Strathcona	CA.BC.SR	24	Campbell River
Sunshine Coast	CA.BC.SC	29	Sechelt
Thompson-Nicola	CA.BC.TN	33	Kamloops
Name: These are all regional districts, except for Stikine, which is a region. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 59 to get a four-digit code. Capital: According to Wikipedia.

 

Maps: Census divisions and economic regions .
HealthNet/BC has prepared a proposed Place Data Standard  that describes many types of geographical subdivision of British Columbia, with lists of divisions.

Change history:

1. 1987-10-31: Peace River-Liard regional district split into Peace River and Fort Nelson-Liard.
2. 2008-02-15: Comox-Strathcona regional district (former codes CA.BC.CX and 25) split into Comox Valley and Strathcona.
3. 2009-02-06: Fort Nelson municipality merged with former Fort Nelson-Liard to form Northern Rockies regional district.

Manitoba

Manitoba has twenty-three census divisions, numbered from 1 to 23. The SGC code for each division is the division number, left-filled with a zero if necessary to make two digits. Prefix 46 to get a four-digit code. In the CGNDB, Manitoba's "Locations" are section, township, and range. Those are the survey units used when the province was first homesteaded and farmed. They form a coordinate system in which the smallest unit, a section, is one square mile. Manitoba's area is about 250,000 square miles, so there could be a very large number of these geographic subdivisions.

Maps: Census divisions and economic regions .

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is divided into counties. The counties are subdivided into civil parishes. They are also census divisions, and are used by the CGNDB as "Locations". Some road maps or atlas maps show county lines.

Name	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population	Capital
Albert	CA.NB.AL	06	1,764	26,492	Hopewell Cape
Carleton	CA.NB.CA	11	3,367	26,910	Woodstock
Charlotte	CA.NB.CH	02	3,219	27,335	Saint Andrews
Gloucester	CA.NB.GL	15	4,802	87,601	Bathurst
Kent	CA.NB.KE	08	4,491	32,094	Richibucto
Kings	CA.NB.KI	05	3,559	64,724	Hampton
Madawaska	CA.NB.MA	13	3,269	36,814	Edmundston
Northumberland	CA.NB.NO	09	12,098	52,153	Newcastle
Queens	CA.NB.QU	04	3,556	12,470	Gagetown
Restigouche	CA.NB.RE	14	8,397	38,701	Dalhousie
Saint John	CA.NB.SJ	01	1,582	79,302	Saint John
Sunbury	CA.NB.SU	03	2,795	25,358	Burton
Victoria	CA.NB.VI	12	5,372	21,929	Perth-Andover
Westmorland	CA.NB.WE	07	3,704	120,531	Dorchester
York	CA.NB.YO	10	9,182	85,719	Fredericton
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 13 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1996 census.

Change history:

1. 1786: Two years after it became a province, New Brunswick was organized into the counties of Charlotte, Kings, Northumberland, Queens, Saint John, Sunbury, Westmorland, and York.
2. 1827: Gloucester and Kent counties split from Northumberland.
3. 1838: Carleton county split from York; Restigouche county split from Gloucester.
4. 1873: Albert county split from Westmorland; Madawaska and Victoria counties split from Carleton.

Maps: Historical county maps ; big map showing places ; road atlas ; outline map showing economic regions ; outline map ; clickable map .

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador has eleven census divisions, numbered from 1 to 11. The SGC code for each division is the division number, left-filled with a zero if necessary to make two digits. Prefix 10 to get a four-digit code. In the CGNDB, Newfoundland and Labrador's "Locations" are (electoral) districts. There are some differences from the present-day electoral districts, leading me to suspect that CGNDB prepared the database at some time in the past, and didn't update for redistricting.

Maps:Census divisions and economic regions .
This genealogical site  offers a set of historical districts of Newfoundland. Genealogists have a need to identify places with respect to districts that don't vary from decade to decade. Apparently, no government-defined districts meet this need in Newfoundland.

Northwest Territories

The 1996 census, before the partition of Nunavut, showed Northwest Territories divided into five regions: Baffin, Fort Smith, Inuvik, Keewatin, and Kitikmeot. Baffin, Keewatin, and Kitikmeot correspond to the area that became Nunavut, so I've listed Fort Smith and Inuvik as the regions of NWT. The CGNDB, however, uses the districts of Franklin and Mackenzie as "Locations" within NWT. Inuvik apparently includes the northern part of Mackenzie and all of Franklin. The CGNDB may simply have failed to update to the new regions. Northwest Territories have six census divisions, numbered from 1 to 6. The four-digit SGC code for each division is the division number, prefixed with 610.

Name	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population	Capital
Fort Smith	CA.NT.FS	06	610,456	30,225	Fort Smith
Inuvik	CA.NT.IN	07	394,015	9,024	Inuvik
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 61 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1996 census.

Change history:

1. 1870: Hudson's Bay Company ceded Rupert's Land and the North West Territory to Canada. Manitoba province created, consisting of about the southern third of present-day Manitoba.
2. 1876: Part of Northwest Territories organized into Keewatin district.
3. 1880: United Kingdom transferred its claims to all North American arctic islands (approximately the district of Franklin) to Canada.
4. 1882-05-17: Parts of Northwest Territories organized into Alberta, Assiniboia, Athabaska, and Saskatchewan districts.
5. 1895-10-02: Remainder of Northwest Territories organized into Franklin, Mackenzie, Ungava, and Yukon districts. Athabaska district enlarged.
6. 1898-06-13: Yukon territory split from Northwest Territories.
7. 1905-09-01: Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces formed by taking all of Alberta, Assiniboia, Athabaska, and part of Saskatchewan district from Northwest Territories. Remainder of Saskatchewan district annexed to Manitoba province.
8. 1912: Ungava district annexed to Quebec province. Parts of Keewatin district annexed to Manitoba and Ontario provinces. Northwest Territories now comprised the districts of Franklin, Keewatin, and Mackenzie.
9. ~1973: Northwest Territories reorganized into five regions: Baffin, Fort Smith, Inuvik, Keewatin, and Kitikmeot. Mapmakers have continued to show the three districts. I've only seen one map  showing the five regions, and it doesn't show the ocean borders. From the map, it appears that the old Keewatin district became Keewatin region plus parts of Baffin and Kitikmeot; Mackenzie became Fort Smith plus (part of?) Inuvik; and Franklin became most of Baffin, part of Kitikmeot, and possibly part of Inuvik.
10. 1999: Baffin, Keewatin, and Kitikmeot regions split from Northwest Territories to form Nunavut. There may have been small changes in the boundaries of these regions.

Maps: Census divisions ; populated places .

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is divided into counties. They are also census divisions, and are used by the CGNDB as "Geo Locations". Some road maps or atlas maps show county lines.

Name	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population	County seat
Annapolis	CA.NS.AP	05	3,328	22,324	Annapolis Royal
Antigonish	CA.NS.AG	14	1,401	19,554	Antigonish
Cape Breton	CA.NS.CB	17	2,517	117,849	Sydney
Colchester	CA.NS.CO	10	3,758	49,262	Truro
Cumberland	CA.NS.CU	11	4,359	33,804	Amherst
Digby	CA.NS.DI	03	2,512	20,500	Digby
Guysborough	CA.NS.GU	13	4,172	10,917	Guysborough
Halifax	CA.NS.HL	09	5,343	342,966	Halifax
Hants	CA.NS.HN	08	3,183	39,483	Windsor
Inverness	CA.NS.IN	15	3,649	20,918	Port Hood
Kings	CA.NS.KI	07	2,181	59,193	Kentville
Lunenburg	CA.NS.LU	06	3,028	47,561	Lunenburg
Pictou	CA.NS.PI	12	2,911	48,718	Pictou
Queens	CA.NS.QU	04	2,546	12,417	Liverpool
Richmond	CA.NS.RI	16	1,267	11,022	Arichat
Shelburne	CA.NS.SH	01	2,536	17,002	Shelburne
Victoria	CA.NS.VI	18	2,862	8,482	Baddeck
Yarmouth	CA.NS.YA	02	2,170	27,310	Yarmouth
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 12 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1996 census.

Change history:

1. 1759: Annapolis, Cumberland, Kings, and Lunenburg counties split from Halifax county.
2. 1762: Queens county split from Lunenburg county.
3. 1781: Hants county split from Kings county.
4. 1784: Cape Breton became a separate colony; Sydney county split from Halifax county; Shelburne county split from Queens county; part of Cumberland county detached to become part of New Brunswick colony.
5. 1820: Cape Breton became a county of Nova Scotia.
6. 1835: Colchester and Pictou counties split from Halifax county; Inverness and Richmond counties split from Cape Breton county.
7. 1836: Sydney county split into Antigonish and Guysborough county; Yarmouth county split from Shelburne county.
8. 1837: Digby county split from Annapolis county.
9. 1851: Victoria county split from Cape Breton county.

Maps: Counties and economic regions .

Nunavut

Nunavut inherited three regions from Northwest Territories when the two territories split. Morris Fisher points out that Nunavut is now divided into six planning regions. I don't normally count planning regions as administrative subdivisions: they're too easily changed. If there is evidence that the planning regions are getting elected governing bodies, I will reconsider this ruling.

Name	Inuktitut	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population	Capital
Baffin	Qikiqtaaluk	CA.NU.QK	04	1,017,889	13,218	Iqaluit
Keewatin	Kivalliq	CA.NU.KV	05	592,335	6,868	Rankin Inlet
Kitikmeot	Kitikmeot	CA.NU.KT	08	631,695	5,067	Cambridge Bay
Inuktitut: Region name in Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 62 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1996 census.

 

The correspondence between the old regions and the planning regions is as follows. Baffin region is about the same as North Baffin, South Baffin, and part of Akunniq. Keewatin approximately matches the new Keewatin and Sanikiluaq planning regions. Kitikmeot corresponds to West Kitikmeot and the larger part of Akunniq. (The map of the new planning regions is very rough, so there may be more overlaps than mentioned here.)

Maps: Regions ; regions ; a private site has several maps  in different styles.

Dead links: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/dept/regions/ntcurmap.shtml, http://www.tunngavik.com/site-eng/nlca/articl3.htm, http://www.tunngavik.com/site-eng/nlca/image7.gif, http://npc.nunavut.ca/eng/nunavut/boundary.html, http://npc.nunavut.ca/eng/regions/index.html.

Ontario

The census divisions of Ontario are counties, districts, district municipalities, metropolitan municipalities, regional municipalities, and united counties; on the next level are boroughs, cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, and villages. Some road maps or atlas maps show county lines.

The united counties may cause some confusion. Haldimand-Norfolk is an example. In 1850, Haldimand county was split from Norfolk county. In 1974, Haldimand and Norfolk counties merged to form Haldimand-Norfolk regional municipality. On January 1, 2001, the latter was split once again into Haldimand and Norfolk counties, approximately along the original county line. Other cases include Niagara county, which formerly consisted of Lincoln and Welland counties; Prescott and Russell united counties, Leeds and Grenville united counties, and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry united counties. The original counties that were amalgamated to form these units of government still manifest themselves in many ways.

The CGNDB appears to use counties and districts as they stood in 1950. Toronto is shown as part of York, Lincoln and Welland are shown separately, and so on (see Change history below). However, the CGNDB uses the components of united counties: for example, some places in Leeds and Grenville county are listed under Leeds, and others under Grenville.

Name	HASC	SGC	Type	Area(Km.²)	Population	County seat
Algoma	CA.ON.AL	57	d	50,039	127,269	Sault Sainte Marie
Brant	CA.ON.BN	29	c	1,090	110,806	Brantford
Bruce	CA.ON.BC	41	c	4,274	65,268	Paisley
Cochrane	CA.ON.CO	56	d	135,294	93,917	Cochrane
Dufferin	CA.ON.DF	22	c	1,443	39,897	Orangeville
Durham	CA.ON.DR	18	rm	3,838	409,070	Whitby
Elgin	CA.ON.EL	34	c	1,865	75,423	Saint Thomas
Essex	CA.ON.ES	37	c	1,831	327,365	Windsor
Frontenac	CA.ON.FR	10	c	4,141	129,089	Kingston
Grey	CA.ON.GR	42	c	4,424	84,071	Owen Sound
Haldimand	CA.ON.HD	28	c	2,880	98,707	Cayuga
Haliburton	CA.ON.HB	46	c	3,849	14,421	Minden
Halton	CA.ON.HT	24	rm	940	313,136	Milton
Hamilton-Wentworth	CA.ON.HW	25	rm	1,186	451,665	Hamilton
Hastings	CA.ON.HS	12	c	6,017	116,434	Belleville
Huron	CA.ON.HU	40	c	3,354	59,065	Goderich
Kenora	CA.ON.KR	60	d	396,840	58,748	Kenora
Kent	CA.ON.KT	36	c	2,378	109,943	Chatham
Lambton	CA.ON.LM	38	c	2,911	128,943	Sarnia
Lanark	CA.ON.LN	09	c	2,947	54,803	Perth
Leeds and Grenville	CA.ON.LG	07	uc	3,390	90,235	Brockville
Lennox and Addington	CA.ON.LA	11	c	3,030	37,243	Napanee
Manitoulin	CA.ON.MA	51	d	4,113	11,192	Gore Bay
Middlesex	CA.ON.MI	39	c	3,212	372,274	London
Muskoka	CA.ON.MU	44	dm	4,105	48,005	Bracebridge
Niagara	CA.ON.NG	26	rm	1,862	393,936	Saint Catherines
Nipissing	CA.ON.NP	48	d	19,580	84,723	North Bay
Norfolk	CA.ON.NF	28	c	(see Haldimand)		Simcoe
Northumberland	CA.ON.NU	14	c	1,901	78,224	Cobourg
Ottawa-Carleton	CA.ON.OC	06	rm	2,453	678,147	Ottawa
Oxford	CA.ON.OX	32	c	1,981	92,888	Woodstock
Parry Sound	CA.ON.PS	49	d	11,230	38,423	Parry Sound
Peel	CA.ON.PL	21	rm	1,215	732,798	Brampton
Perth	CA.ON.PT	31	c	2,176	69,976	Stratford
Peterborough	CA.ON.PB	15	c	3,665	119,992	Peterborough
Prescott and Russell	CA.ON.PR	02	uc	2,003	67,183	L'Orignal
Prince Edward	CA.ON.PE	13	c	1,010	23,763	Picton
Rainy River	CA.ON.RR	59	d	18,845	22,997	Fort Frances
Renfrew	CA.ON.RE	47	c	7,793	91,685	Pembroke
Simcoe	CA.ON.SC	43	c	4,307	288,684	Barrie
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	CA.ON.SD	01	uc	3,302	107,841	Cornwall
Sudbury	CA.ON.SB	52	d	46,770	26,178	Sudbury
Sudbury	CA.ON.SU	53	rm	2,598	161,210	Sudbury
Thunder Bay	CA.ON.TB	58	d	135,900	158,810	Thunder Bay
Timiskaming	CA.ON.TI	54	d	15,271	38,983	Haileybury
Toronto	CA.ON.TO	20	mm	627	2,275,771	Toronto
Victoria	CA.ON.VI	16	c	3,491	63,332	Lindsay
Waterloo	CA.ON.WT	30	rm	1,336	377,762	Kitchener
Wellington	CA.ON.WL	23	c	2,639	159,609	Guelph
York	CA.ON.YO	19	rm	2,284	504,981	Newmarket
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 35 to get a four-digit code. Type: c = county, d = district, dm = district municipality, mm = metropolitan municipality, rm = regional municipality, uc = united counties. Population: 1991 census. Separate figures not available for newly separated Haldimand and Norfolk.

Change history:

1. 1788-07-24: Ontario (then known as Upper Canada) was divided into the districts of Hesse, Lunenburgh, Mecklenburg, and Nassau.
2. 1792-07-16: The four districts were renamed Western, Eastern, Midland, and Home, respectively, and further subdivided into 19 counties. The districts were still the primary divisions. I omit the extensive changes between this and 1850, not having the full details.
3. 1850-01-01: Districts abolished by the Baldwin Act (1849). The counties became the primary divisions again.
4. 1851: Grey, Ontario, Peel, Victoria, and Wellington counties created.
5. 1851-08-02: Elgin county split from Middlesex .
6. 1852: Brant county split from Wentworth and Halton united counties.
7. 1853: Wentworth and Halton united counties split into Wentworth and Halton counties.
8. 1856: Welland county split from Lincoln county.
9. 1874: Haliburton county formed from parts of Victoria and Peterborough.
10. 1879: Dufferin county formed from parts of Grey, Simcoe, and Wellington.
11. 1954-01-01: Toronto metropolitan municipality split from York county.
12. 1970-01-01: Lincoln and Welland counties merged to form Niagara regional municipality.
13. 1973-01-01: Sudbury regional municipality split from Sudbury district.
14. 1973-10-15: Ontario and Durham counties merged to form Durham regional municipality.
15. 1974-01-01: Wentworth county became Hamilton-Wentworth regional municipality.
16. 1974-04-01: Haldimand (county seat: Cayuga) and Norfolk (county seat: Simcoe) counties merged to form Haldimand-Norfolk regional municipality (county seat: Simcoe).
17. 1995: Local government review began, resulting in many recommendations for reorganization. Summary 
18. 2001-01-01: Eleven municipalities in Ottawa-Carleton regional municipality merged to form the City of Ottawa. Six municipalities in Hamilton-Wentworth regional municipality merged to form Hamilton city. Seven municipalities in Sudbury regional municipality merged to form Sudbury city. Haldimand-Norfolk regional municipality split into Haldimand town and Norfolk town.

Maps: County outline map showing economic regions ; county outline map  (follow "Maps" link to other maps of Ontario counties); county outline map .

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is divided into counties, which are further subdivided into lots and royalties. The counties have been unchanged since colonial times. They are also census divisions, and are used by the CGNDB as "Locations". Some road maps or atlas maps show county lines.

Name	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population	County seat
Kings	CA.PE.KI	01	1,660	19,328	Georgetown
Prince	CA.PE.PR	03	2,015	43,241	Summerside
Queens	CA.PE.QU	02	1,981	67,196	Charlottetown
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 11 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1991 census.

 

Maps: County outline map .

Quebec

Quebec is divided into counties. Three of them have the special status of communautés urbaines (metropolitan municipalities). The census divisions are the counties. In the CGNDB, the "Location" is usually reported as two names, separated by a comma. The first name appears to be the name of a municipalité or MRC (county regional municipality). These are apparently subdivisions of counties. The second name is the county. Some road maps or atlas maps show county lines. There have been quite a few changes to the counties over the years, right up to the present.

Name	HASC	SGC	Area(Km.²)	Population
Abitibi	CA.QC.AB	88	8,003	25,334
Abitibi-Ouest	CA.QC.AO	87	3,367	24,109
Acton	CA.QC.AC	48	578	14,613
Antoine-Labelle	CA.QC.AL	79	14,906	32,019
Argenteuil	CA.QC.AG	76	1,255	27,232
Arthabaska	CA.QC.AT	39	1,896	60,257
Asbestos	CA.QC.AS	40	772	15,381
Avignon	CA.QC.AV	06	3,645	15,494
Beauce-Sartigan	CA.QC.BS	29	1,939	44,218
Beauharnois-Salaberry	CA.QC.BH	70	462	59,785
Bécancour	CA.QC.BC	38	1,136	19,175
Bellechasse	CA.QC.BL	19	1,629	29,475
Bonaventure	CA.QC.BO	05	4,393	19,848
Brome-Missisquoi	CA.QC.BM	46	1,548	45,257
Champlain	CA.QC.CP	58	163	312,734
Charlevoix	CA.QC.CV	16	3,757	13,547
Charlevoix-Est	CA.QC.CE	15	2,375	17,413
Coaticook	CA.QC.CT	44	1,162	15,758
Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais	CA.QC.OU	81	470	201,536
Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal	CA.QC.MR	66	494	1,775,871
Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec	CA.QC.QU	23	543	490,271
D'Autray	CA.QC.DA	52	1,188	35,727
Denis-Riverin	CA.QC.DR	04	5,156	14,019
Desjardins	CA.QC.DE	24	254	49,076
Deux-Montagnes	CA.QC.DM	72	241	71,218
Drummond	CA.QC.DU	49	1,627	79,654
Francheville	CA.QC.FR	37	1,128	137,458
Joliette	CA.QC.JO	61	321	48,303
Kamouraska	CA.QC.KA	14	1,929	23,268
La Côte-de-Beaupré	CA.QC.CB	21	4,985	21,214
La Côte-de-Gaspé	CA.QC.CG	03	4,143	20,903
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est	CA.QC.LS	93	2,733	51,963
La Haute-Côte-Nord	CA.QC.HC	95	13,316	13,541
La Haute-Yamaska	CA.QC.HY	47	755	73,351
La Jacques-Cartier	CA.QC.JC	22	3,180	23,282
Lajemmerais	CA.QC.LJ	59	414	85,720
La Matapédia	CA.QC.MP	07	5,388	20,930
L'Amiante	CA.QC.AM	31	1,905	45,851
La Mitis	CA.QC.MI	09	2,294	20,157
La Nouvelle-Beauce	CA.QC.NB	26	793	24,362
La Rivière-du-Nord	CA.QC.RD	75	455	73,896
L'Assomption	CA.QC.AN	60	253	91,537
Laval	CA.QC.LV	65	245	314,398
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau	CA.QC.VG	83	12,622	18,706
La Vallée-du-Richelieu	CA.QC.VR	57	555	105,032
Le Bas-Richelieu	CA.QC.BR	53	593	53,909
Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie	CA.QC.CM	36	1,291	67,379
Le Domaine-du-Roy	CA.QC.DD	91	18,653	33,239
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay	CA.QC.FS	94	45,503	172,793
Le Granit	CA.QC.GR	30	2,733	20,993
Le Haut-Richelieu	CA.QC.HR	56	930	92,889
Le Haut-Saint-François	CA.QC.HF	41	2,359	20,769
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent	CA.QC.HL	69	1,170	21,864
Le Haut-Saint-Maurice	CA.QC.HM	90	28,026	16,272
L'Érable	CA.QC.ER	32	1,291	24,680
Les Basques	CA.QC.BA	11	1,232	10,325
Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière	CA.QC.CC	25	419	67,479
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	CA.QC.CO	82	1,938	28,894
Les Etchemins	CA.QC.ET	28	1,806	18,668
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	CA.QC.IM	01	202	13,991
Les Jardins-de-Napierville	CA.QC.JN	68	797	21,977
Les Laurentides	CA.QC.LL	78	2,455	31,580
Les Maskoutains	CA.QC.MK	54	1,292	76,828
Les Moulins	CA.QC.MU	64	264	91,156
Les Pays-d'en-Haut	CA.QC.PH	77	739	23,088
Le Val-Saint-François	CA.QC.VF	42	1,397	32,304
L'Île-d'Orléans	CA.QC.IO	20	195	6,938
L'Islet	CA.QC.IS	17	2,092	19,938
Lotbinière	CA.QC.LO	33	1,647	26,633
Manicouagan	CA.QC.MN	96	31,780	36,108
Maria-Chapdelaine	CA.QC.MC	92	38,674	28,164
Maskinongé	CA.QC.MS	51	2,002	23,802
Matane	CA.QC.MT	08	3,312	24,334
Matawinie	CA.QC.MW	62	10,740	35,253
Mékinac	CA.QC.ME	35	5,544	13,629
Memphrémagog	CA.QC.MG	45	1,281	35,984
Minganie - Basse-Côte-Nord	CA.QC.MB	98	100,132	12,845
Mirabel	CA.QC.ML	74	492	17,971
Montcalm	CA.QC.MO	63	720	32,872
Montmagny	CA.QC.MM	18	1,678	23,667
Nicolet-Yamaska	CA.QC.NY	50	1,001	23,897
Nord-du-Québec	CA.QC.NQ	99	741,907	36,310
Pabok	CA.QC.PB	02	3,075	21,713
Papineau	CA.QC.PP	80	2,947	19,526
Pontiac	CA.QC.PN	84	15,597	15,111
Portneuf	CA.QC.PR	34	3,924	43,179
Rimouski-Neigette	CA.QC.RM	10	2,575	51,290
Rivière-du-Loup	CA.QC.RL	12	1,269	31,485
Robert-Cliche	CA.QC.RC	27	819	18,586
Roussillon	CA.QC.RS	67	422	118,355
Rouville	CA.QC.RV	55	540	31,370
Rouyn-Noranda	CA.QC.RN	86	5,999	42,033
Sept-Rivières - Caniapiscau	CA.QC.SR	97	90,514	40,730
Sherbrooke	CA.QC.SH	43	422	127,224
Témiscamingue	CA.QC.TM	85	18,949	17,381
Témiscouata	CA.QC.TT	13	3,874	23,348
Thérèse-De Blainville	CA.QC.TB	73	204	104,693
Vallée-de-l'Or	CA.QC.VO	89	27,165	43,121
Vaudreuil-Soulanges	CA.QC.VS	71	852	84,503
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. SGC: Standard Geographical Classification division code. Prefix 24 to get a four-digit code. Population: 1991 census.

 

Maps: County outline map .

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan has eighteen census divisions, numbered from 1 to 18. The SGC code for each division is the division number, left-filled with a zero if necessary to make two digits. Prefix 47 to get a four-digit code. The divisions have changed very little since 1941. In the CGNDB, Saskatchewan's "Locations" are section, township, and range. Those are the survey units used when the province was first homesteaded and farmed. They form a coordinate system in which the smallest unit, a section, is one square mile. Saskatchewan's area is about 250,000 square miles, so there could be a very large number of these geographic subdivisions.

Maps: Census divisions and economic regions .

Yukon

Yukon does not have any geographic or administrative divisions. It has only one census division, consisting of the entire territory. The division's SGC code is 60 01, where 60 represents Yukon as a territory and 01 represents Yukon as a census division. Its HASC is CA.YT.YT.