census_tract.xml

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Application: NRCan Metadata Editing Tool
Version: 1.0
Date: 2016/12/14 13:53:21

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File identifier: ea5aec97-12ea-421b-ade3-dedb5c869e0f

Language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8

Date stamp: 2016-12-14

Metadata standard name: Harmonized North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009

Hierarchy level: 

    Scope code: dataset

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Contact: 

    Responsible party: 

        Organisation name: Government of Canada; Statistics Canada; Statistical Registers and Geography Division

        Contact info: 

            Contact: 

                Phone: 

                    Telephone: 

                        Voice: 1-800-263-1136

                        Facsimile: 1-514-283-9350

                Address: 

                    Address: 

                        Delivery point: 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

                        City: Ottawa

                        Administrative area: Ontario

                        Postal code: K1A0T6

                        Country: Canada

                        Electronic mail address: STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca

                Hours of service: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

        Role: 

            Role code: originator

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Reference system info: 

    Reference system: 

        Reference system identifier: 

            Identifier: 

                Code: PCS Lambert Conformal Conic

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Identification info: 

    Data identification: 

        Citation: 

            Citation: 

                Title: Census Tracts Boundary File

                Date: 

                    Date: 

                        Date: 2016-11

                        Date type: 

                            Date type code: publication

                Cited responsible party: 

                    Responsible party: 

                        Organisation name: Government of Canada; Statistics Canada; Statistical Registers and Geography Division

                        Role: 

                            Role code: originator

        Abstract: Census tracts (CTs) are small, relatively stable geographic areas that usually have a population of less than 10,000, 

            based on data from the previous Census of Population Program. They are located in census metropolitan areas and in 

            census agglomerations that had a core population of 50,000 or more in the previous census.

            A committee of local specialists (for example, planners, health and social workers, and educators) initially delineates census 

            tracts in conjunction with Statistics Canada. Once a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA) has been 

            subdivided into census tracts, the census tracts are maintained even if the core population subsequently declines below 50,000.

            Changes to census tract boundaries are discouraged to ensure data comparability between censuses. Boundary revisions rarely 

            occur, and only when essential. Road construction, railroad abandonment, community redevelopment, neighborhood growth and 

            municipal annexations may contribute to changes in boundaries. A census tract may be split into two or more new census tracts 

            (usually when its population exceeds 10,000). CT splits are usually done in a way that allows users to re-aggregate the splits 

            to the original census tract for historical comparison.

        Status: 

            Progress code: completed

        Resource maintenance: 

            Maintenance information: 

                Maintenance and update frequency: 

                    Maintenance frequency code: As needed

        Descriptive keywords: 

            Keywords: 

                Keyword: Données géographiques

                Type: 

                    Keyword type code: product

        Descriptive keywords: 

            Keywords: 

                Keyword: Geographic data

                Type: 

                    Keyword type code: theme

                Thesaurus name: 

                    Citation: 

                        Title: Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

                        Date: 

                            Date: 

                                Date: 2004

                                Date type: 

                                    Date type code: creation

                        Cited responsible party: 

                            Responsible party: 

                                Organisation name: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada

                                Role: 

                                    Role code: custodian

        Resource constraints: 

            Legal constraints: 

                Use limitation: Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

                Access constraints: 

                    Restriction code: license

                Use constraints: 

                    Restriction code: license

        Spatial representation type: 

            Spatial representation type code: vector

        Language: eng; CAN

        Character set: utf8

        Topic category: 

            Topic category code: boundaries

        Extent: 

            Extent: 

                Geographic element: 

                    Geographic bounding box: 

                        Extent type code: False

                        West bound longitude: -180

                        East bound longitude: 180

                        South bound latitude: 36.265059

                        North bound latitude: 89.999531

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Distribution info: 

    Distribution: 

        Distribution format: 

            Format: 

                Name: SHP

                Version: 10.2

        Distribution format: 

            Format: 

                Name: GML

                Version: 3.1.1

        Distribution format: 

            Format: Mapinfo

                Name: TAB

                Version: 12.0

        Distributor: 

            Distributor: 

                Distributor contact: 

                    Responsible party: 

                        Organisation name: Government of Canada; Statistics Canada; Statistical Registers and Geography Division

                        Contact info: 

                            Contact: 

                                Online resource: 

                                    Online resource: 

                                        Linkage: 

                                        gco:nilReason: missing

                                            URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca

                                        Protocol: http

                        Role: 

                            Role code: distributor

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