Canadian Census Geographies
Use Geocodio to batch lookup Census dissemination areas, tracts, and more for addresses or latitude/longitude coordinates via our spreadsheet geocoding tool or API
You can use Geocodio to find the Census dissemination areas, tracts, economic regions, and more in bulk given an address or latitude/longitude coordinate pair.
You can download an example of the results when you add data from Statistics Canada to a list of addresses or coordinates with Geocodio here. You can see a tutorial for adding Statistics Canada geographies here.
Geocodio returns the following Canadian Census boundaries:
Dissemination Area
Dissemination Area ID
Dissemination Block
Dissemination Area ID
Population
Census Tract Code
Division
Division ID
Division Name
Division Type Abbreviation
Division Type Description
Consolidated Subdivision
Consolidated Subdivision ID
Consolidated Subdivision Name
Subdivision
Subdivision ID
Subdivision Name
Subdivision Type Abbreviation
Subdivision Type Description
Economic Region
Statistical Area
Statistical Area Code
Statistical Area Code Description
Statistical Area Type
Statistical Area Type Description
Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration
CMA ID
CMA Name
CMA Type
CMA Type Description
Census Year (Currently 2021)
Address and Coordinate Formats
Note that Canadian addresses must be accompanied by "Canada" given exactly, whether as a column in the spreadsheet (multi-column format) or in the address (single-column format). See examples here.
Geocodio API for Address or Coordinate to Statistics Canada Geographies
If you'd prefer to use an API to single or batch lookup Canadian Census geographies, you can see Geocodio's technical documentation here.
Cost
Requests are billed as geocode + StatCan info (i.e., two lookups). For example, if you have 100 addresses that you want StatCan boundaries for, that would count as 200 lookups.
You can calculate how much this will cost you and how long it will take here. Note that prices are in USD.