Guide to the Census
Guide for understanding the census and creating census maps.
Download Census Data
Standard geographic levels
Canadian Census Analyser from University of Toronto (authentication required) (recommended for mapping)
(currently only through 2016 Census)
- 2021 Census profiles to DA level
- 2016 Census profiles to DA level
- 2011 Census profiles to DA level
- 2011 NHS profiles to CT level
- includes DA level (use Census Division 4806 for Calgary DAs)
- Census Datasets from Statistics Canada (filter by Topic or Geography)
Canadian Century Research Infrastructure Census tables (CSDs and CDs) 1911-1951
- matching GIS layers also available
Public use microdata files
- Census 1901, 1911, 1971-2006
- National Household Survey 2011
Indigenous peoples and communities
Other geographic levels
- Calgary Community Census (download from here)
List of files available:
- 2016 - Profile and Boundary File
- 2011 - Census/NHS Profile
- 2006 - Profile
- 2001 - Profile and Boundary File
- 1996 - Profile
- 1991 - Profile
- Calgary Civic Census data by community and ward, pdf format
- Calgary Open Data data and gis files, by community and ward, 1999 - current
- An interactive web map of Calgary census tract boundaries for each of the censuses from 1986 to 2016.
Download Beyond 20/20 software to open .ivt files
- Last Updated: Nov 22, 2023 2:20 PM
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