Census of Canada. Street Network Files, 1996 (024 of 198) Public content

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<p>The Street Network Files (SNFs), formerly known as the Area Master Files (AMFs), were first created in the early 1970s as the basis for retrieval of Census data for user-defined geographic areas. More recently, the Street Network Files have also been used in Census data collection, specifically in the delineation of enumeration areas and the automated production of census collection and reference maps.</p> <p>The Street Network Files contain information on visible features such as streets, hydrography, railroad tracks and power lines, and information on invisible (or abstract) features such as municipal and park boundaries. The files also contain attribute information on the features (for example, street and hydrographic names and address ranges for streets with assigned addresses).</p> <p>The 1996 Street Network Files (SNFs) are available as standard products for 50 urban centres:</p> <ul> <li>25 census metropolitan areas (CMAs),</li> <li>18 census agglomerations (CAs), and</li> <li>Seven census subdivisions (CSDs) outside CMA/CA areas.</li> </ul> <p>Street Network Files provide full digital coverage for 23 urban centres and partial coverage for 27. In total, 344 census subdivisions are covered by a Street Network File. These CSDs represent a population of approximately 18 million people or 62% of the total population of Canada. A comprehensive list of CMA/CAs and their component census subdivisions covered by a Street Network File is presented in Appendix D.</p> <p>The 1996 Street Network Files contain street information and address ranges current to Census Day, May 14, 1996.</p> <h3>Note on new file formats</h3> <h4>January 2018</h4> <p>The original files for this census were the Esri .e00 interchange format files and the Mapinfo format files.</p> <p>Shapefile and geojson format files suitable for use with newer technology were created using GDAL: <a href="http://www.gdal.org/">http://www.gdal.org/</a></p> <p>Specifically, files were converted from Mapinfo: <code style="font-family: &quot;Source Code Pro&quot;;">ogr2ogr -f {fileformat} {mif or tab input file} {output file}</code></p> <p>Note that some lengthy field names may be truncated.</p> <p><em>If you wish to use the original files provided by Statistics Canada, please use either .e00 format or Mapinfo format.</em></p>
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Census of Canada. Street Network Files, 1996
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Canada and Canada (CA)
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Statistics Canada Open License
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https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/WFFBPW

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