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The Population Centre and Rural Area Classification has been developed to classify population centres and rural area. The term 'urban' is widely used and one that people intuitively understand – a concentration of population at a high density. It is the opposite of 'rural', where population is not concentrated but dispersed at a low density.
1 - Population centre . Population center has a population of at least 1,000 and a population density of 400 persons or more per square kilometer, based on population counts from the current census of population. All areas outside population centers are classified as rural areas. 2 - Rural areas. Rural areas include all territory lying outside ...
A population centre (POPCTR) has a population of at least 1,000 and a population density of 400 persons or more per square kilometre, based on population counts from the current Census of Population. All areas outside population centres are classified as rural areas. Taken together, population centres and rural areas cover all of Canada ...
The hierarchical structure of the classification shows the relationship between the geographic areas of the classification and of the classification variant. The first use of the Population Centre and Rural Area Classification 2016 and its variant was in the 2016 Census. - Table of: Code, Population centre size class categories and rural area
A population centre (POPCTR) has a population of at least 1,000 and a population density of 400 persons or more per square kilometre, based on population counts from the current Census of Population. All areas outside population centres are classified as rural areas. Taken together, population centres and rural areas cover all of Canada.
Rural area (non-population centre): A definition of rural used by Statistics Canada’s Census of Population Program, referring to areas outside population centres. This definition adopts a demographic perspective of rural areas, focusing on populations residing outside settlements of 1,000 or more inhabitants and a density of fewer than 400 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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This is an information notice. The Population Centre and Rural Area Classification 2016 was approved as a departmental standard on January 16, 2017. The classification provides standard names and codes for Canada's population centres and rural area. Population centres are classified into three groups, depending on the size of their population ...
