Census metropolitan area/census agglomeration program : a review, 1941-1981 / by Grafton Ross = Historique du programme des régions métropolitaines de recensement et des agglomérations de recensement...: CS99-978/1984-PDF ; CS92-X-508/1984-PDF

"The phenomenon of the central city extending its influence over a territory well beyond its legal limits is familiar to most researchers. Statistics Canada has long recognized the need for a geographical entity which would combine the central city with its related fringe areas for the purpose of presenting statistical data. The census metropolitan area/census agglomeration (CMA/CA) program was developed by the Geography Division of Statistics Canada to meet this need. ..."--Intro.

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Department/Agency Statistics Canada. Spatial Delineation and Analysis Section.
Title Census metropolitan area/census agglomeration program : a review, 1941-1981 / by Grafton Ross = Historique du programme des régions métropolitaines de recensement et des agglomérations de recensement de 1941 à 1981 / par Grafton Ross.
Variant title Historique du programme des régions métropolitaines de recensement et des agglomérations de recensement de 1941 à 1981
Series title Working paper = Document de travail ;no. 8 - GEO 84
Publication type Monograph
Language Bilingual-[English | French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada].
"August 1984."
Includes bibliographical references.
Text in English and French.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada, Geography Division, Spatial Delineation and Analysis Section = Statistique Canada, Division de la géographie, Section de la délimitation géographique et de l'analyse, 1984.
Author / Contributor Ross, Grafton.
Description 112 p. : maps.
Catalogue number
  • CS99-978/1984-PDF
  • CS92-X-508/1984-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 8-3400-507
Subject terms Census data
Urban environment
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