Business Register (BR)

Population of municipality, category

Population refers to all persons who are usually resident in the geographic territory.

Municipality refers to an area that is a municipality or an area that is deemed to be equivalent to a municipality for statistical reporting purposes (e.g., as an Indian reserve or an unorganized territory). Municipal status is defined by laws in effect in each province and territory in Canada.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Municipality population size