Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2016

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Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2016

Level 1: geographical regions of Canada
Level 2: provinces and territories
Level 3: census divisions
Level 4: census subdivisions

Variant 1: Statistical Area Classification - Variant of SGC 2016

Level 1: census metropolitan categories
Level 2: census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and outside CMAs and CAs
Level 3: census subdivisions

Variant 2: Statistical Area Classification by Province and Territory - Variant of SGC 2016

Level 1: geographical regions of Canada
Level 2: provinces and territories
Level 3: census metropolitan categories
Level 4: census metropolitan areas (CMAs), census agglomerations (CAs) and outside CMAs and CAs
Level 5: census subdivisions

Variant 3: Economic Regions - Variant of SGC 2016

Level 1: geographical regions of Canada
Level 2: provinces and territories
Level 3: economic regions
Level 4: census divisions
Level 5: census subdivisions

Variant 4: Agricultural Regions - Variant of SGC 2016

Level 1: geographical regions of Canada
Level 2: provinces and territories
Level 3: census agricultural regions
Level 4: census divisions
Level 5: census consolidated subdivisions
Level 6: census subdivisions

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