Provinces and territories - Canada
This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft, a French open-data platform provider. It provides reference geographic data on the provinces and territories of Canada, the country's major political and administrative units. Provinces and territories serve as basic areas for statistical tabulation, with Canada divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. The dataset typically includes codes, names, and geometries for each unit, allowing integration with mapping tools and statistical analysis. It is useful for anyone needing standardized geographic references for Canadian subnational divisions, such as researchers, developers, or public administrations working with Canadian statistical or spatial data.This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. 'Province' and 'territory' refer to the major political units of Canada. From a statistical point of view, province and territory are basic areas for which data are tabulated. Canada is divided into 10 provinces and 3...
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Data schema (8 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| year | date | — |
| prov_codeOfficial Code Province / Territory | text | — |
| prov_name_enOfficial Name Province / Territory (English) | text | — |
| prov_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code | text | — |
| prov_typeType (English / French) | text | — |
| prov_name_frOfficial Name Province / Territory (French) | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2021 · geo_shape: [large value omitted]
{
"year": "2021",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"prov_code": [
"62"
],
"prov_type": "territory / territoire",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 71.04138944482501,
"lon": -88.8416338799438
},
"prov_name_en": [
"Nunavut"
],
"prov_name_fr": "Nunavut",
"prov_area_code": "CAN"
}Record 2year: 2021 · geo_shape: [large value omitted]
{
"year": "2021",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"prov_code": [
"46"
],
"prov_type": "province",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.93018410368252,
"lon": -97.43375328505664
},
"prov_name_en": [
"Manitoba"
],
"prov_name_fr": "Manitoba",
"prov_area_code": "CAN"
}Record 3year: 2021 · geo_shape: [large value omitted]
{
"year": "2021",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"prov_code": [
"48"
],
"prov_type": "province",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 55.16890299842028,
"lon": -114.51101438986483
},
"prov_name_en": [
"Alberta"
],
"prov_name_fr": "Alberta",
"prov_area_code": "CAN"
}Record 4year: 2021 · geo_shape: [large value omitted]
{
"year": "2021",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"prov_code": [
"61"
],
"prov_type": "territory / territoire",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 66.36892317260285,
"lon": -118.98262958354398
},
"prov_name_en": [
"Northwest Territories"
],
"prov_name_fr": "Territoires du Nord-Ouest",
"prov_area_code": "CAN"
}Record 5year: 2021 · geo_shape: [large value omitted]
{
"year": "2021",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"prov_code": [
"10"
],
"prov_type": "province",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.88843621601131,
"lon": -60.51575069823122
},
"prov_name_en": [
"Newfoundland and Labrador"
],
"prov_name_fr": "Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador",
"prov_area_code": "CAN"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Configuration
- Base URL
- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-canada-province
License
Terms stated by the source (not a recognized license):
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/licence
Query examples
curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-canada-province/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.
Uses the Opendatasoft Explore v2.1 syntax — supports select, where, group_by and order_by.
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