Ottawa Dissemination Areas
Dissemination Areas from Statistics Canada for Ottawa and immediate area.
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These Dissemination Area (DA) are provided by the City of Ottawa, obtained from Statistics Canada. These areas make up Ottawa and surrounding area and have been extracedt from the 2016 Statistics Canada Census Boundary product: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2016-eng.cfm Please reference Statistics Canada for more information about the data and use guidelines.
DA geographies are typically joined to Census and other attribute data, allowing one to create informative maps.
From Statistics Canada:
The Dissemination Area Boundary Files portray the dissemination area boundaries for which Census data are disseminated. A dissemination area is a small area composed of one or more neighbouring dissemination blocks and is the smallest standard geographic area for which all census data are disseminated. The files contain the boundaries of all dissemination areas which combine to cover all of Canada.
There are two types of boundary files: digital and cartographic. Digital files depict the full extent of the geographical areas, including the coastal water area. Cartographic files depict the geographical areas using only the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. The files provide a framework for mapping and spatial analysis using commercially available geographic information systems or other mapping software.
Note - This boundary files have been projected into WGS84 for web mapping use. Original source files, served by Statistics Canada are delivered in Lambert Conformal Conic, a projection better for analysis when considering geographic areas.
Further information regarding DA from Statistics Canada: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/92-169-X
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census Boundary Files, October 2019. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Additional Info
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| Last Updated | August 21, 2026, 07:13 (UTC) |
| Created | March 24, 2026, 20:40 (UTC) |
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Ottawa Dissemination Areas |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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Dissemination Areas from Statistics Canada for Ottawa and immediate area. Tell Us About Your Interest In This Map
DA geographies are typically joined to Census and other attribute data, allowing one to create informative maps. From Statistics Canada: The Dissemination Area Boundary Files portray the dissemination area boundaries for which Census data are disseminated. A dissemination area is a small area composed of one or more neighbouring dissemination blocks and is the smallest standard geographic area for which all census data are disseminated. The files contain the boundaries of all dissemination areas which combine to cover all of Canada. There are two types of boundary files: digital and cartographic. Digital files depict the full extent of the geographical areas, including the coastal water area. Cartographic files depict the geographical areas using only the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. The files provide a framework for mapping and spatial analysis using commercially available geographic information systems or other mapping software. Note - This boundary files have been projected into WGS84 for web mapping use. Original source files, served by Statistics Canada are delivered in Lambert Conformal Conic, a projection better for analysis when considering geographic areas.
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
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4136.0 |
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2019-10-11 |
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
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Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
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public |
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License
License used to access the dataset.
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https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0 |
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Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
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Location
Location of the dataset.
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::ottawa-dissemination-areas |
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Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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City of Ottawa |
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Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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City of Ottawa |
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2026-08-12 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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89fe8cb18d7345b2b666623ccb872310 |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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English |
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::ottawa-dissemination-areas |
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Globally Unique Identifier
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Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
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Source
Source of the dataset.
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
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City of Ottawa |
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Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
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Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
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1456 |
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Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
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47 |
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A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.
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