Municipal District

Description

Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories.

Each province has a different system of local government which may include upper-tier or rural jurisdictions such as counties, municipal districts, regional municipalities, regional districts or regional county municipalities. These divisions are then divided into lower-tier or urban jurisdictions such as cities, towns, villages, townships, and parishes.

Municipal District are used by agencies at all levels of government for land use planning, treaty negotiations, emergency management and planning, running elections, conducting demographic analysis and municipal planning.

Originator

Canada Open Data
Government of British Columbia
Government of Alberta
Government of Saskatchewan
Government of Manitoba
Government of Ontario
Government of Quebec
Government of New Brunswick
Government of Nova Scotia
Government of Prince Edward Island

Use Cases

Source(s)

Description	Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks

Description	Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks
Municipal Boundary	Canada Open Data	SHP	2016	Archived-Completed	Data Dictionary	Free	Multiple SHP files	Exclude BC, AB, NS, NL and PE
Municipal District	GeoBC	WMS SHP	2017	Completed	Data Dictionary	Free	WMS SHP
Municipal District	AltaLIS-AB	SHP	2018	Completed	PDF XLSX	Free	SHP	Select "Add to Cart" to download
Municipal District	Saskatchewan Information Services (ISC)	SHP	2018	Completed	XML	$162.32/year	SHP	Subscription required
Municipal District	Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI)	SHP	2018	Completed	XML-Embedded in ZIP file	Free	SHP
Municipal District	Land Information Ontario (LIO)	SHP	2015	Completed	XML	Free	SHP
Municipal District	Quebec	SHP	2012	Completed	XML	Free	SHP
Municipal District	New Brunswick GeoNB	SHP	2018	Completed	XML	Free	MD-SHP County-SHP
Municipal Boundary	Nova Scotia	SHP	2018	Completed	N/A	Free	SHP
Municipal Boundary	PEI	SHP	2018	Completed	Embedded in ZIP file	Free	SHP
County / Regional District	PEI	SHP	2018	Completed	Embedded in ZIP file	Free	SHP

Remarks

The most appropriate data to use is WMS web service as it does not require periodic update.
Canada Open Data is archived dataset which might not be current.

Process for EGIS integration

SHP File:

SHP file can be integrated directly into EGIS.

TC Smart Maps:

Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.
Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.
TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\AdministrativeBoundary\MunicipalDistrict.kml

Customization:

Schema transformation: As required
Denormalization: Not required
Value coding: Not required
Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability
Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance
Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization
Format translation: Not required
Language translation: French version not available.
Update frequency: As identified