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Term: Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2006-01-17
Definition:
Statistics Canada defined, in the 2001 and 1996 census, as a very large urban area (or urban core) together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. A CMA has a minimum urban population of 100,000 based on the previous census.
Related terms
- Canadian Census Data
- Census Agglomeration (CA)
- Census Division (CD)
- Census SubDivision (CSD)
- Census Tract (CT)
- Dissemination Area (DA)
- Enumeration Area (EA)
- Rural Area
- Standard Geographical Classification System
- Statistics Canada
- Urban Area
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