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Table E.1
Unique identifiers consistent with other geography products
Geographic area Unique identifier Code composition
Province/Territory PRUID 2-digit province code
Federal electoral district FEDUID (2-digit province code) and (3-digit federal electoral district code)
Census metropolitan area/Census agglomeration CMAUID 3-digit census metropolitan area/census agglomeration code

Where there are no census metropolitan areas/census agglomerations, this code is NULL.

Census tract CTUID (3-digit census metropolitan area/census agglomeration code) and (7-character census tract name)

Where there are no census tracts, this code is NULL.

Urban area UAUID 4-digit urban area code

Where there are no urban areas, this code is NULL.

Economic region ERUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit economic region code)
Census division CDUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census division code)
Census subdivision CSDUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census division code) and (3-digit census subdivision code)
Census agricultural region CARUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census agricultural region code)
Census consolidated subdivision CCSUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census division code) and (3-digit census consolidated subdivision code)
Designated place DPLUID (2-digit province code) and (4-digit designated place code)

Where there are no designated places, this code is NULL.

Dissemination area DAUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census division code) and (4-digit dissemination area code)
Dissemination block DBUID (2-digit province code) and (2-digit census division code) and (4-digit dissemination area code) and (2-digit dissemination block code)