• The supporting user guides can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat and have PDF (.pdf) extensions.
  For information on downloading and installing the Acrobat Reader on your workstation, click here.
• Statistics Canada: 1997 Geography Catalogue (63 pages)

• Block face data file (BFDF)

The 1996 Block-Face Data Files are available in ASCII format (.TXT).
User Guide (35 pages)
 
• Correspondances file between 96Eas (Representation Order 1987) and 96FED (Representation Order 1996)

ASCII format
User Guide (3 pages)
 
• Digital Boundary File (DBF)

All Digital Boundary Files are available in ARC/INFO® EXPORT and in MapInfo® Version 4.0 for Windows format.
The coordinates are in latitude/longitude.
User Guide (95 pages)
 
• Digital Cartographic File (DCF)

All Digital Cartographic Files are available in ARC/INFO® EXPORT and in MapInfo® Version 4.0 for Windows format.
The coordinates are in latitude/longitude.
User Guide (95 pages)
 
• Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF)

The PCCF does not include any software or instructions on how to use the product within specific Geographical Information Systems (GIS) or mapping packages.
User Guide November 2000 - User Guide June 2001 - User Guide November 2001 (47 pages each)
 
• Postal Code Population Weight File (PCPWF)

The Postal Code Population Weight File is a flat ASCII file and does not include any software.
User Guide (18 pages)
 
• Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (1996 Representation Order) (PCFRF)

The PCFR is a flat ASCII file and does not include any software.
User Guide November 2000 - User Guide June 2001 - User Guide November 2001 (18 pages each)
 
• Street Network and Feature Extension Files (SNFEF)

All 1996 Street Network Files and Street Network and Feature Extension Files are available in two formats: ARC/INFO® EXPORT format and MapInfo® for Windows®.
The coordinates are in latitude and longitude NAD 27.
The file extension of the ARC/INFO® EXPORT files is E00. The file extensions for the MapInfo® files are TAB, DAT, ID and MAP.
User Guide (75 pages)
 
• Street Network Files and Street Network and Feature Extension Files (SNF&SNFEF)

All 1996 Street Network Files and Street Network and Feature Extension Files are available in two formats: ARC/INFO® EXPORT format and MapInfo® for Windows®.
The coordinates are in latitude and longitude NAD 27.
The file extension of the ARC/INFO® EXPORT files is E00.  The file extensions for the MapInfo® files are TAB, DAT, ID and MAP.
User Guide (73 pages)
 
• Skeletal Street Network Files (SSNF)

All 1996 Skeletal Street Network Files are available in two formats: ARC/INFO® EXPORT format and MapInfo® for Windows®.
The coordinates are in NAD 27 latitude/longitude.
The file extension of the ARC/INFO® EXPORT files is E00. The files extensions for the MapInfo® files are TAB, DAT, ID, IND and MAP.
User Guide (36 pages)

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Prepared by Caroline Habluetzel  and Anastassia Khouri Last updated: April 23, 2002 (CH) ©  EDRS - McGill University