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A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Ontario had 135 designated places,[3] an increase from 129 in 2016.[4] Designated place types in Ontario include 45 dissolved municipalities, 44 local service boards, 37 municipal defined places, and 9 dissolved population centres.[5] In 2021, the 135 designated places had a cumulative population of 74,105 and an average population of 549. Ontario's largest designated place is Breslau with a population of 5,053.[6]
Total designated places | — | 74,105 | 72,751 | +1.9% | 4,457.05 | 16.6/km2 |
Province of Ontario | — | 14,223,942 | 13,448,494 | +5.8% | 892,411.76 | 15.9/km2 |
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