Designated place

A designated place or DPL is a type of community or populated area identified by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes. DPLs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages.

DPLs are communities that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. DPLs are delineated at the request of a federal or provincial government to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the province in which they are located. The boundaries of a DPL have no legal status, and not all unincorporated communities are necessarily granted DPL status.

Some designated places may have a quasi-governmental status, such as a local services board in Ontario or an organized hamlet in Saskatchewan. Others may be formerly unincorporated settlements or formerly independent municipalities which have been merged into larger governments, and have retained DPL status in order to ensure statistical continuity with past censuses.

DPLs are similar to the function of census-designated places in the United States, but are defined differently. One significant difference is that Statistics Canada applies the designation to much smaller communities than does the United States Census Bureau.

Creation

To be defined as a DPL under current Statistics Canada rules, a community must have:^[1]

• a minimum population of 100 and a maximum population of 1,000. The maximum population limit may be exceeded provided that the population density is less than 400 persons per square kilometre, which is the population density that defines an urban area
• a population density of 150 persons or more per square kilometre
• an area less than or equal to 10 square kilometres
• a boundary that respects the block structure from the previous census, where possible
• a boundary that respects census subdivision (CSD) limits. If a named area with DPL status crosses the boundary of two or more census subdivisions, then it is enumerated as multiple DPLs, each designated "Part A", "Part B", etc., rather than as a single DPL.

The status of designated place was created for the first time in the Canada 1996 Census.^[1] Prior to 1996, such areas were only counted as regular enumeration areas within the applicable census divisions, and no special aggregation of figures was published.^[1]

Statistics

In the Canada 2006 Census, there were 1,289 communities in Canada which had the status of designated place, located in nine provinces and one territory. There were no designated places in Prince Edward Island, Nunavut or the Northwest Territories in 2006.

Alberta

Main article: List of designated places in Alberta

British Columbia

Main article: List of designated places in British Columbia

Manitoba

Aghaming · Ashern · Baden · Barrows · Berens River · Bissett · Blumenort · Brochet · Camperville · Cormorant · Crane River · Cross Lake · Dallas/Red Rose · Dauphin River · Dawson Bay · Duck Bay · Easterville · Falcon Lake · Fisher Bay · Fisher Branch · Gods Lake Narrows · Grunthal · Harwill · Herb Lake Landing · Homebrook · Island Lake · Landmark · La Salle · Little Grand Rapids · Lockport · Loon Straits · Lorette · Lundar · Mallard · Manigotagan · Matheson Island · Meadow Portage · Mitchell · Moose Lake · National Mills · Nelson House · Norway House · Pelican Rapids · Pikwitonei · Pine Dock · Powell · Princess Harbour · Red Deer Lake · Red Sucker Lake · Rock Ridge · Salt Point · Seymourville · Sherridon · Spence Lake · Thicket Portage · Wabowden · Waterhen

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Aylesford · Baddeck · Black Point · Boutiliers Point · Brookfield · Brooklyn · Cambridge · Canning · Carleton Corner · Centreville · Coldbrook · Cornwallis Park · Cow Bay · Donkin · Elmsdale · Enfield · Fall River · Falmouth · Freeport · Granville Ferry · Greenwood · Guysborough · Hants Border · Havre Boucher · Hebbville · Hillside · Hubbards · Lawrencetown · Lequille · Masstown · Milton · Milton Highlands · New Germany · Port Hastings · Port Williams · Priestville · Pugwash · River Hebert · St. Margarets Bay · Sandy Point · Shubenacadie · Tatamagouche · Terence Bay · Waterville · Waverley · Wedgeport · Westport

Ontario

Alban · Arkona · Armstrong · Athens · Bayfield · Beachburg · Bloomfield · Blyth · Bothwell · Braeside · Britt · Cache Bay · Campbell · Caramat · Cartier · Chalk River · Chatsworth · Clifford · Croft · Deloro · Erie Beach · Erieau · Ferguson · Finch · Flesherton · Foleyet · Gogama · Hawk Junction · Hepworth · Highgate · Hudson · Hurkett · Iron Bridge · Jogues · Kaministiquia · Killaloe · King-Lebel · Lanark · Lancaster · Lappe · Lee Valley · Lion's Head · McGregor Bay · Madsen · Magnetawan · Maxville · Minaki · Missanabie · Nestor Falls · Neustadt · Newboro · Newburgh · Oba · Pearson · Redditt · Restoule · Robinson · Rosseau · Rossport · St. Isidore · Savard · Searchmont · Shakespeare · Shallow Lake · Springfield · Sultan · Tara · Thamesville · Thedford · Thorne · Tiverton · Trout Creek · Vienna · Wabigoon · Wardsville · Webbwood · West River · Whitefish Falls-Willisville · Woodville · Zurich

Quebec

Amqui · Andréville · Armagh · Aston-Jonction · Beaulac · Beebe Plain · Bishopton · Blanc-Sablon · Carillon · Chapeau · Clarenceville · Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent · Fortierville · Frelighsburg · Gracefield · Grandes-Bergeronnes · Henryville · Inverness · Kamouraska · Lac-Carré · Lac-des-Écorces · L'Ange-Gardien^{[disambiguation needed ]} · La-Patrie · La Pérade · Laurierville · Leclercville · Les Becquets · Les Cèdres · L'Islet · L'Islet-sur-Mer · L'Isle-Verte · Lorrainville · Manseau · Mont-Saint-Grégoire · Neuville · Ripon · Rivière-Beaudette  · Rivière-Saint-Paul  · Rock Island · Saint-Alban · Saint-Alexandre · Saint-Bernard · Saint-Bernard-de-l'Île-aux-Coudres · Saint-Charles · Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu · Saint-Chrystostome · Sainte-Agathe · Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici · Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton · Sainte-Félicité^{[disambiguation needed ]} · Saint-Elzéar^{[disambiguation needed ]} · Sainte-Monique^{[disambiguation needed ]} · Saint-Flavien · Saint-Gabriel · Saint-Guillaume · Saint-Herménégilde · Saint-Isidore^{[disambiguation needed ]} · Saint-Léonard-d'Aston · Saint-Liboire · Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres · Saint-Ludger · Saint-Ours · Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage · Saint-Paulin · Saint-Placide · Saint-Polycarpe · Saint-Siméon^{[disambiguation needed ]} · Saint-Sylvestre · Saint-Ulric · Saint-Vallier · Saint-Victor · Saint-Wenceslas · Saint-Zacharie · Sault-au-Mouton · Scott · Stanstead Plain · Sutton · Taschereau · Upton · Val-Brillant · Wottonville · Yamaska · Yamaska-Est

Saskatchewan

Alta Vista · Amsterdam · Ardill · Arlington Beach · Balone Beach · Bankend · Barrier Ford · Bayard · Bayview Heights · Beaubier · Beaver Creek · Bellegarde · Big Beaver · Blumenthal · Brancepeth · Burgis Beach · Cactus Lake · Candiac · Cannington Lake · Caron · Cedar Villa Estates · Chelan · Chortitz · Claybank · Clemenceau · Colesdale Park · Congress · Corning · Courval · Crane Valley · Crooked River · Crutwell · Crystal Bay-Sunset · Crystal Lake · Crystal Springs · Cudsaskwa Beach · Darlings Beach · Davin · Day's Beach · Delmas · Demaine · Edgeley · Elbow Lake · Eldersley · Erwood · Evergreen Acres · Evergreen Brightsand · Fairholme · Fairy Glen · Fife Lake · Fiske · Frenchman Butte · Furdale · Garrick · Good Spirit Acres · Gray · Griffin · Gronlid · Guernsey · Hagen · Hazel Dell · Hendon · Hitchcock Bay · Hoey · Holbein · Horseshoe Bay · Indian Point-Golden Sands · Jasmin · Kandahar · Kayville · Ketchen · Kopp's Kove · Kronau · Kuroki · Kylemore · Lady Lake · Lakeview · Langbank · Lanz Point · Laporte · Lisieux · Little Fishing Lake · Little Swan River · Livelong · Lone Rock · MacDowall · Main Centre · Martinson's Beach · Mayfair · Maymont Beach · McCord · Meskanaw · Mikado · Mohr's Beach · Moose Bay · Mozart · Mullingar · Nesslin Lake · Neuanlage · Neuhorst · North Colesdale Park · North Shore Fishing Lake · North Weyburn · Northside · Nut Mountain · Okla · Orkney · Ormiston · Otthon · Ottman-Murray Beach · Oungre · Parkland Beach · Parkview · Parry · Pasqua Lake · Pathlow · Peebles · Pelican Cove · Pelican Point · Pelican Shores · Percival · Phillips Grove · Powm Beach · Prairie River · Prince · Riceton · Runnymede · Sand Point Beach · Sarnia Beach · Scout Lake · Shipman · Simmie · Sleepy Hollow · Snowden · Sorenson's Beach · Spring Bay · Spruce Bay · St. Isidore-de-Bellevue · St. Joseph's · Summerfield Beach · Sunset Beach · Swan Plain · Sylvania · Tadmore · Taylor Beach · Trevessa Beach · Trossachs · Tuffnell · Turtle Lake South Bay · Tway · Uhl's Bay · Usherville · Vantage · West Chatfield Beach · Westview · White Bear · Wishart · Wymark

Yukon

Carmacks

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "More information on Designated place (DPL)", Statistics Canada.