Peel Geographies

Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) Census Division (CD) Census Subdivision (CSD) Census Metroplitan Areas consist of large urbanized Census divisions are the general term for provincially Census Subdivision is the general term for areas that surround an urban core. The urban core must legislated areas (such as county and regional district) or municipalities or their equivalents (such as Indian have a population greater than 100,000. Peel is a part of their equivalents. Census divisions are intermediate Reserves). the Toronto Metropolitan Area. geographic areas between the province/territory level Size: Size: and the municipality BROCK Less than 100

GGEORGINAEORGINA (census subdivision). 5,000 to to 1 million persons 5 million persons Size: EEASTAST Bradford GGWILLIMBURYWILLIMBURY SCUGOG West UUXBRIDGEXBRIDGE Count in Peel: New Gwillimbury 5,000 to over 2 million persons Count: Tecumseth NEWMARKET DURHAM Mono WWHITCHURCHHITCHURCH - AURORA SSTOUFFVILLETOUFFVILLE CLARINGTONCLARINGTON Count in Peel: 3 KING 1 OOSHAWASHAWA YORK PPICKERINGICKERING RRICHMONDICHMOND 1 HHILLILL MARKHAM WHITBY Example: Example: CALEDON AJAX VVAUGHANAUGHAN Example: Toronto PEEL Caledon, Brampton or Caledon TTORONTOORONTO Peel Region BBRAMPTONRAMPTON

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Census Tracts (CT) Dissemination Areas (DA) Dissemination Blocks Census Tracts are small, relatively stable geographic Dissemination areas are small, relatively stable Dissemination blocks are areas bounded on all sides areas in census metropolitan areas and census geographic units composed of one or more adjacent by roads and/or boundaries of standard geographic agglomerations. CT boundaries respect CD, CSD and dissemination blocks. It is the smallest standard areas. The dissemination block is the smallest CMA boundaries. geographic area for which all census data are geographic area for which population and dwelling Size: disseminated. counts are disseminated. About 1,200 to Size: Size: 16,000 persons 400 to 700 persons 0 to 5,000 persons Count in Peel: Count in Peel: Count in Peel: 234 1629 6,036 Example: Example: Example: 0576.24 35211222 35211864 Last Update: Last Update: Last Update: 2011 2011 2011 Peel Geographies

Greater Toronto Area - Hamilton Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Forward Sortation Areas (FSA) (GTA-H) The Greater Toronto Area is a metropolitan area that Forward Sortation Areas are the areas represented The Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area is a metropolitan includes the City of Toronto and the four surrounding by the rst three digits of a postal code. area that includes the City of Toronto and the four regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and surrounding regional municipalities of Durham, York. Size: Halton, Peel and York as well as the City of Hamilton. Size: Size: BROCK 1000 to 200,000 GGEORGINAEORGINA 10,000 persons 200,000 BROCK to 2.5 million persons GGEORGINAEORGINA EEASTAST SCUGOG to 2.5 million persons GGWILLIMBURYWILLIMBURY UXBRIDGEUXBRIDGE Count in Peel: Count: NEWMARKET Count: EEASTAST WWHITCHURCHHITCHURCH - DURHAM SCUGOG GGWILLIMBURYWILLIMBURY UXBRIDGEUXBRIDGE AURORA SSTOUFFVILLETOUFFVILLE CLARINGTONCLARINGTON 37 KING 5 YORK PPICKERINGICKERING OOSHAWASHAWA 6 NEWMARKET RRICHMONDICHMOND WWHITCHURCHHITCHURCH - DURHAM HHILLILL MARKHAM WHITBY AURORA SSTOUFFVILLETOUFFVILLE CLARINGTONCLARINGTON KING CALEDON AJAX Example: Example: VVAUGHANAUGHAN Example: OOSHAWASHAWA YORK PPICKERINGICKERING RRICHMONDICHMOND HHILLILL MARKHAM WHITBY Toronto PEEL L6R Hamilton AJAX CALEDON TTORONTOORONTO VVAUGHANAUGHAN BBRAMPTONRAMPTON

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Federal Electoral Districts (FED) Wards Federal Electoral Districts are areas represented by a Wards are districts in which a city or town is divided for member of Parliament & Member of Provincial the purpose of administration and elections. Each is Parliament. FED boundaries do not respect CSD represented by a local councillor. boundaries. Size: Size: 3,000 to 100,000 persons About 8,500 persons Count in Peel: Count in Peel: 12 26 Example: Example: Brampton, South Mississauga Ward 1 Last Update: Last Update: 2013 2014 Peel Geographies Service Delivery Areas (SDA) Secondary Plans (SP) Small Geographic Units (SGU) Secondary Plans refer to areas within each of the area Service Delivery Areas are a geography used by service Small Geographic Units are used for mid-scale census municipalities used for planning and analysis purposes. providers in Peel. They were created by the Peel Data Centre In Mississauga this refers to Character Areas (formerly data dissemination and analysis, and are created to in consultation with service providers. Each Service Delivery Planning Districts), in Brampton they are Secondary Plan Areas correspond with planning policies and the unique Area is an aggregate of neighbouring Dissemination Areas. and in Caledon they delineate rural settlements and rural geographical features found in the Region. Size: service centres. Less than 100 Size: Size: 100 to 1,000 persons to 5000 persons 5,000 to 10,000 persons Count in Peel: Count in Peel: Count in Peel: 77 1,091 124 Example: Example: Example: B009 C0007 0982 Last Update: Last Update: Last Update: 2012 2014 2012

Water Pressure Zones (WPZ) Sanitary Sewersheds (SSS) Tra c Zones (TZ) Each Water Pressure Zone delineates a distinct area Sanitary Sewersheds are formed around trunk sanitary Trac Zones are the geographic unit used in the where the pressure of the potable water delivered to sewer lines and subsidiaries; all homes/facilities within Region's (Public Works - Transportation Planning) travel homes/facilities is within an acceptable range for both each sewershed drain into the associated trunk sewer. demand forecasting model. humans and infrastructure. Size: Size: Less than 100 Size: 5,000 to to 5000 persons 100 to 1,000 persons 10,000 persons Count in Peel: Count in Peel: Count in Peel: 383 409 23 Example: Example: Example: MW-CVS-4 3010 12B Last Update: Last Update: Last Update: 2014 2014 2014 Peel Geographies

Peel Police Divisions (PPD) Police Patrol Zones (PPZ) The Region of Peel was divided in 5 police Divisions Also known as Beats, Patrol Zones are de ned to (2 in Brampton, 2 in Mississauga and the airport) with address police units deployment, responsibility area the purpose of distributing workloads, performing and problem solving. metrics and ensuring police visibility. Size: Size: 5,000 to About 1000 10,000 persons to 20,000 persons Count in Peel: Count in Peel: 72 5 Example: Example: 21 Division 12120 Last Update: Last Update: 2014 2014

Health Data Zones (HDZ) Local Health Integration Network Data Zones (DZs) are a customized level of geography (LHIN) developed for Peel Public Health using Census Data for the LHINs are local health organizations set by the Ministry of purpose of mapping health status data. Each Data Zone is Health and Long-Term Care, designed to plan, integrate and an aggregate of neighbouring Census Tracts. Data Zones fund local health services – including hospitals, community do not cross municipal boundaries. care access centres, home care, long-term care, mental health, community health centres as well as addiction and Size: community support services. 20,000 Size: to 400,000 persons About 300,000 Count: to 1 million persons 15 Count in Peel: Example: 2 Example: M3 Central West Last Update: Last Update: 2014 2013