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Elections Canada Polling Division Boundaries

Description:

This vector data resource was received from Elections Canada on March 4, 2009. The data includes: polling division boundaries, polling division points and federal electoral district boundaries under the Representation Order of 2003.

The polling division boundaries and points represent the 38th, 39th and 40th General Elections of 2004, 2006 and 2008 respectively. The polling division points relate to mobile polls and single building polling divisions (apartment buildings). Poll sites where people go to vote (school, community centres, church etc) are not represented in products from Elections Canada.

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data sets are available in Lambert Conformal Conic coordinates, NAD83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data Access:

In order to access these data sets, please visit the Geospatial Centre Reference Desk during reference hours.   Library reference staff are available to provide further information about these data sets.  Under the terms of the Library's license agreement, these data sets are for use by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Waterloo only.

Data Manipulation:

There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to GIS software, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the GIS software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UW faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media (Zip disk or CD-R) for use elsewhere.

Data Output:

These data may be exported from the GIS software as a bitmapped image (e.g., jpg) or may be printed as a map view using one of the library's colour printers.

Use Restrictions/Licensing/Copyright:

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. Elections Canada should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.

Citation:

Elections Canada: Federal Electorial District Boundaries, Mobile and Single Building Polls, Polling Division Boundaries. [Computer File]. Elections Canada 2008.

Sample View of the Data:

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, Library Assistant
May 24, 2012