Census division

{{Short description|Official census terminology used in the United States and Canada}}

Census divisions, in Canada and the United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond to a county, a regional municipality or a regional district.{{cite web|url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/ShortDescription_e.cfm?GEO_LEVEL%3D3%26TUTORIAL%3D1%26ABBRV%3DCD|title=Census Geography - Illustrated Glossary|access-date=2008-12-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821110045/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/ShortDescription_e.cfm?GEO_LEVEL=3&TUTORIAL=1&ABBRV=CD|archive-date=2007-08-21}}

In the United States, the Census Bureau divides the country into four census regions and nine census divisions.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/dv_metadata.html|title=Census Divisions Cartographic Boundary Files Descriptions and Metadata - U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2017-12-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926102227/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/dv_metadata.html|archive-date=2012-09-26}} The bureau also divides counties (or county equivalents) into either census county divisions or minor civil division, depending on the state.