20230927 17290800 1.0 TRUE DPL - ldpl000a21s_e Designated Place 2021, Digital Boundary Files (DBF). Usually a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and a density of 400 persons per square kilometre). Designated places are created by provinces and territories, in cooperation with Statistics Canada, to provide data for submunicipal areas.