The 2006 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the official release of the* 2005 Road Network File* (92-500-XWE).
The 2005 Road Network File (RNF) is the first official release from the 2006 Census Geography suite of products and services. The RNF is a digital representation of Canada’s national road network, containing information such as street names, type, direction and address ranges.
The unrestricted release of the RNF allows Canadians to preview the national road network which is the source for the creation of geographic units being used for 2006 Census of population. Other applications of this file include: mapping, geocoding, geographic search, area delineation, and database maintenance as a source for street names and locations.
The 2005 Road Network File (RNF) is available for Canada and individual provinces and territories in three formats: ArcINFO® (.SHP), MapInfo® (.TAB), and, for the first time, Geography Markup Language (.GML).
For the first time, the RNF is available free of charge to Canadians on the Internet and can be found by clicking on the '_2006 Census'_ button located on the top navigation bar of the Statistics Canada home page and can be accessed under '_The 2006 Census'_. It can also be found by clicking on the '_2001 Census'_ button on the top navigation bar of the Statistics Canada home page and can be accessed under '_Recent Releases'
