A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.
[1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre).
"[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.
[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.
[2] In the 2021 Census of Population, New Brunswick had 161 designated places,[3] an increase from 157 in 2016.