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{{shortShort description|Type of  community  or  settlement  identified by  Statistics Canada}}
A '''designated place''' ('''DPL''') is a type of [[community]] or [[Human settlement|settlement]] identified by [[Statistics Canada]] that does not meet the criteria used to define [[Municipality|municipalities]] or [[Population centre (Canada)|population centres]]. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the [[Census in Canada|Canadian census]] as the statistical counterparts of [[incorporated place]]s such as [[city|cities]], [[town]]s, and [[village]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=Statistics Canada|date=2016-11-16|title=2016 Census Program|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/geo018-eng.cfm|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>