LibGuides: GeoSpatial Data: Canada

Canadian GeoSpatial data

Aboriginal Lands
or via ftp Aboriginal Lands of Canada
Canada Federal Electoral Districts
Canada geospatial data extraction tool
Canadian Digital Elevation Model (CDEM)
legacy product; - 1:250k tiles for most of Canada
Canadian Digital Surface Model (CDSM)
legacy product; - 1:50k tiles for most of Canada
Digital Surface Model
1m - 2m resolution but only for limited areas of Canada
Digital Terrain Model
1m - 2m resolution but only for limited areas of Canada
CDED-Digital Elevation Model
-legacy product; 1:50k & 1:250k tiles for most of Canada
Canadian government GeoSpatial data search
DMTI collection
-Enhanced Points, GeoPinPoint, RouteLogistics, etc
-via BC Research Libraries Dataverse interface hosted at UBC
GeoGratis Web Services
various map services
NRCan download directory
-(legacy) Topographic vector data by 1:50k & 1:250k NTS tiles (ftp)
CanVec Series (topographic)
CanVec (new) Series -download entire provinces
NRCan GeoScience (WMS) Repository
copy WMS address at bottom of page into a GIS
Soil Landscapes of Canada 3.2
-also need Soil Name and Soil Layer Tables and Dataset descriptions

StatsCan GeoSpatial files

Census Boundary files
Hierarchy of Census Geography

Census of Agriculture boundary files
Health Regions (HSDA) boundary files
Postal Code Files: StatsCan PCCF; PCCF+ and DMTI Points; Polygons
-Via AbacusDataVerse at UBC; log-in with UVic NetLinkID & Password
-search for PCCF or PCCF+ or Postal Code Suite
Note: PCCF+ is a SAS program
StatsCan Road Network file

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