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  • Open Data

    Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names

    This interactive map is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The map illustrates a sample of close to 500 places in Canada named for women from a range of backgrounds who have been...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • CSV
    • HTML
  • Open Data

    Canadian Geographical Names - CGN

    The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) is the authoritative national database of Canada's geographical names. The purpose of the CGNDB is to store place names and their attributes that have been approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC), the national coordinating body...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • CSV
    • KML
    • SHP
  • Open Data

    Indigenous Geographical Names

    The Indigenous Geographical Names dataset presents an extract from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) of geographical names with roots in Indigenous cultures. These geographical names reflect heritage, language, personal names, and cultural practices. Terrain and water features,...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • CSV
    • KML
    • SHP
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
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