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Over southern Canada maximum snow depth usually occurs in January or February, while the time of maximum accumulation occurs much later in mountain areas and in the Arctic. The main features of the map are the pronounced maximum in snow accumulation over the western Cordillera (British Columbia...

This reference map of Canada shows the provinces and territories, populated places and major road networks. Also included are insets of North America and The World.

There are six time zones in Canada. From west to east the main time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern and Atlantic. The island of Newfoundland observes a sixth time: it decided to set its clock at the halfway point of its time zone or 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich time...

The map is based on satellite data obtained from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometre (AVHRR) on board the NOAA-14 satellite. Each land cover type can be identified by its unique spectral signature. Each signature is identified by a particular colour on the map. The land cover classes...

The map shows the median total income for the census divisions where the population density is greater or equal to 0.4 persons per square kilometre. The median total income of persons 15 years of age and over with income was $22 120 in 2000. The median income is the amount which divides income...

Canada, with 3.33 people per square kilometre, has one of the lowest population densities in the world. In 2001, most of Canada's population of 30,007,094 lived within 200 kilometres of the United States (along Canada's south). In fact, the inhabitants of our three biggest cities -- Toronto,...

The satellite image of Canada is a composite of several individual satellite images form the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometre (AVHRR) sensor on board various NOAA Satellites. The colours reflect differences in the density of vegetation cover: bright green for dense vegetation in humid...

This map depicts Canada's 2 great parts: the Shield and the Borderlands. The Shield consists of a core of old, massive, Precambrian crystalline rocks and covers half the country including most of Quebec and Ontario, the majority of Nunavut and Manitoba and all of northern Saskatchewan and eastern...

An outline map showing the coastline, boundaries and major lakes and rivers for Canada and nearby countries, and, for Canada, capitals, populated places, and the graticule. Many of these features are named.

An outline map of the northern circumpolar region using the Azimuthal Equidistant Projection centred at 90° North and 95° West, extending South to 50° North with names for countries and other major features.