Natural Resources Canada

679 datasets found
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    Native Peoples 1740

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution of indigenous population of Canada and the northern United States circa 1740. It also shows population groups by size, name and linguistic family and outlines areas of European...
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    Climatic Regions Thornthwaite Classification Moisture Regions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution for the two moisture aspects of Thornthwaite's climate classification system. The moisture regions are shown as coloured areas representing six moist and three dry climates; and...
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    Relief

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows relief using twelve height classes for land areas, eight depth classes for water areas. No populated places shown on map.
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    Geostatistical Areas 1981 Census Divisions and Subdivisions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the boundaries and names of all Census Divisions and non-urban Census Subdivisions (for example, townships). Three inset maps are used for areas with dense coverage of Census Subdivisions. A large...
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    Geostatistical Areas 1981 Municipalities and Indian Reserves

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the boundaries and names of all urban centres and Indian Reserves in the 1981 Census. A number of inset maps are used for areas with a dense coverage of statistical units.
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    Fisheries Resources

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that focuses on Atlantic and Pacific fishing areas; each shows distribution of main fishery resources (for example, cod, salmon). The inland data consists of spawning rivers and commercially fished rivers and...
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    Pulp and Paper Mills

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the pulp and paper mills giving mill capacity, five product types and principal forest company ownership. Paper converting plants are portrayed using four size categories. Map also shows forested...
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    Air Transportation Network

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows several classes of airports, charter bases and air routes, each in several classes, gives locations of navigational aids, and shows routes in use.
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    Energy and Minerals

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the energy data in oil and gas fields and related infrastructure, and electricity generating stations and transmission lines; mineral data shown are mines and processing facilities. Selected...
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    Migration

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the three aspects of migration for each 1986 Census Division: gross migration, net migration and immigration. All of the data covers the period of 1971 to 1986.
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    Telecommunications Systems

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the stations and links for each of microwave, optical fibre lines, landlines and submarine cable networks; satellite transmitting and receiving stations shown for radio-telephone systems and...
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    The Northwest Campaign, 1885

    abstract Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that show Canada with 1885 boundaries and settlements, and indicates routes taken to main campaign area (north-central Saskatchewan); inset shows details of campaign. The side panel contains a...
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    Distribution of Wetlands

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows occurrence of wetlands throughout Canada, using five percentage cover classes. Table gives estimated wetland area by province and territory.
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    Wetland Regions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that classifies Canada into forty wetland regions with similar ecological characteristics. The tables give temperature and other characteristics of each region.
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    Farm Types

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the predominant farm types and diversity of farming for each of 250 Census Divisions using 1981 Census data; also shows extent of agricultural lands.
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    Canada The 33rd Parliament

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows membership of the Parliament elected 4 September 1984. The map of Canada (with 20 urban insets) shows election results with Federal Electoral Districts coloured by the winning party. The matching...
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    Sawmills

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location of larger sawmills for Canada (with 1: 2 000 000 inset for Vancouver); sawmills classed by size, wood type, and ownership by major forest product companies Charts show Canadian lumber...
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    Water Transportation Infrastructure

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the infrastructure which consists of ports (classified by size and administrative body), selected shipping routes (such as the St. Lawrence Seaway), and vessel traffic control zones. The histogram...
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    Land Cover Associations

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows land cover associations used as twelve primary cover classes (e.g. forest) and their component secondary cover classes; basis is satellite imagery data which are subsequently classified and mapped...
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    Political Divisions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that uses separate colours for each province and territory and also indicates types of boundary lines.
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