Natural Resources Canada

11 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Stories from the land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada

    This interactive map is a collaborative project by the Geographical Names Board of Canada, illustrating a curated selection of places in Canada with names that have origins in multiple Indigenous languages. The names selected show the history and evolution of Indigenous place naming in Canada,...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
    • HTML
  • Open Data

    Map Labels - CanVec Series - Toponymic Features

    The toponymic features of the CanVec series include proper nouns designating places and representations of the territory. This data come from provincial, territorial and Canadian toponymic databases. They are used in the CanVec Series for cartographic reference purposes and vary according to the...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • SHP
    • HTML
    • KMZ
  • 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
  • Open Data

    Innu Audio Index

    The Innu Audio Index is an extract from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) of geographical names with associated audio. The shared audio with the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is the intellectual property of the Innu Nation. The points represent official geographical...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Digital Topographic Raster Maps, 1944-2012

    This group of maps, which includes the CanMatrix and CanTopo collections, is now a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards. Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) topographic raster maps provide a representation of the topographic phenomena of the...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • TIFF
    • KMZ
    • GeoTIF
    • GeoPDF
  • Open Data

    Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:15,000,000 2012-2017

    This collection is a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards. Users of Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:15,000,000 (release of May 2017) should plan to make the transition towards the new CanVec product. The Atlas of Canada National Scale...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • PDF
    • SHP
  • Open Data

    Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:5,000,000 2013-2016

    This collection is a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards. Users of Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:5,000,000 (release of May 2017) should plan to make the transition towards the new CanVec product. The Atlas of Canada National Scale...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • PDF
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:1,000,000 2013-2017

    This collection is a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards. Users of Atlas of Canada National Scale Data 1:1,000,000 (release of May 2017) should plan to make the transition towards the new CanVec product. The Atlas of Canada National Scale...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • PDF
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    Indexes of the National Topographic System of Canada

    Topographic maps produced by Natural Resources Canada conform to the National Topographic System (NTS) of Canada. Indexes are available in three standard scales: 1:1,000,000, 1:250,000 and 1:50,000. The area covered by a given mapsheet is determined by its latitude and longitude. 1:1,000,000...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • WMS
    • SHP
    • KMZ
    • TIFF
    • PDF
  • Open Data

    Toporama, 1945-2013

    This collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. Toporama is a digital topographic reference product using CanVec as source data. Developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Toporama covers the entire area of Canada's landmass and...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • GeoTIF
    • KMZ
    • PDF