Natural Resources Canada

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows rivers, lakes and glaciers of Canada in great detail without names as a pure pattern on a dark background.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with seven maps. The first maps shows mean annual precipitation for Canada. Four additional maps shows mean annual precipitation for four separate months. The final two maps show mean growing season...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with 4 maps. The maps show sea ice patterns: late winter conditions and late summer conditions (showing for each ice type and frequency of occurrence), time of break-up and time of freeze-up. Maps are at...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution for the two thermal aspects of Thornthwaite's climate classification system. There is thermal efficiency (a measure of heat received at the ground) shown as coloured areas in five...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows vulnerability of soils and bedrock to acid precipitation using low, moderate and high sensitivity classes. The table covers sensitivity of water areas and the small map shows pattern of sulphate...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the first three levels of Environment Canada's hierarchical ecological land classification system: ecozones, then ecoprovinces and finally 177 ecoregions.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is plate with three maps. The first map shows the locations (epicentres) of several thousand earthquakes occurring in or near Canada from 1568 to 1992; earthquakes classified by their magnitude and date. Table gives...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a sheet with four maps. The first map shows the average annual river flow for major rivers and has adjacent graphs showing average monthly runoff for 14 selected rivers. The map is coloured by oceanic drainage areas and also shows...

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows all of Canada classified into one of eight vegetation cover classes (for example, coniferous forest) using imagery with one kilometre resolution.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows Canada as seen from space in August, 1990 using uninterrupted 1.1 kilometer resolution imagery; final colors are adjusted to approximate those of the land cover portrayed.

Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the mineralogy and locations of mineral deposits for Eastern Canada circa 1906. A line drawn across the map indicates where the Northern, large portion of the Dominion is virtually unprosecuted except along the...

Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the mineralogy and locations of mineral deposits for Western Canada circa 1906. A line drawn across the map indicates where the Northern, large portion of the Dominion is virtually unprosecuted except along the...

The map title is Yarmouth. Tactile map scale. 2 centimetres = 3 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Yarmouth and surrounding area. Atlantic Ocean is shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Dashed lines indicate ferry crossings to Maine, USA. Main roads, Route 101 and Route 103. A...

The map shows the mean January daily temperature based on the 30-year period 1941-1970. The lowest mean January daily temperatures are below -35 degrees Celsius and are located on Ellesmere Island and on Axel Heiberg Island and south of the Boothia Peninsula in Nunavut. The highest mean January...

The map title is Halifax. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Halifax downtown detail is coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled....

The map title is Toronto-Union. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. A portion of Toronto Harbour is located at the lower right and shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Railway lines represented by a line with cross hashes are shown leading to...

The map title is Québec. Tactile map scale. 2 centimetres = 3 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Québec and surrounding area. The St. Lawrence River is shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Main roads, routes 20, 40, 73, 138, 173, 175, 573. A circle with a dot in the middle to...

"The Glacier Atlas of Canada is a collection of maps produced as part of the Canadian Glacier Inventory Project. This project was initiated as part of Canada's contribution to the International Hydrological Decade (1965 to 1974). Although publication of this map series was suspended in the...

The map shows the annual runoff in millimetres. Annual runoff varies from year to year owing to variations in precipitation, evaporation, and natural storage. The map presents the long-term average of these annual variations. The annual runoff is smallest in southern Saskatchewan and southeastern...

The map title is Northwest Territories. Tactile map scale. 1.5 centimetres = 150 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the Northwest Territories, shown as solid lines. The Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. A filled star and...