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Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the a series of reproduced historical maps. The first maps, from Stephanius to Zaltieri, illustrate the emergence of the concept of a new continent of America. Behaims globe indicates the general belief that Europe...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that shows a series of redrawn reproductions of historical maps. The first three maps deal with the eastern interior of Canada, the first of them showing the work of Champlain, Canadas first great explorer. His work was...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that shows four maps and their extent of areas in Canada, which were mapped at various scales, circa 1955. The first map shows the areas which were mapped at scales of 1:50 000 and 1:63 360. The second and third maps show...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and/or extent of National Parks, Provincial Parks, National Reserves and Preserves, Provincial Reserves and Preserves, as well as bird sanctuaries which are denoted as being federally maintained or...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the locations of civil airports and aerodromes up to September 1957, together with the operational type of airport or aerodrome. The airports were classified according to class of Air Carrier each is technically...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows a map with four condensed maps comparing Quebec City and Montreal. The first two maps show stages of urban growth for Quebec City for periods ranging from 1608 to 1955 and Montreal for periods ranging from 1642 to...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows a map with four condensed maps of the cities Toronto and Ottawa. The first two maps show the extent and classification of land use circa 1955 for both Toronto and Ottawa. For Toronto, stages of urban growth are...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and extent of rural municipalities in Eastern Canada circa late 1950s. County, township and other rural municipalities are indicated. Key tables for numbered municipalities are included.

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and extent of rural municipalities in the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence area circa late 1950s. County, township and other rural municipalities are indicated. Tables for numbered municipalities are...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and extent of rural municipalities in Western Canada circa late 1950s. County, township and other rural municipalities are indicated. The differences between county and municipal districts in Alberta...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a main map that shows fifteen condensed maps of geostatistical units used by the 1951 Census. The main map shows the census divisions as used in that census to gather, compile and publish many of the results of the censuses of...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows twenty-two condensed maps of the principal stages by which Canada evolved into a Federal State of ten provinces and two territories. The timeline of these maps ranges from 1763, when, as per the Treaty of Paris,...

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows four condensed maps of the World, depicting the state of international affairs involving Canada circa late 1950s. The top left map shows countries of the Commonwealth. Dependencies of the countries shown on this...

Canada's relief is shown by a colour ramp to show elevation ranges. The highest values appear in Western Canada where the Rocky Mountains are located and also in Canada's North (on parts of Ellesmere and Baffin Islands). The lowest elevation values exist along all the coastlines and the areas of...

This map contains four inset maps of Canada showing its territorial and provincial boundaries as they existed in 1867, 1905, 1949 and 1999.

In 2001, 976305 people in Canada identified themselves as Aboriginal (North American Indian, Métis, Inuit or people who otherwise indicated they are Registered or Treaty Indians and/or are members of a Band or First Nation). They accounted for 3.3% of the nation’s total population, compared with...

This map shows the five major ocean drainage areas in Canada: Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. An inset map shows the major dams with reservoir capacity larger than 1 billion cubic metres. Six of the 10 largest hydro-electric generating stations by...

This reference map of Canada shows the provinces and territories with a detailed selection of populated places, major hydrographic features and major road networks. It also includes inset maps of North America and of The World.

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.