Natural Resources Canada

This interactive map is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The map illustrates a sample of close to 500 places in Canada named for women from a range of backgrounds who have been...

The Social Vulnerability component of the National Human Settlement Layer (NHSL) includes information about broad spatial patterns of social vulnerability at the neighbourhood scale, and indicators about the capacities for a community to withstand and recover from disaster events based on...

The Physical Exposure component of the National Human Settlement Layer (NHSL), defined here as the ‘Physical Exposure Model’, includes a delineation of settled areas and related land use across Canada, as well as information about buildings, persons, and building replacement values (structure and...

The National Human Settlement Layer (NHSL) is a collection of thematic datasets that describe the physical, social and economic characteristics of urban centres and rural/remote communities across Canada, and their vulnerability to natural hazards of concern. Detailed information on land use,...

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 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 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...

The map title is Yukon Territory. Tactile map scale. 1.8 centimetres = 100 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the Yukon Territory, shown as dashed and solid lines. A wavy symbol indicates water. A circle and the city name to show the location of Dawson. A filled...

The map title is Montréal-Latin. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Main streets are coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. The details of the downtown area of Montréal's Latin Quarter are coded...

The map title is Woodstock. Tactile map scale. 1.5 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Woodstock detail of downtown area. Main streets. Secondary streets. Train station. Bus terminal. Railroad. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for...

The map title is Yellowknife. Tactile map scale. 1.7 centimetres = 4 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Yellowknife and surrounding area. Main roads. Lakes. Airport. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The...

The map title is Toronto. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 250 metres North arrow pointing to the north. The downtown area is located north of Lake Ontario symbolized with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Toronto downtown detail is coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main...

The map title is Rock Types. Map scale. North arrow pointing to the north. Map projection is Hammer-Aitoff. Border of Canada. Great Lakes Border for each theme category within Canada. Neat line around the map. Each theme category is identified by a number that corresponds to the legend. Legend is...

The map title is Whitehorse. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Whitehorse 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...

The map title is Windsor. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Windsor downtown details are 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...

The map title is Iqaluit. Tactile map scale. 4 centimetres = 1 kilometre North arrow pointing to the north. Iqaluit detail of downtown area. Main streets. Airport. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps...

The map title is Winnipeg. Tactile map scale. 2 centimetres = 2 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Winnipeg and surrounding area. Main roads, route 1 and 100. Red River. Airport. Bus station. Train terminal. Railroad. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised...

The map title is Cowichan Valley. Tactile map scale. 1.8 centimetres = 10 kilometres North arrow. Region includes Nanaimo, Cowichan Lake, Duncan, Sydney. Trans-Canada Highway, route 1 and route 18. Airport in Nanaimo. Bus Terminals. Bodies of water, Strait of Georgia. Tactile maps are designed...