Canadian Maps

Maps are one of the most powerful tools in the world. They provide invaluable insights into the relationships between people, places, and events.

Indigenous Place Names in Canada mapMaps allow us to explore new places, obtain better understanding about our surroundings, and gain a greater appreciation of the world around us. Maps can also be used to illustrate complex information in a way that is easy to understand. They can be used to help us make decisions and plan strategies. From helping us locate nearby restaurants to plotting out the safest route to a destination, maps are essential tools in our daily lives.

The “Canadian Maps” section of our site is where we showcase many different types of Canadian Maps and includes maps that we have created, as well as maps created by other cartographers. See the various links listed further below for pages containing a variety of Canadian Maps …

If you have any Canadian Maps that you think we should share with our viewers here, then please do let us know.

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British Columbia’s DataBC program

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The DataBC program provides public access to provincial geographic information through a single web interface, offering a multitude of geographic data (spatial and no-spatial), applications and tools in order to help their citizens make better informed decisions, inspire change and encourage development of new ideas to improve government decision making & policies. They have provided minimal licensing requirements to their data to help broaden the use of the Province's assets. "You can use our geographic services to help map the data and find tools to help you conduct your own research, analyze statistics, develop apps or to simply satisfy your curiosity."
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Languages of Universities Interactive Map

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These days, people are starting to make the Internet their primary source of everyday information and more people are becoming aware of how valuable spatial data and maps can be, as a result there have been more webs sites containing interactive web mapping applications appearing. Some of them can be pretty robust applications containing a wide variety of data sets and customization possibilities while others can still be relative simple mapping applications while still providing added value. Perhaps a good example of a relative simple mapping application that is well done and does a good job of combing spatial and basic information is one I recently came across ...
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Comparison of Free Online Map Sites ‘Bing Maps vs Google Maps’

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Online web mapping for most people is still a relatively new concept; however it has actually been around now for many years now, long enough that a good majority of us now take it for granted. And like many other great products from our modern society there are always various versions or brands that tend to shine and become more popular than the others. Online web maps have evolved so much over the past few years that I am sure you have noticed that even more people have them with them everywhere they go via, GPS navigation units, net books, tablets, smart phones and other portable devices. And hopefully you have already discovered the web mapping section on CanadianGIS.com about the many great Canadian online web maps that are out (and grows every month) to help make our lives easier.
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City of Prince George online PGMap Application

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The City of Prince George has released an updated version of their PGMap online web mapping Application. PGMap is what they refer to as the "On-line Geographic Information System" for the City of Prince George, British Columbia. PGMap was created and is provided free of charge to the public to use for viewing and searching property boundaries, aerial photography, legal descriptions, parcel information, verify zoning and various other City boundaries.
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NOAA Interactive Weather Map

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Here we have an online interactive web mapping tool with NOAA American weather station information, there are a good number of Canadian ones as well. The Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. Their operational server maintains a current database of meteorological and hydrological data, historical data, and written information generated by the NWS or other official sources.

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GeoSask Maps and Geospatial Information

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Built and maintained by Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan, GeoSask is a centralized open data website by the Provincial Government providing free online access to different types of maps and geospatial information related to the province of Saskatchewan. It features free downloadable GIS data (with a few exceptions) available from participating Government of Saskatchewan departments and agencies.

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Comparison of top Free Online Map Sites (part 3)

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Online web mapping for most people is still a relatively new concept; however it has actually been around now for many years now, long enough that a good majority of us now take it for granted. And like many other great products from our modern society there are always various versions or brands that tend to shine and become more popular than the others. This part 3 of the feature - Comparison of Free Online Map Sites 'Bing Maps vs Google Maps' that takes a closer look at the Major Differences/Pros and Cons of both Google & Microsoft's web mapping services

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Comparison of top Free Online Map Sites (part 2)

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Online web mapping for most people is still a relatively new concept; however it has actually been around now for many years now, long enough that a good majority of us now take it for granted. And like many other great products from our modern society there are always various versions or brands that tend to shine and become more popular than the others. This part 2 of the feature - Comparison of Free Online Map Sites 'Bing Maps vs Google Maps' that takes a closer look at Microsoft's web mapping service provided as a part of their Bing suite of search engines and powered by the Bing Maps for Enterprise framework.

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Things to See & Do in British Columbia

BCParks has created a simple online mapping application with data from the DataBC program to help people in British Columbia find things see and do in British Columbia by identifying the various locations of the Province's Parks, Protected Areas, Recreation Areas and Ecological Reserves. The online interactive mapping tool based on the Google Maps platform offers various searching abilities and provides users with some control over the features and map layers that are displayed in the mapping window. This online map application is ...