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.

ArcGIS Desktop Application Tutorials

ArcGIS Desktop Application Tutorials

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We often get asked for resources to help people learn how to work with GIS. Now that Esri provides a affordable not for commercial version of ArcGIS, we often suggest that they try out these ArcGIS desktop application tutorials provided by the ArcGIS Resource Center
Canadian opendata

Canadian Open Data and Free Geospatial Data

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Over the past few years CanadianGIS.com has been highlighting and promoting various cities and provinces in Canada that have done a great job providing data and applications to the public. We created this page a few years ago to collaborate links of all the open geospatial data info (sites that offer data downloads at no cost and without restrictions), fee based geospatial data, online web mapping applications and other great sources of geospatial information (including National, Provincial and Regional levels). This comprehensive list of open geospatial data, fee based geospatial data, web mapping applications and cartographic products is a valuable asset to many people (... we get hundreds of emails and requests regarding "Where can I find data for ...?") so we continue to update it with new information and sources of Canadian data sets.