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GEO.ca Canada’s Federal Geospatial Portal

GEO.ca – Canadian Federal Geospatial Portal

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GEO.ca - Canadian Federal Geospatial Portal, is quickly becoming a cornerstone of Canada’s open geospatial ecosystem, offering an accessible entry point to more than 100,000 federal datasets and applications. It stands as a cornerstone of Canada’s geospatial data infrastructure, offering unparalleled access to authoritative, open, and interoperable spatial data. Its advanced search and visualization tools, commitment to open data and accessibility, and collaborative governance model position it as a leader among national geospatial portals. Designed for everyone, from GIS professionals to anyone interested in GIS, cartography, and public policy, GEO.ca provides the data, tools, and community needed to drive innovation, inform decision-making, and foster collaboration across sectors. For anyone working with location‑based information in Canada, GEO.ca is a resource worth exploring.
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.
Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids

Helping Children Learn Cartography

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Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids is a really great resource for helping children learn cartography. It shows them how maps are made, how they work and teaches them how to read maps including basic principles of navigation and how early explorers were able to chart the world, and Canada in particular.
1778 Isle de Terre-Neuve Map

1778 Isle de Terre-Neuve Map

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This 1778 map of Newfoundland (or Isle de Terre-Neuve in French) by explorer and cartographer James Cook is a detailed and historically significant depiction of the island.
Guidelines for Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Surveying

Guidelines for Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Surveying

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Both RTK & RTN GNSS surveying can allow people to achieve relative positioning with centimetre (cm) precision, however there are several important factors that need to be considered and thus a need for a good guide of best practices (equipment calibration, errors, multipath, geometry, etc.).
Canadian Boundary files

Canadian Boundary files (Open Data)

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The Canadian Boundary files data comes in two types: cartographic and digital. The Cartographic boundary files represent geographic areas using Canada’s main landmass and coastal islands. Digital boundary files, on the other hand, depict the complete extent of the geographic areas, including coastal water areas.
Northern Canada Map

Northern Canada Map

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Beautiful Northern Canada Map featuring the Canadian North in support of Natural Resources Canada and the Government of Canada’s Northern Strategy. This bilingual map product (available either in paper or digital formats) features the vast geography of the north from approximately 50° latitude and above.
Alberta 1921 map

1921 Map of Alberta

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Historic map of Alberta taken from Putnam's Handy Volume Atlas of the World that was published in 1921
CCA Mapping Competitions

Canadian Cartographic Association Student Map Competition

Every year the CCA announces awards, prizes and scholarships for Canadian post-secondary students involved in any forms of cartography or map-making. Find out how you could get some $$ for maps you create while at school!!!