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Administrative and Electoral Boundaries of Canada - 2019

Explore Canada’s 2019  federal electoral districts (FED), advanced polling district boundaries and polling division boundaries.

The Atlas of Canada - Territorial Evolution from 1867 to 2017

Take a trip through time and explore Canada’s territorial evolution from 1867 to 2017 using the thematic slider.

Air Quality

Learn more about air quality and emission levels in Canada with the Air Quality featured dataset. This map features three key datasets: average ambient fine particles emissions, peak ambient fine particles emissions, and fine particulate matter emissions.

Annual Crop Inventory

Discover Canada’s crops with the Annual Crop Inventory web application, and learn more about the process of deriving these digital maps from satellite imagery.

Canada flood map inventory

Explore available flood hazard maps in your area in Canada.

Canada's Commemorative Map

Commemorate Canada’s participation in armed conflicts at home and abroad by highlighting a sample of the many geographical features and places named for those that served our country.

Canada’s Evapotranspiration and Evaporation

Explore land surface evapotranspiration and water surface evaporation over Canada’s landmass.

Canadian Hydrospatial Network Map

View and explore a map of the network that includes waterbodies, catchments, and flowlines.

Canadian Impact Assessment Registry – Assessment Inventory

Interested in environmental impact assessments? Check out this featured layer outlining the completed, in progress and discontinued impact assessments in Canada.

The Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network

Health Canada routinely collects environmental samples for radioactivity analysis. Use the charting plugin to explore and analyse radioactivity in Canada.

Canadian Wetland Inventory

This is the third-generation high resolution wetland inventory map of Canada. It was produced using multi-year imagery between 2016 and 2020.

Climate change starter kit preview

This preview map displays wildfire hotspots in Canada overlaid with absolute mean temperature and total precipitation intensity.

Critical Habitat — Species at Risk — Canada

Habitats are essential for the survival or recovery of wildlife. Learn about conservation and species at risk with Canada’s Critical Habitat featured layer, which shows a national view of Canada’s critical habitat sites.

Disaster Events Since 1900

The Canadian Disaster Database (CDD) contains detailed disaster information on more than 1000 natural, technological and conflict events (excluding war) that have happened since 1900 at home or abroad and that have directly affected Canadians.

Earthquakes in Canada

Curious about Canada’s largest earthquake? Check out this interactive map featuring Canada’s historical earthquake data ranging from 1980-2019.

Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas

Explore Canada’s marine ecosystems with the Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas feature dataset. This map exhibits areas within Canada’s oceans that were identified through formal scientific assessments as having special biological or ecological significance.

Fire Season Length across Canada

Interested in Climate Change projections and fire seasons in Canada? Check out this map displaying fire season length in Canada. Use the thematic slider plug in to explore fire season length in the short term (2011-2040), medium term (2041-2070), and long term (2071-2100).

First Nation Location

Learn about First Nations locations across Canada! This dataset features the geographic locations, as well as the names of First Nations throughout Canada.

Flood susceptibility index

Explore flood susceptibility across the country, based on patterns of historic flood events.

Floods in Canada - Archive

View flood extent polygons and their footprints representing floods from previous years throughout Canada as monitored by Natural Resources Canada using satellite imagery for emergency response.

Floods in Canada - Current year

Explore floods for current year as monitored by Natural Resources Canada.

The Ground and Water Transportation Network

Discover Canada’s transportation network in its entirety with the Ground and Water Transportation Network featured layer.

High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) Mosaic

Check out the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic (HRDEM Mosaic) which displays both DSM and DTM hill shaded layers.

High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic (HRDEM Mosaic) - CanElevation Series to display DSM and DTM

Check out the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic (HRDEM Mosaic) which displays both DSM and DTM hill shaded layers. Use our swiper plug in to view the difference between the two. Default extent has been set to Vancouver for an interesting view point.

Historic and modern treaties

View the boundaries of the Modern treaties (formerly known as the Post-1975 treaties) and historic treaties (formerly known as the Pre-1975 treaties).

Historical flood events

Explore an archive of locations where some of the largest floods have taken place in recent Canadian history.

Indigenous Mining Agreements (Active)

Learn about Canada’s active indigenous mining agreements. This featured dataset provides information on indigenous communities’ signatory agreements; including the type of agreement, exploration projects, and producing mines.

Indigenous Population of Canada

Interested in Indigenous populations across Canada? Explore the Indigenous Population of Canada featured map. The larger the symbol, the higher the percentage of Indigenous population in that area. The darker the colour, the denser is the general population.

Land Cover Canada

Unravel Canada’s land cover changes with the Land Cover of Canada map. Explore land cover changes between 2010, 2015 and 2020.

Legislative Boundaries of Aboriginal Lands and Aboriginal Agreements

Explore Aboriginal lands and agreements through the Legislative Boundaries of Aboriginal Lands and Aboriginal Agreements featured dataset. The agreements are centered on Aboriginal and Northern issues such as education, economic development, child and family services, health, and housing.

Major Natural Resource Projects in Canada

This map features projects from Major Project Inventory (MPI), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), and Major Projects Management Office (MPMO).

Majority (%) Mother Tongue Population by Census Division, 2016

Discover the predominant language spoken in your census division with the Majority (%) Mother Tongue Population by Census Division featured dataset. This dataset is based on English, French, or non-official language, and includes the 2016 population ecumene by census division layer.

Maximum Temperature

Discover temperature trends and patterns with the Maximum Temperature map. Use the range slider plugin to set intervals and play the map animation to view temperature changes.

Median total income of households in 2015 (dollars) by census subdivision, 2016

Explore the median total household income in Canada in 2015 by panning the map or using the range slider to filter by total income.

National Parks and National Park Reserves of Canada Legislative Boundaries

Explore Canada’s National Parks, settlement land, protected areas and more with our National Parks and National Park Reserves of Canada Legislative Boundaries interactive web application.

National Parks and Protected Areas

Discover Canada’s parks and protected areas with the National Parks and Protected Areas interactive map. This map features all of Canada’s national park boundaries as well as protected areas and marine protected areas.

North American Energy

Interested in power plants distribution across North America? Use the swiper plugin to highlight Hydro and Petroleum power plants across North America.

Permafrost by Ecoprovince

Uncover Canada’s permafrost coverage with the Permafrost by Ecoprovince featured layer.

Priority Species at Risk Ranges

Discover Canadian geographic ranges of priority species identified under the Pan-Canadian Approach for Transforming Species at Risk Conservation in Canada. This featured dataset displays the priority species' habitats, as well as four classifications of conservation areas in Canada.

Proportion of commuters using sustainable transportation by census subdivision, 2016

Interested in sustainability indicators? Check out this sustainable transportation layer, which features the proportion of commenters in Canada who travel by a sustainable mode of transportation.

Protected Areas – Canada

Interested in conservation and protection of wildlife? Check out the Protected Areas – Canada featured dataset to learn more about the protected areas legal framework, which aims to facilitate wildlife and habitat conservation.

Ratio of new immigrant arrivals (2001 – 2016) to older immigrant arrivals (before 2001) by census division, 2016

Compare the ratio of new immigrant arrivals to older immigrant arrivals with this featured map.

Targeted Investments in First Nations Community Infrastructure

Want to learn more about infrastructure projects in First Nations communities? Check out this Targeted Investments featured layer to investigate infrastructure projects across Canada that are funded through Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) programs.
Map of a change detection analysis in Québec City

Urban Development Use Case

Explore the results of a change detection analysis in Québec City.

Water resources starter kit preview

This preview map displays water temperature along with the tide and water level stations across Canada.