Geospatial Data: Topography of Canada

Topography Map

CanMatrix - Digital Topographic Maps of Canada

Natural Resources Canada, 1996

Scanned topographic maps (raster) of Canada based on the National Topographic System (NTS) 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale paper maps published by Natural Resources Canada. The files are geocoded according to NAD83 and have a scanned resolution of 300 dpi.

Format: GeoTIFF (.tif)

Access: Download form GeoGraits Geospatial Product Index

CanVec+

Natural Resource Canada, 2011

A new digital vector dataset replacing the National Topographic Data Base (NTDB). Data contain more than 90 topographic entities thematically organized into 11 distribution themes: Administrative Boundaries, Buildings and Structures, Energy, Hydrography, Industrial and Commercial Areas, Places of Interest, Relief and Landforms, Toponymy, Transportation, Vegetation and Water Saturated Soils.

Format: ESRI Shapefiles

Access: Download from GeoGraits Geospatial Product Index

National Topographic Data Base (NTDB)

Natural Resources Canada, 1998

Digital vector data sets that cover the entire Canadian landmass. Each data set consists of one NTS unit at either the 1:50,000 or 1:250,000 scale. Coverages include the following 13 themes: hydrography, hypsography (contours), vegetation, the road network, roads, the rail network, the electric power network, designated areas, landform and relief, water saturated soils, toponymy and manmade features.

Format: ESRI Shapefiles

Access: Download from GeoGraits Geospatial Product Index

CanTopo

New generation of topographic maps at a scale of 1:50,000.

Formats: PDF, TIFF, GeoTIFF, GeoPDF.

Access: Download from GeoGratis

Canadian Atlas Map Bundle (CAMB)

DMTI Spatial Inc., 2005

National and provincial level topographic data based on the National Atlas Information Service (NAIS) 1:2 million, 1:7.5 million, and 1:30 million scale digital maps. The NAIS 1:2 million-scale dataset provides detailed provincial or regional map data. The 1:7.5 and 1:30 million scale digital datasets provide excellent map data at a national level. It offers many more name attributes (for physical features, populated places and roads) than most other digital boundary files.

Format: MapInfo, ESRI Shapefiles

Access: Request from ADC

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Canadian Digital Elevation Model [Ed. 3.0]

Natural Resources of Canada, 2007

DEM tiles covering all areas of Canada, based on the NTS 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scale maps. Data are provided in USGS DEM format, and must be converted into raster format before they can be viewed in ArcGIS.

Format: ASCII files (.dem)

Access: Download from GeoGraits Geospatial Product Index

DMTI Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

DMTI Spatial Inc., 2011

DEM tiles covering most of Canada at the 1:50,000 (30m resolution) and 1:250,000 (90m resolution) scale. Index shows DEM coverage available through DMTI. Data are provided in ASCII .txt format, and must be converted into raster format before they can be viewed in ArcGIS.

Format: ASCII files (.dem), Planet (UTM projection only) files

Access: Request from ADC

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