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Title | Availability | Data Type | Geography | Description |
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Scholars GeoPortal | GIS |
Niagara, Ontario, Canada |
Access a variety of Ontario and Canada-wide datasets available to current members of the Brock University community. |
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Open Data Niagara Region | GIS |
Niagara |
Download GIS data layers for Niagara Region including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more. |
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Open Data Welland | GIS |
Welland |
Download GIS data layers for the city of Welland including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more. |
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Open Data Niagara Falls | GIS |
Niagara Falls |
Download GIS data layers for Niagara Falls including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more. |
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Canada Open Data | GIS |
Canada cities |
Provincial and Municipal Open Data Portals in Canada. Maintained by the Government of Canada. |
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Ontario Open Data | GIS |
Ontario |
Metadata browser for all provincial data sources. Access may be restricted. Click the "Open Data" filter to browse immediate data downloads. Contact us if there is a resource you want that isn't ready for public download. Maintained by Land Information Ontario (LIO). |
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Niagara Vector Data | GIS |
Niagara |
Licensed data includes building footprints, campgrounds, chambers of commerce, 2.5 metre contours, government facilities, schools, tourist information centres, township lots & concessions, waste management and wineries of the Niagara region. |
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Niagara Licensed Child Care Centres | GIS |
Niagara |
Licensed child care centres in Niagara for January 2006 and August 2014. These Excel workbooks include address details for geocoding. |
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Brock Campus GIS Data | GIS |
Brock |
Data includes large scale layers such as contours (5 m), buildings, wooded areas, trees, hydro poles, sidewalks, ditches, culverts, roads, tennis courts, to name a few. |
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Soil Survey Complex | GIS static |
Ontario |
Data set describing soil patterns of Southern Ontario. Attributes include soil name, texture, drainage and slope. |
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Agricultural Resource Inventory | GIS static |
Ontario |
Detailed land use and land cover patterns for Southern Ontario, based on 1:50,000 scale mapping originating from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1990. Descriptions include urban, recreation, woodlot, idle agricultural land, vineyards, orchards, peaches, tobacco, corn, mixed systems, hay, pasture, grazing, sod farms and berries. |
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Water Well Information System | GIS |
Niagara |
Point data representing water well locations in Niagara. Using the well ID number, a manual search of the printed Groundwater Bulletin Report (MapBk TD 405 O58 2006) will provide further details including elevation, water kind, water use, depth to bedrock, depth to water and soil profiles. |
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Natural Areas Inventory (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
Polygon data for the Niagara Watershed with attributes describing natural areas such as: cliffs, talus, rock, shoreline, bluff, sand, dunes, bog, marsh, agriculture (as open, shrub, treed, barren), woodland, thicket, swamp, hedgerow (as coniferous, deciduous, mixed) and aquatic features (as floating leaved shallow, submerged shallow, open water), and wetlands. These data are useful for large scale mapping for landuse or land cover analysis. |
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Niagara Natural Environment (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
An inventory of the regulated natural environment within the Niagara watershed. Layers include: shoreline mapping, floodplains, wetlands, riverine floodplains, top of slope, top of slope allowance, and wetland allowance. |
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Source Water Protection Data (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
GIS data layers related to NPCA Groundwater Vulnerability Analysis and Groundwater Recharge Areas including: highly vulnerable aquifers, significant ground recharge areas, catchment areas, rivers and watershed areas. |
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Large Scale Surface Water Inventory (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
GIS layers reflecting large scale (1:2k, 1:10k) surface water features of the Niagara Watershed such as waterbodies (lakes, ponds, reservoirs, large rivers, marshland), rivers, streams, creeks, ditches, hydronet basins and catchments, watersheds and subwatersheds. These data help identify and map surface water interactions with water and wastewater systems and other municipal infrastructure (storm water systems, culverts, bridges). Stream Flow data is available under Related Information. |
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Conservation Areas (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
A single layer representing conservation areas under the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority jurisdiction with attributes including name, access fees and amenities (parking, trails, Bruce Trail access, boat launch, picnic tables, restrooms, hunting, education demos). |
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Digital Elevation Model 2002 (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
A raster data set including a DEM (5 metre pixel resolution), hillshade layer and breaklines (2D shapefile) used to enhance the model for hydrologic purposes covering the Niagara Watershed. |
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1m Contours and Digital Terrain Model (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
A geodatabase of 1 meter contours, breaklines and mass points representing elevation characteristics of the Niagara Watershed. |
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Watershed Planning Areas (NPCA) | GIS static |
Niagara |
Boundary file representing the Niagara Watershed Planning Areas. Attributes include simply the planning area name. |
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SWOOP Orthoimagery 2015 | RS |
SW Ontario |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario captured in the spring of 2015. 1km tiles. |
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Niagara Orthoimagery - 2015 | RS |
Niagara |
High resolution aerial MOSAIC imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2015. |
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Niagara Orthoimagery - 2013 | RS |
Niagara |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2013. |
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SWOOP Orthoimagery - 2010 | RS |
SW Ontario |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario including the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2010. |
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SWOOP Orthoimagery - 2006 | RS |
SW Ontario |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario excluding Niagara captured in the spring of 2006. |
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Niagara Orthoimagery - 2002 | RS |
Niagara |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Greater Toronto Area including Niagara captured in the spring of 2002. |
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Niagara Orthoimagery - 2000 | RS |
Niagara |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2000. |
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Niagara Orthoimagery - 1995 | RS |
Niagara |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for St.Catharines and Niagara Falls in 1995. |
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Worldview-2 Satellite Imagery, July 10, 2018 | RS |
Niagara |
Remote sensing Worldview-2 satellite imagery for the town of Lincoln in Niagara. | |
WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery, May 9, 2015 | RS |
Niagara |
WorldView-3 satellite 1.5m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic (30cm), coastal, red, red edge, blue, green, yellow and near-infrared 1& 2 bands. |
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Niagara LiDAR | RS |
Niagara |
Two Niagara datasets provide select coverage over the Niagara Falls area. | |
Niagara Remote Sensing Imagery Index | RS |
Niagara |
This index offers an interactive view of satellite imagery available over the Niagara Region. Imagery includes Landsat, Worldview, GeoEye, SPOT and LiDAR. | |
GEOEYE-1 Satellite Image over Niagara, July 31, 2009 | RS |
Niagara |
GEOEYE-1 satellite 2m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic, red, blue, green and near-infrared bands. |
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Pleiades Satellite Image over Niagara-on-the-Lake, April 23, 2013 | RS |
Niagara |
Pleiades very high resolution satellite 50cm PAN, 2m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic, red, blue, green and near-infrared bands for the Niagara-on-the-Lake municipality. |
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SPOT-5 Satellite Image over Niagara, July 22, 2007 | RS |
Niagara |
SPOT-5 satellite 10m multi-spectral remote sensing image including bands 1, 2, 3 & SWIR. |
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Landsat-7, ETM+ Satellite Image over Niagara, June 10, 2000 | RS |
Niagara |
Remote sensing image for LANDSAT 7, ETM+ SLC-on; All Bands. Also available for download from USGS Explorer Landsat Archive. |
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LiDAR - Humber River | RS |
Toronto |
Remote sensing LiDAR imagery sample of the Humber River area in Toronto. |
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1934 Air Photo Mosaics of the Niagara Peninsula | static RS |
Niagara |
The 1934 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. The historical imagery is available in a variety of formats through this site. |
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1954 Air Photo Mosaics of Niagara | static RS |
Niagara |
The 1954 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. Geotiff files are available for direct download and use in GIS software. |
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1965 Air Photo Mosaics of Niagara | static RS |
Niagara |
The 1965 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. Geotiff files are available for direct download and use in GIS software. |
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Ontario Parcel Data (Teranet) | GIS |
Ontario |
Property boundary files for Ontario municipalities. |
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Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:25k 1960-1965 | GIS |
Niagara |
Georeferenced 1:25,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the first edition of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1960-1965). |
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Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:25k 1970 | GIS |
Niagara |
Georeferenced 1:25,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the second or third editions of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1970). |
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Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:50k | GIS |
Niagara |
Georeferenced 1:50,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the first edition of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1965-1969). |
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Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:63,360 | GIS |
Niagara |
Georeferenced 1:63,360 topographic maps of Niagara based on the National Topographic Series (NTS)(circa 1908 - 1917). |
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Ontario Base Map (OBM) Data | Web GIS |
Ontario |
Seamless coverage of topographic features include: airports, buildings, contour lines (5 metre contour interval), spot heights, drainage, municipal boundaries, pits, quarries, roads, railways, utility lines, waterbodies and wetlands. |
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Ontario Road Network | interactive GIS |
Ontario |
Geometry and attributes of Ontario's roads describing name, address ranges, direction of traffic flow, municipality, road classification and speed limit. |
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Ontario School Boards 2009-2010 | GIS
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Ontario |
Ontario public and catholic school board boundary files published in 2009, updated in 2010. |
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Niagara Escarpment Plan 2014 | GIS static |
Ontario |
Published in June 2005, plan documents, maps and GIS data are available for research relating to this protected area. |
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Ontario Integrated Hydrology Data | GIS |
Ontario |
Stream network, hydrology enforced digital elevation model, flow direction grid, raster representation of the stream network. |
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Ontario Flow Assessment Tools III | GIS |
Ontario |
This is an interactive water resources assessment tool used to calculate watershed boundaries, 2011 land cover characteristics and flow statistics. The user selects a point along a river as the source point and the tool generates the watershed boundary. All results may be downloaded in shapefile or table format. A User Guide is available. |
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Provincial DEM Tiled Data Set | GIS |
Ontario |
A raster data set including a continuous surface of elevation (10 metre pixel resolution for Southern Ontario, 20 metre for Northern Ontario) for the province of Ontario. |
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Quaternary Geology of Ontario | GIS |
Ontario |
Layers defining landform deposits typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:1 million scale mapping. Accessible through OGSEarth. |
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Surficial Geology of Southern Ontario (1:50,000) | GIS |
Ontario |
Layers defining landform deposits typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:50,000 scale mapping. |
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Bedrock Geology of Ontario (1:250,000) | GIS |
Ontario |
Layers defining bedrock features typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:250,000 scale mapping. Also available through OGSEarth. |
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Bedrock Topography and Overburden Thickness Mapping, Southern Ontario | GIS |
Ontario |
Grid files defining bedrock elevation and drift thickness. Available through OGSEarth. |
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OGSEarth | Google Earth / GIS |
Ontario |
Use Google Earth to view OGS geology maps that are available from Geology Ontario. Instructions for using OGSEarth. |
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Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System (SOLRIS) | GIS |
Ontario |
Grid and layer files describing landcover. Download "SOLRIS" from Scholars GeoPortal. |
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Provincial Landcover Ed.2 [Ontario, North of the Shield] | GIS |
Ontario |
Grid and layer files describing landcover north of the Canadian Shield. |
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CLAIMaps | interactive GIS static |
Ontario |
An interactive mapping tool that provides information on mining claims in Ontario. The site allows users to download map images as well as data in ESRI shapefile format. |
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TABI-1800 Thermal Imagery (Heber Downs Conservation Area, Macedonia, ON) |
RS |
Ontario |
Sample thermal remote sensing imagery supplied by ITRES Research for academic purposes. This airborne thermal data offers a wide imaging array of 1800 pixels at 25 cm resolution. |
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Pelee Island Orthophotos [2004] | RS |
Ontario |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Pelee Island in Essex Region captured in the spring of 2004. |
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Landsat-7 Imagery | RS |
Ontario |
False colour infrared and fused true-colour composites. |
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QUICKBIRD Imagery | RS |
Ontario |
Orthorectified image derivatives using panchromatic, multi-spectral (true colour, false colour) and pan-sharpened false colour. |
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Ontario Imagery | RS |
Ontario |
Summary of imagery projects with graphical indexes. |
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Grand River Information Network (GRIN) | interactive GIS |
Grand River |
An interactive mapping tool and GIS data portal for information describing the Grand River watershed. Users are required to register before files can be downloaded. |
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Peterborough GIS data 2018 | GIS |
Peterborough |
Vector data including streets, hydrology, sidewalks, building footprints, bus stops, land use, parcel fabric (property boundaries), zoning and schools. |
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Peterborough GIS data 2009 | GIS |
Peterborough |
Vector data including streets, hydrology, sidewalks, bike trails, bus stops, property parcels, buildings, land use (agriculture, commercial, industrial, major institution, major open space, protected natural areas, residential, rural, urban fringe control area and village), floodplain boundary. |
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Peterborough 2005 Orthoimagery | GIS |
Peterborough |
High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the city of Peterborough, Ontario captured in the spring of 2005. |
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South St. Catharines Streetlights | GIS |
St.Catharines |
Point data locating streetlights from downtown to Brock area. |
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St. Catharines Transit 2015 | GIS |
St.Catharines |
The St. Catharines Transit Commission has provided transit stops, routes and additional network data for public transportation planning. |
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St. Catharines Official Plan 2014 | GIS |
St.Catharines |
These GIS layers represent themes expressed in the Garden City Official Plan 2014. For example: heritage districts, transportation network, bicycle network, municipal structure, general land use, land use designation, parklands, trail systems, potential development constraints and community improvement areas. |
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Landcover 2002 Greater Toronto Area | GIS |
Toronto |
Grid and layer files describing landcover for the GTA. |
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CASI-1500 VNIR (hyperspectral) Imagery (Osoyoos, BC) | RS |
British Columbia |
Hyperspectral visible near Infrared (VNIR) remote sensing imagery with a 1500 pixel field of view at 1.5m resolution for a sample area in Osoyoos, BC. |
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CASI-1500 VNIR (hyperspectral) Imagery (University of Calgary, AB) | RS |
Alberta |
These sample data include hyperspectral visible near Infrared (VNIR) remote sensing imagery with a 1500 pixel field of view at 25cm resolution. |
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Canadian Weather Stations | GIS |
Canada |
Point data representing weather stations associated with Canadian Climate Normals organized by province. |
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Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP) | GIS |
Canada |
Vector land use data collected in two phases consisting of the following years: [1966, 1971, 1976] and [1981-1986] with differing land use/activity/land cover classifications for urban areas across Canada. |
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DMTI Postal Code Suite | GIS |
Canada |
National coverage of six-digit Postal Code points, Local Delivery Units and Forward Sortation Areas. The suite also includes a table linking postal data to census boundaries for 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011. Forward Sortation Areas are also available through Scholars GeoPortal. |
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DMTI Enhanced Points of Interest | GIS |
Canada |
A national database of ~ 1 million Canadian business and recreational points of interest. These point data include but are not limited to: schools, banks, hotels, shopping malls, gas stations, health care facitilites and golf courses. |
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DMTI Neighbourhoods Boundaries | GIS |
Canada |
A boundary file representing neighbourhoods in Canadian communities. |
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DMTI Parks & Recreation | GIS |
Canada |
A national database including parks of all varieties (national, provincial, amusement, golf, zoos, wildlife areas, conservation areas, bird santuaries, etc.). |
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DMTI Water | GIS |
Canada |
Vector layers reflecting water features by province based on 1:50,000 scale mapping. Features include points, lines and polygons for major and minor hydrology. |
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DMTI Land Use Layer | GIS |
Canada |
A vector layer for major Canadian communities including land use categories such as: commercial, government/institutional, open area, parks & recreational, residential, resource & industrial and waterbody. |
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The Geography Network | GIS interactive static |
Canada |
The Geography Network (ESRI portal) Canada is an online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps and data, from many of Canada's leading providers. |
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GIS interactive static |
Canada |
Developed by Natural Resources Canada, this is a one stop shop for geospatial data, topographic and geoscience maps, images and scientific publications. Easy to search, view and download, and completely FREE! Instructions for using GeoGratis are available. |
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GeoBase | GIS |
Canada |
Developed by the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG), this portal offers easy access to remote sensing imagery, administrative boundaries, National Hydro Network, National Power Line Network, National Railway Network or the National Road Network. |
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Census Mapper | GIS interactive static |
Canada |
Interactive census mapping for all of Canada. | |
Census 2016 | tables |
Canada |
As the census is being released, data tables can be accessed here. |
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Census Profiles Tables (CHASS) | tables |
Canada |
Site provides census data and documention for various years of the census of Canada. NOTE: access is limited to valid Brock University academia only. This is the University of Toronto portal for Statistics Canada Census data. Census data profile tables are used for census mapping. For more information see Data and Statistics. |
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GIS |
Canada |
Cartographic boundary files are available by searching the GeoPortal or by direct download from Statistics Canada. Geographic boundaries include census dissemination areas, census tracts, census divisions, census subdivisions, federal electoral districts, etc. |
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GIS |
Canada |
Polling divisions are available in PDF maps and GIS shapefile format for the province of Ontario. |
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Health Region Boundary Files | GIS |
Canada |
Health region boundaries including Public health units and Local Health Integration Network. |
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DMTI CanMap Route Logistics (Roads) | GIS |
Canada |
National vector data including roads, highways, street names and address ranges, routing attributes (Route Hierarchy, Roads, Highways, Rush Traffic, Median, Speed Limits and Travel Time), other transportation features, points of interest, parks, populated placenames, Canadian area code boundaries, Canadian time zones boundaries, general water features and municipal/provincial/federal boundaries. |
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National Hydro Network | GIS |
Canada |
Geospatial vector data describing hydrographic features such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, canals, islands, obstacles and constructions |
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TopoQuest | GIS |
United States |
Site offers USGS and Canadian 1:50K topographic maps in GeoTIFF format. |
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GeoCommunity Marketplace - GIS Data Depot | GIS |
United States |
The data depot provides a variety of GIS layers for the United States. |
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U.S. Census Bureau | interactive GIS |
United States |
Site offers details, interactive mapping and data download for the American Census. |
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ESRI Maps & Data | GIS |
World North America Europe |
Scaled base map themes including: populated places, transportation networks (roads, streets, highways, railways, airports, routing utilities, address locators), water features (hydrology, rivers, lakes, waterbodies), political boundaries, recreational areas, census data, etc. |
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USGS Earth Explorer |
RS |
World |
Landsat 1-8 Imagery (including thermal), ASTER, Elevation Data, Vegetation index, Land Cover, Tree Cover; Global coverage. Access remote sensing data of the world captured by various satellite sensor platforms. These data are freely available for direct download. A tutorial is available. |
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LandsatLook Viewer |
RS |
World |
Using an interactive map, explore landsat archived remote sensing images, view metadata and download full-band source Landsat satellite imagery. |
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DIVA-GIS | GIS |
World |
This site offers direct download for most countries across the world. Includes administrative areas, inland water, roads, railroads, elevation, land cover, population in shapefile, Grid or DBF format. Source data is mainly Digital Chart of the World. |
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ArcGIS Online | tool Cloud GIS |
World |
ArcGIS Online is a collaborative, cloud-based platform that allows you to create, store and manage maps, apps and data, and share them with others. You also get access to maps and apps shared by Esri and GIS users around the world. ArcGIS.com has many tools for managing your content. You can upload different types of data, such as packages, and desktop files like MXDs and LYRs and you also get 2 GB of storage in the secure cloud. A free ESRI Global Account is required. |
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Natural Earth | tool Cloud GIS |
World |
Free downloads containing vector and raster datasets of the world. This data is available in 1:10 million, 1:50 million and 1:110 million scales. Themes include water (lakes, rivers), major highways, roads, coastlines and country boundaries, to name a few. |
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Canada Climate Data | GIS |
Canada |
Gridded daily temperature and precipitation data for all of Canada from 1950 - 2010. |
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Environment Canada Climate Data | GIS |
Canada |
Monthly, daily and hourly climate data are available for Environment Canada weather stations through this website. A tutorial is available. |
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Libra Landsat Satellite Imagery | GIS |
World |
Open Landsat-8 remote sensing data search and retrieval. |
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GeoScan | static, GIS |
Canada |
Access geology maps (GSC) and data using the Advanced Search option. |
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National Atlas of Canada | static, GIS |
Canada |
Access archived map content from the National Atlas of Canada series, Federal Elections, Glacier Atlas, National Parks and more. |
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BIG Academic Alliance GeoPortal | static, GIS |
United States | Portal for accessing geospatial data of the United States (USA). |
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OCUL Historical Topographic Maps Digitization Project | static, GIS |
Ontario |
Historical topographic maps have been digitized, georeferenced and are available through this discovery portal. |
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Open Street Map Data | static, GIS |
World |
Download Open Street Map data in GIS ready formats. These data include streets, highways, transporation features, points of interest, land use, water features, etc. You are required to create a free login before data will be delivered. | |
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) | GIS |
Toronto |
Toronto transit data including surface routes (bus, streetcar) and stops. |