Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names

This interactive map is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The map illustrates a sample of close to 500 places in Canada named for women from a range of backgrounds who have been remembered for many different reasons. Each point on the map is categorized by a theme, and contains a short description of the person behind that place name. The descriptions reveal that information about these women and the places named for them varies widely; some are well-known and well-documented figures, while little is known about others.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-03
Date ( RI_366 )
2020-02
RI_410
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Canada
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Gendered toponymy
  • Women's place names
  • GNBC
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
  • Toponymy
  • Geographical maps
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
Fr; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Society
Begin date
1845
End date
2019
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3979 /
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.7.1 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform - ( )
Sherbrooke , Canada
1-800-661-2638
819-564-5698
OnLine resource
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Text dataset of the Women's Placenames map (comma-separated values) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Story Map: Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
Story Map: Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

File identifier
44cebdbe-a3a5-4f02-9f1d-66af8dbf76f1 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2021-03-12T13:59:55
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform - ( )
Sherbrooke , Canada
1-800-661-2638
819-564-5698
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada
Geographical maps Toponymy

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