Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series

CanVec contains more than 60 topographic features classes organized into 8 themes: Transport Features, Administrative Features, Hydro Features, Land Features, Manmade Features, Elevation Features, Resource Management Features and Toponymic Features.

This multiscale product originates from the best available geospatial data sources covering Canadian territory. It offers quality topographic information in vector format complying with international geomatics standards.

CanVec can be used in Web Map Services (WMS) and geographic information systems (GIS) applications and used to produce thematic maps. Because of its many attributes, CanVec allows for extensive spatial analysis.

Related Products:

**[Constructions and Land Use in Canada - CanVec Series - Manmade Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fd4369a4-21fe-4070-914a-067474da0fd6)**

**[Lakes, Rivers and Glaciers in Canada - CanVec Series - Hydrographic Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/9d96e8c9-22fe-4ad2-b5e8-94a6991b744b)**

**[Administrative Boundaries in Canada - CanVec Series - Administrative Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/306e5004-534b-4110-9feb-58e3a5c3fd97)**

**[Mines, Energy and Communication Networks in Canada - CanVec Series - Resources Management Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/92dbea79-f644-4a62-b25e-8eb993ca0264)**

**[Wooded Areas, Saturated Soils and Landscape in Canada - CanVec Series - Land Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/80aa8ec6-4947-48de-bc9c-7d09d48b4cad)**

**[Transport Networks in Canada - CanVec Series - Transport Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/2dac78ba-8543-48a6-8f07-faeef56f9895)**

**[Elevation in Canada - CanVec Series - Elevation Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/64aad38d-f692-4ab6-bf2c-f938586c1249)**

**[Map Labels - CanVec Series - Toponymic Features](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b3fdcd34-4533-415f-8f83-68f17f9d5d68)**

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Date ( RI_367 )
2019-03
Date ( RI_366 )
2016-05-18
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Transport
  • Hydrography
  • Administrative boundaries
  • Elevation
  • Resource Management
  • Land
  • Manmade
  • Map labels
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • CanVec
  • Atlas of Canada
  • Toporama
  • Reference maps
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Cartography
  • Geographic data
  • Geographic information systems
  • Educational resources
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
Metadata language
fra
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1944
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4617 / 8.8.1
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:5713 / 8.8.1
Distribution format
  • SHP ( Unknown )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.1 )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

  • GPKG ( 1.2.1 )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
Canada
OnLine resource
CanVec - Product Documentation ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

OnLine resource
Drop-down navigation menu to CanVec Series documentation and online data catalogues ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CanVec (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
CanVec (Group layer) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Toporama - Dynamic map viewer and tool ( HTTP )

Application;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Toporama - Dynamic map viewer and tool ( HTTP )

Application;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory) ( FTP )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Prepackaged Shapefiles (download directory) ( FTP )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Index of available files (Drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest) ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;KMZ;eng,fra

File identifier
8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2023-05-18T14:48:02
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 - ( )
Canada
 
 

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