Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec 1:50,000, 1944-2013

This collection is a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards. Users of Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec 1:50,000 (release 2013) should plan to make the transition towards the product [Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series](https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056).

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 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 a geographic information systems (GIS) applications and used to produce thematic maps

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Date ( RI_367 )
2014-01
Date ( RI_366 )
2016-05-18
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
Canada
Status
historicalArchive; archiveHistorique RI_594
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Transport
  • Hydrography
  • Administrative boundaries
  • Elevation
  • Resource Management
  • Land
  • Manmade
  • Map labels
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • CanVec
  • Reference maps
  • 50K
  • 50 000
  • 50,000
  • Toporama
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Cartography
  • Geographic data
  • Educational resources
  • Geographic information systems
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
End date
2013
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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

  • GML ( 3.2.1 )

    File decompression technique
    ZIP

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector - ( )
Canada
OnLine resource
Product documentation ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Prepackaged GML files download directory ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GML;zxx

OnLine resource
Prepackaged Shapefiles download directory ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;zxx

OnLine resource
NTS index (Use to identify the number of your area of interest) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
NTS index (Use to identify the number of your area of interest) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Canvec 1: 50,000 product index (Drag and drop the KMZ file in Google Earth to localize and download your region of interest ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;KMZ;zxx

File identifier
be0165a8-ad5d-4adb-a27a-2d4117c3967c XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2021-07-07T13:50:01
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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