Named geographic features

Data set contains geographical referencing information like: * type of feature or place * location coordinates * geographic township * municipal and map references Also contains places and background information behind their official naming like: * name status * naming date * name origin * naming history This layer used to be distributed under the name "Geographic Name Extent" but was modified to "Geographic Named Extent" in November 2011. [About Geographic Names](https://www.ontario.ca/page/geographic-names)

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020-01-11
Date ( RI_366 )
2020-01-11
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Economy and Business
  • Environment and Natural Resources
  • Government
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence – Ontario (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario)
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
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Economy
Begin date
0001-01-01
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Reference system identifier
unknown / unknown / unknown
Distribution format
  • DOCX ( unknown )

  • ESRI REST ( unknown )

  • HTML ( unknown )

  • PDF ( unknown )

  • ZIP ( unknown )

  • other ( unknown )

RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
OnLine resource
Geographic Names Ontario - Documentation ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;DOCX;eng

OnLine resource
Geographic Names Ontario (extracted from geohub) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Geographic Names Ontario (extracted from geohub) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Access to Named geographic features ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Accéder à la page Éléments géographiques nommés ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Geographic Names Ontario - Data Description ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Complete Shapefile (extracted from geohub) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

OnLine resource
Complete File Geodatabase (extracted from geohub) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

OnLine resource
QGIS Layer Definition File (.qlr) (extracted from geohub) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;eng

File identifier
c3c5e4c3-58ba-4fd1-8f04-a91cd3704219 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-06-03
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
 
 

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