Digital Topographic Raster Maps, 1944-2012

This group of maps, which includes the CanMatrix and CanTopo collections, is now a legacy product that is no longer maintained. It may not meet current government standards.

Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) topographic raster maps provide a representation of the topographic phenomena of the Canadian landmass.

Several editions of paper maps have been produced over time in order to offer improved products compared to their predecessors in terms of quality and the most up to date information possible. The georeferenced maps can be used in a Geographic Information System (GIS). In all cases, they accurately represent the topographical data available for the date indicated (validity date). The combination of CanMatrix and CanTopo data provides complete national coverage.

• CanMatrix - Print Ready: Raster maps produced by scanning topographic maps at scales from 1:25 000 to 1:1 000 000. This product is not georeferenced.

Validity dates: 1944 to 2005 (1980 on average).

Available formats: PDF and TIFF

• CanMatrix - Georeferenced: Raster maps produced by scanning topographic maps at scales of 1:50 000 and 1:250 000. These maps are georeferenced according to the 1983 North American Reference System (NAD 83).

Validity dates: 1944 to 2005 (1980 on average).

Available format: GeoTIFF

• CanTopo: Digital raster maps produced mainly from the GeoBase initiative, NRCan digital topographic data, and other sources. Approximately 2,234 datasets (maps) at scale of 1:50 000, primarily covering northern Canada, are available. CanTopo datasets in GeoPDF and GeoTIFF format are georeferenced according to the 1983 North American Reference System (NAD 83).

Validity dates: 1946 to 2012 (2007 on average).

Available formats: PDF, GeoPDF, TIFF and GeoTIFF

Alternate title: CanMatrix

Alternate title: CanTopo

Date ( RI_366 ): 2008-05-28

Date ( RI_367 ): 2016

Edition: 1.0

RI_417

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector

Presentation form: mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391

Status: historicalArchive; archiveHistorique RI_594

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Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector -

Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542

Keywords ( RI_529 )

CanMatrix
CanTopo

Keywords ( RI_528 )

Transportation
Surface water
Topography
Land Cover

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )

Earth sciences
Cartography
Geography
Geographic data
Geographic information systems
Geomatics
Topography
Toponymy
Maps
Geographical maps
Topographical 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: grid; grille RI_636

Denominator: 25000

Denominator: 50000

Denominator: 125000

Denominator: 250000

Denominator: 500000

Denominator: 1000000

Metadata language: eng

Metadata language: fra

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Description: Canada

Begin date: 1944-01-01

End date: 2012-01-01

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4269 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:5713 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26907 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26908 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26909 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26910 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26911 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26912 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26913 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26914 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26915 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26916 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:26917 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26918 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:26919 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:26920 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:26921 / 7.6

Reference system identifier: https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:26922 / 7.6

Distribution format

TIFF ( 6.0 )

Specification

TIFF6, revision 6.0, Final - June 3, 1992

File decompression technique

ZIP
PDF ( 1.5 )

Specification

PDF Reference, third Edition, version 1.4 (https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference.pdf))

File decompression technique

ZIP
GeoPDF ( 2.2 )

Specification

GeoPDF Encoding Best Practice (OGC 08-139r2)

File decompression technique

ZIP
GeoTIF ( 1.8.2 )

Specification

GeoTIFF Format Specifications – Revision 1.0 https://www.ogc.org/standards/geotiff

File decompression technique

ZIP

Distributor

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Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector -

Fees: Free for download

OnLine resource: Documentation related to CanMatrix - Print Ready product ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource: Download directory for scales 1:25 000 to 1:1 000 000 for TIFF format ( HTTPS )
Dataset;TIFF;zxx

OnLine resource: Documentation related to CanMatrix - Georeferenced product ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource: Documentation related to CanTopo product ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource: Download directory for scales 1:25 000 to 1:1 000 000 for PDF format ( HTTPS )
Dataset;PDF;zxx

OnLine resource: Index of available files by scale (Drag the kmz file into Google Earth to locate your region of interest) ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;KMZ;zxx

OnLine resource: Download directory for 1:50 000 scale product for GeoTIFF format ( HTTPS )
Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource: Download directory for 1:50 000 scale product for GeoPDF format ( HTTPS )
Dataset;GeoPDF;zxx

OnLine resource: Download directory for 1:250 000 scale product for GeoTIFF format ( HTTPS )
Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

File identifier: d248b5be-5887-4cfb-942f-d425d82e6ea9 XML

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Hierarchy level: dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622

Date stamp: 2021-11-25T20:50:16

Metadata standard name: North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009

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Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector -

RI_414

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector -

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