Indigenous Geographical Names

The Indigenous Geographical Names dataset presents an extract from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) of geographical names with roots in Indigenous cultures. These geographical names reflect heritage, language, personal names, and cultural practices. Terrain and water features, populated places and culturally relevant places are geographical feature types present in the dataset. The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is working to increase awareness of existing Indigenous place names and help promote the revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages. Many more Indigenous place names exist in Canada, and this dataset will be constantly evolving as additional Indigenous place names are officially recognized and identified. The Geographical Names Board of Canada does not warrant or guarantee that the information is accurate, complete or current at all times. For more information, to report data errors, or to suggest improvements, please contact the GNBC Secretariat at Natural Resources Canada with questions or for more information.

The CGNDB is the authoritative national database of Canada's geographical names. The purpose of the CGNDB is to store geographical names and their attributes that have been approved by the GNBC, the national coordinating body responsible for standards and policies on place names.

This dataset is extracted from the CGNDB on a weekly basis, and consists of current officially approved names, feature type, coordinates of the feature, decision date, source, Indigenous language of origin where known, and other attributes.

Simple

Date ( RI_366 )
2022-05
Date ( RI_367 )
2022-06
RI_410
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure -
Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
weekly; hebdomadaire RI_534
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Canada
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • GNBC
  • Indigenous toponymy
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Indigenous languages
  • Toponymy
  • Geography
  • Indigenous culture
  • Geographic data
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
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Location
  • Society
  • Boundaries
Begin date
1867
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3979 /
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.8.1 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10 )

  • MXD ( 10.7.1 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Federal Geospatial Platform - ( )
Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
1-800-661-2638
OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (English OGC WMS web service) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (French OGC WMS web service) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (English Comma-separated values file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (French Comma-separated values file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (Bilingual ESRI File Geodatabase) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (English ESRI ArcMap project file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;MXD;eng

OnLine resource
Indigenous Geographical Names (French ESRI ArcMap project file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;MXD;fra

File identifier
f426088b-dde4-4502-9600-6bfa37556f8e XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2022-12-02T15:51:57
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Ontario , Canada
 
 

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Indigenous geographical names

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