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Maps and geography

Maps and geography provides easy access to a variety of maps, geographic products and reference material.

  1. Maps
  2. Geographic products
  3. Reference material

Spatial information products - contain contain information about the location and shape of, and relationships among, geographic features.

  • Road network files: digital representation of Canada's national road network, containing information such as street name, type, direction and address ranges.

  • Road Network and Geographic Attribute File: in addition to the information contained in the Road network files, included on each side of every road arc are identification names and codes for the following levels of geography: Province/territory, Census Subdivision, Census Metropolitan Area, Census Agglomeration and Census Tract.

  • Boundary files: files that contain boundaries of standard geographic areas, along with shorelines and lakes.

Attribute information products - are tabular or textual data that describe the characteristics of a spatial entity or feature.

  • Postal code products: digital files which provide a correspondence between the Canada Post Corporation six character postal code and Statistics Canada’s standard geographical areas.
  • GeoSuite: a tool for data retrieval, query, and tabular output, that allows users to explore the links between all standard levels of geography and to obtain population and dwelling counts.
  • Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: provides a summary of changes to municipal boundaries, status and names. The list is produced on an annual basis for changes that occurred during the previous year.