Live Map Services

A map service is a "live" map that is published over the Internet. The map content and geographic coverage are defined by the map publisher. A map service can contain one or more data layers (e.g., water bodies, street lines, city points) depending on the purpose of the map.

The Geography Network Canada provides access to map services of many types. Users may access traditional basemaps showing administrative boundaries, roads, and rivers as well as numerous thematic maps such as elevation, vegetation, precipitation, population, and more.

Geogaphy Network Canada map services are published using either the ArcXML protocol employed by ESRI's ArcIMS software or the Web Map Server (WMS) protocol published by the Open GIS Consortium (OGC). These map services can be previewed here using the Geography Network Explorer or accessed separately using your ArcIMS or WMS client application.

Below are lists of the map services that are currently available through the Geography Network Canada.

Publisher Map Service Title Coverage Area
ESRI Canada (publishing Government of Nova Scotia Data) Nova Scotia Base Map (ArcIMS Service) Nova Scotia
ESRI Canada (publishing Manitoba Land Initiative Data) Manitoba Land Initiative Map (ArcIMS Service) Manitoba
ESRI Canada (publishing Service New Brunswick Data) New Brunswick Base Map (ArcIMS Service) New Brunswick
ESRI Canada (publishing Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Data) Ontario Road Network (ArcIMS Service) Ontario
ESRI Canada (publishing Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Data) Ontario Base Map (ArcIMS Service) Ontario
ESRI Canada (publishing Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Data) Ontario Base Map (WMS Service) Ontario
ESRI Canada Basemap of Canada Canada
ESRI Canada National Atlas of Canada Basemap including DEM data (1:7500000) Canada
ESRI Canada ArcVoyager Canada's Population Canada
ESRI Canada ArcVoyager Canada's Physical Environment Canada
ESRI Canada ArcVoyager Canada's Climate Canada
ESRI Canada ArcVoyager Canada's Ethnicity Canada
ESRI Canada ArcVoyager Canada's Agriculture Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Major Cities (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Highways (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Middle Cities (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada National Parks (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Provinces (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada FSA Postal Centroids (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Population -- Regional Municipalities (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Divisions and Counties (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Number of Dwelling Units by Province (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Number of Dwelling Units by FSA (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Municipal Population (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Population by FSA (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Provincial Parks (Image Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada FSA Postal Centroids (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Population -- Regional Municipalities (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Divisions and Counties (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Number of Dwelling Units by Province (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Number of Dwelling Units by FSA (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Municipal Population (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Population by FSA (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Provinces (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Provincial Parks (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Major Cities (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Highways (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada Middle Cities (Feature Thematic Map) Canada
DMTI Spatial Canada National Parks (Feature Thematic Map) Canada