Telling Canada's Story with Maps

Topographic Maps - Updated Toporama

The Atlas of Canada website is changing. The way maps are retrieved and displayed is being updated to comply with the Government of Canada's WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

Popular Maps

41st general election (2011) map, Elections Canada.
Northern Circumpolar Region (2008); Detailed coverage of all parts of the world north of approximately 50 degrees latitude.
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Resources; Major petroleum-producing fields of conventional natural gas, crude oil and the oil sands are shown on the map.
Coal Resources; Depicted on the map are the major coal deposits in Canada categorized by rank, the locations of major coal fields and coal mines.
Active Metal Mines (2004); Sixty-six metal mines operated for any period during 2004.
Watersheds; Canada's ocean watersheds are the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

History of the Atlas of Canada