The following table includes links to interactive online mapping*, and digitized static maps and atlases**. Please note that many of these resources do not offer downloadable geospatial data. For access to geospatial data please visit our Geospatial Data Resources page.
| Geographical Coverage | Title | Source | Content Themes(see code description below) |
Map Type | Comments |
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| Region of Waterloo
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1, 7, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | |||
| City of Kitchener Interactive Mapping | City of Kitchener | 1, 7, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | ||
| GIS Locator | Regional Municipality of Waterloo | 1, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | Query and analysis functions | |
| 2001 Census Atlas for Kitchener CMA | Statistics Canada | 8 | Static | Static Maps and Methodology created by staff at the University Map Library | |
| Southwestern Ontario
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| Bruce County Map Factory | Bruce County | 1, 7, 9, 11, 14-17 | Interactive | Query functions | |
| County of Essex Interactive Mapping | Essex County | 1, 11, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
Grand River Information Network (GRIN) |
Grand River Conservation Authority | 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14-17 | Interactive | Registration required | |
| Grey County Online Interactive Mapping | County of Grey | 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17 | Interactive | ||
| Oxford Online Interactive Maps | Oxford County | 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14-18 | Interactive | Query functions | |
Wellington County Interactive Mapping (opens only with IE or Netscape) |
Wellington County | 1, 4, 7, 9, 14-17 | Interactive | Query functions | |
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| Explore Ajax | Ajax, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 9, 14-17 | Interactive | Query functions | |
| Brampton Maps | Brampton, City of | 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | Query and analysis functions | |
| City of Burlington Interactive Mapping | Burlington, City of | 1, 7, 11, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
| Map.Hamilton | Hamilton, City of | 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | Query and analysis functions | |
| Navigate Markham | Markham, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 15-17 | Interactive | ||
| Town of Milton Mapping Online | Milton, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 14, 16, 17 | Interactive and static | ||
| EMaps | Mississauga, City of | 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | Query and analysis | |
| Navigate Newmarket Community | Newmarket, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 17 | Interactive | ||
| Niagara Falls Maps : Interactive Mapping Site | Niagara, City of | 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | ||
| Niagara Navigator | Niagara Region | 1, 5, 7, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | ||
| Explore Oakville | Oakville, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
| Richmond Hill Explorer | Richmond Hill, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
| Toronto Maps | Toronto, City of | 1, 7, 11, 14, 16, 17 | |||
| Greater Toronto Area : Digital Mapping Project | University of Toronto | N/A | Static | Historical Mapping Project for GTA | |
| GIS Services Welland | Welland, City of | 1, 7, 11, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
| Explore Whitby | Whitby, Town of | 1, 5, 7, 9, 14-17 | Interactive | ||
| York Explorer | York Region | 1, 8-11, 14-18 | Interactive | ||
| Ontario | |||||
| LIO Internet Map Browser System | Land Information Ontario | 1,3,4,6,11,14,15,17,18
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| Maps of Southern and Central Ontario, ca 1951 | Archives of Ontario | N/A |
Static | Scanned historical maps of southern and central Ontario | |
| Ontario County Atlas Maps | McGill University | N/A |
Static | Digitized 1880 County Maps of Ontario | |
| Ontario Geological Survey of Canada | Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines | N/A |
Static | Scanned maps of OGS map sheets | |
| Ontario Basic Mapping Data | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources | 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14-18 | Interactive | ||
| Ontario Wind Resource Atlas | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources | 1, 3, 14, 16, 17, 18 | Interactive | ||
| Muskoka Web Map | District of Muskoka GIS Department | 1, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18 | Interactive | ||
| Town of Huntsville, City Map | Town of Hunstville | ||||
| Canada | |||||
| Canadian Soil Information Systems | Cansis | 1, 12, | Interactive & Static | ||
| Geobase | Canadian Council on Geomatics | 1, 9, 14, 16, 17 | Interactive | ||
| Canadian Wind Energy Atlas | Environment Canada | 1, 3, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18 | Interactive | ||
| Esri Portal | Geography Network Canada | 1-18 | Interactive | ||
| GeoDepot | Statistics Canada | 1,2, 8,16 | Interactive & Static | ||
| Search Map 2006 or 2011 | Statistics Canada | 1, 8, 16 | Interactive | ||
| Toporama | 14 | Static | Static topographic maps; NTS 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 | ||
| Geomatics Yukon | Yukon Government | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, | Interactive | ||
* Interactive Online Mapping sites are websites that provides users with graphical and text information in the forms of maps and databases. Users are able to create custom maps live on the internet.
**Static maps are those that can not be altered - they are images of electronic or scanned paper maps.
Query functions may include : searching, sorting, identifying, table and spatial queries
Analysis functions may include : classification features, proximity tools, layer editing and other.
Themes
1 : Administrative and Political Boundaries
2 : Agriculture and Farming : may include irrigation, aquaculture, herding, pests and disease affecting crops and livestock, rearing of animals or cultivation of plants.
3 : Atmospheric and Climative : may include atmospheric processes such as cloud cover, weather, climate change, precipitation
4 : Biologic & Ecologic : may include flora, fauna, such as wildlife, ecology, wilderness, sea life, wetlands, habitats
5 : Business : may include labour, revenue, commerce, industry, tourism
6 : Economic : may include foresty, fisheries, hunting, exploration of minterals, oil, gas
7 : Cadastral and Land Description : may include land use, such as zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership
8 : Cultural and Demographic : may include characteristics of societies and cultures, such as education, demographic data, recreational areas and activities, census information
9 : Elevation and Derived products : may include altitude, bathymetry, DEM, slope and derivative products
10 : Environmental : may include environmental resources, protection and conservation, such as pollution, waste storate and treatment, nature reserves
11 : Facilities and Structures : may include man-made construction, such as buildings, museums, churches, factories, housing, monuments and towers
12 : Geologic & Geophysical : may include geological, geophysical, and othe rearth science information such as minerals, rock information, earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, soils, erosion.
13 : Human Health & Disease : may include human health and disease, health services, human ecology and safety, such as human disease, illness, hygiene, mental and physical health
14 : Imagery & Base maps: may include base maps, such as land cover, topographic maps, air photo imagery and satellite imagery
15 : Water Resources : may include water features and drainage systems, such as rivers, glaciers, lakes, water use plans, dams, currents, floods, water quality, hydrographic charts
16 : Locations and Geodetic Nets : may include positional information and services, such as addresses, geodetic networks, postal zones and services, control points, place names
17 : Transportation Networks : may include transporation networks such as roads, airports, tunnels, nautical charts, railways
18 : Utility Networks : may include energy, water, waste systems, and communications infrastructure and services, sewage collection and disposal, electrcity and gas distribution
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