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Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing - Ontario Municipal Boundaries

Description:

This data resource shows the boundaries of Ontario Municipalities, both lower and upper tier, and is current as of January 2003. This data is provided by Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing, at a scale of 1:10,000. These boundaries are based on data from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The title of this electronic resource in TRELLIS, our online library catalogue, is Ontario municipal boundaries, 2003.

Staff only: call number of backup CD-ROM copy is G3461.F7 2002 .O57x.

Spatial Reference and Data Type:

These data sets are available in geographic (lat/long) co-ordinates; horizontal datum is NAD 83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data Access:

In order to access these data sets, please visit the Geospatial Centre Reference Desk during reference hours, in Environmental Studies 1, Room 246. Library reference staff are available to provide further information about these data sets and to deliver data upon request. Under the terms of the Library's license agreement, these data sets are for use by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Waterloo only.

Data Manipulation:

There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to GIS software, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the GIS software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UW faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media (Zip disk or CD-R) for use elsewhere.

Data Output:

These data may be exported from the GIS software as a bitmapped image (e.g., jpg) or may be printed as a map view using one of the library's colour printers.

Use Restrictions/Licensing/Copyright:

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. A data release agreement must be signed before the data is delivered. The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.

Citation:

Ontario Municipal Boundaries [computer file]. Toronto, Ontario: The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, [2004].

Sample View of the Data:

Upper and Lower Tier Municipal Boundaries for the Region of Waterloo

, Library Assistant
June 1, 2012