Topographic Maps
Topographic maps produced by the Centre for Topographic Information, Natural Resources Canada are used for a wide variety of applications; representing the Earth's features accurately and to scale, on a two-dimensional surface.
The Atlas of Canada offers interactive topographic map coverage for all of Canada.
- Buying a Paper Topographic Map
- Topographic maps produced by Natural Resources Canada conform to the National Topographic System (NTS) of Canada. They are available in two standard scales: 1:50 000 and 1:250 000. Purchase National Topographic System maps, from any of over 900 map dealers across Canada, the United States and overseas.
- CanTopo
- CanTopo is the new generation of topographic maps being produced by NRCan.
- Digital Topographic Raster Maps of Canada - CanMatrix
- Digital topographic maps of Canada produced by scanning federal-government topographic maps at the 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scales.
- Digital Topographic Maps of Canada - CanVec
- Topographic information in vector format that complies with international geomatics standards.
- Index Maps of the National Topographic System of Canada
- The National Topographic System (NTS) numbering system shown on the NTS Index Maps allows users to locate a topographic map, determine its coverage, and/or quickly identify adjacent maps.
- National Topographic Data Base (NTDB), Canada
- Comprised of digital vector data sets that cover the entire Canadian landmass.
- Topo 101 - Topographic Maps, The Basics
- Understand what topographic maps are and how to use them.