Identification

Title
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administra…
Abstract

Feature representing a geopolitical area or used to define one.

Part of Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features. Layer presented at the 15M scale. Different scales can be found on the Open Canada Portal, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/306e5004-534b-4110-9feb-58e3a5c3fd97 .

The administrative features of the CanVec series include geopolitical regions (international, territorial and provincial) and populated place names.

A wide selection of attributes describe the data.

The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool.

Related Products: Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series

License
Open Government Licence 2.0 - Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0)
+ You are free to: Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose.

+ For more info see https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada.
Publication Date
Aug. 9, 2022, 3:26 p.m.
Type
Vector Data
Keywords
Category
Boundaries
Legal land descriptions. Examples: political and administrative boundaries.
Regions
North America
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Government of Canada
DOI
None
Attribution
Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Earth Sciences Sector
Responsible

Name
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
email
Position
None
Organization
Natural Resources Canada
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
-180.0
Extension x1
180.0
Extension y0
31.88441560000001
Extension y1
89.99999919999999
Features

Maintenance Frequency
Frequency Of Maintenance For The Data Is Not Known
Restrictions

Please see, Open Government Licence - Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Edition
Record Modified: 2022-02-01
Purpose

Administrative Features entities are: Geopolitical Region (border). CanVec is a digital cartographic reference product of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). It originates from the best available data sources covering Canadian territory, offers quality topographical information in vector format, and complies with international geomatics standards. CanVec is a multi-source product coming mainly from the National Topographic Data Base (NTDB), the Mapping the North process conducted by the Canada Center for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), the Atlas of Canada data, the GeoBase initiative, and the data update using satellite imagery coverage (e.g. Landsat 7, Spot, Radarsat, etc.).

Language
English
Supplemental Information

Source: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056

Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Contact Points

Name
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
email
Position
None
Organization
Natural Resources Canada
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers/geoserver:geonode:geo_political_region_2
Metadata Page
/layers/geoserver:geonode:geo_political_region_2/metadata_detail

Original Layer
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.zip
JPEG
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.jpg
PDF
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.pdf
PNG
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.png
GML 2.0
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.gml
GML 3.1.1
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.gml
CSV
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.csv
Excel
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.excel
GeoJSON
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.json
Zipped Shapefile
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.zip
Thumbnail
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.png
Legend
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.png
Thumbnail
Geopolitical Region - Administrative boundaries in Canada - CanVec – Administrative Features.png

OGC WMS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WMS
OGC WFS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WFS
Metadata Author

Name
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
email
Position
None
Organization
Natural Resources Canada
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None