Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the history of the formation of the earth and when various areas of Canada were formed, as shown by layering of rock.

A dynamic and comprehensive national collection of maps and related geographic information.

Learn about Canada and cartography with these quizzes, lesson plans, printable maps and fact sheets.

Use these lesson plans to talk about population density, land cover, sustainability, Canada's forests, and many other topics, provided by the Atlas of Canada.

This lesson introduces teachers and students to the resources available from the Atlas of Canada.

By using aircraft reconnaissance and remote satellite technology, the Canadian Ice Service monitors sea ice conditions in Canadian waters.

You can access the marine forecasts and buoy reports for any region in Canada at this site.

See current weather radar maps for any area of Canada.

Find current hotspots, forecasts of fire danger, fire behaviour and much more in this comprehensive site that covers all of Canada. Updated daily.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to look at a geographical perspective of climate change and discover why changes in climate have become a global issue of concern.

Scientists talk about topographic mapping and its importance to Canada's natural resources sectors.

View maps and locate nautical charts and hydrographic surveys with this site that provides access to marine geospatial data.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about Canada's major drainage regions, areas that drain all precipitation as a runoff or base flow (groundwater sources) into a particular river or set of rivers.

Find precipitation, temperature and drought monitoring maps for all of Canada.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the 20 land and water ecozones of Canada.

Explore Canada's physical geography in a visual way with these maps. Topics range from ecology to geology to natural hazards.

The interactive mapping application enables you to quickly explore Canada's local and regional environmental indicators using multiple accessible map and data formats.

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Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about floods that have occurred in Canada, including flash floods, freshet and outburst floods.

Use these maps to monitor influenza activity across Canada. Searchable by date and region.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover what differentiates a major forest fire from a small one and to learn about the causes, contributors to and methods of fighting major forest fires in Canada.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about freshwater, including where it can be found and how it is used and consumed.

Distributes geospatial data about Canada. The data is available for free.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the shield, platforms, orogens and continental shelves that make up Canada's geological provinces, characterized by rocks and structures of varying types and ages.

Visit Geoscape Canada, which visually explains landscapes, earth and water resources and natural hazards of Canadian communities through posters, available both online and in print.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about glaciers and icefields, huge masses of ice that cover 200 000 square kilometers or 2% of Canada's area.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about groundwater beneath the surface of the earth, which is more plentiful in Canada than water found on the surface.

Discover what health looks like in Canada. These maps display information on health behaviour, non-medical determinants of health, health resources, rural health, health services utilization and health status.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about rock avalanches, rockslides, rockfalls, debris flows and debris avalanches, the different types of landslides that occur in Canada.

This collection of 39 lesson plans, for junior, middle and senior levels, have been written to use The Atlas of Canada's freely available online maps and resources. They are based on provincial and territorial curricula and the Canadian Geography Standards of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about avalanches in Canada, mass movements of snow and ice down a hillside that occur when unique circumstances of climate and topographic factors come together.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about Canada's past earthquakes, the rapid shaking of the earth's surface that follows the sudden release of energy within the earth.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about hail, when and where it occurs, the damage it causes and major hailstorms that have occurred in Canada.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn how hurricanes are formed and when and where in Canada they occur.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about tornadoes and the major tornadoes that have affected parts of Canada.

Search a digital image library of Geological Survey of Canada maps containing over 10,000 maps, using either a text based search tool or a web mapping tool.

Get access to Web sites and tools that feature maps dealing with land, soil, water, climate and biodiversity resources in Canada.

Locate and learn about national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas together on one map with this interactive tool.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the major natural disasters that have occurred in Canada, including earthquakes, landslides and tornadoes.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about permafrost, which occurs when the ground remains at or below a temperature of 0oC for a minimum period of two years.

Access information on plant hardiness zones through an up-to-date map produced with data on a variety of factors including elevation and the impacts of changing climate.

In this lesson, students will describe and explain population density patterns in Canada.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the multitude of very different landscapes found within Canada.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to find out how rocks are formed through igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic processes, depending on differences in texture, composition and bedding characteristics.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about sea ice, any form of ice that is found at sea and has originated from the freezing of sea water.

Access a map that shows the types of soil found across Canada.

Use these interactive, thematic and reference maps to find Canadian statistics and census data according to subject or geographic location. Includes an illustrated glossary.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover how glaciers affect the location and form of the unconsolidated material on the earth's surface.

Click on an area of this index map of Canada to get a map sheet at the scale 1:1 000 000.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about the deciduous and coniferous trees of Canada and the ecoregions, or ecozones, in which they are found.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover what causes tsunamis, or huge ocean waves, and where they have occurred in Canada.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about volcanoes and the distribution of the main volcanic complexes in Canada and around the world.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about wetlands, which occur across most of Canada and play an extremely important role in ecology.

Discover hydrography, the science and mapping of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans. Learn how nautical charts are developed and how to read all of the water-related information on a completed chart.

Provides the most recent full-day global total ozone map, and other ozone maps.