Atlas of Canada Base Maps for British Columbia at 1:2 Million Scale

Archived vector base maps of Canada's landmass, last updated on 2026-06-12. Natural Resources Canada provides this two-dimensional layered data covering features like drainage, boundaries, transportation networks, and populated places. The data is available in E00 and DXF formats and is structurally clean and feature-coded.

Use Cases

• Create regional reference maps based on the included drainage and coastline data.
• Perform spatial analysis of transportation networks based on the primary and secondary highway data.
• Visualize administrative boundaries for planning based on the federal and provincial boundary data.
• Generate base layers for thematic mapping based on the layered vector data of populated places and national parks.

Strengths

• Data is described as 'structurally clean' and 'feature coded'.
• Covers multiple thematic layers including drainage, boundaries, transportation, and populated places.
• Available in multiple data exchange formats (E00, DXF).

Limitations

• Dataset is marked as archived, which may indicate it is no longer actively maintained.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Natural Resources Canada

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official Canadian geospatial sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-12 18:01:01.615631; freshness should be verified as the dataset is archived.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada