Canadian Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas across Canada, sourced from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Demographic analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for projects based on populated place data.
• Population distribution studies based on residential land use areas.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-built, collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 20:36:55.855631; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada