Partners
Most of Geobase data are produced under partnership between federal, provincial and territorial agencies. Geobase partners are involved in different levels of the data production process such as project funding, sharing of source data or by working on data collection and data processing.
See the list of partners involved in data production of these following Geobase layers:
Digital Elevation Data Partners
With funding support from GeoConnections, Natural Resources Canada along with the following provincial agencies jointly produced the Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) files.
Provincial Agencies
- British Columbia
- Integrated Land Management Bureau
- Alberta
- Sustainable Resource Development
- Ontario
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- Nova Scotia
- Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
- Yukon
- Yukon Department of Highways & Public Works
Federal Agencies
- Natural Resources Canada
- Canadian Forest Services
- Centre for Topographic Information
National Road Network Partners
The success and sustainability of the GeoBase NRN initiative is based on the growing number of partners involved in maintaining it. Federal, provincial and even several municipal 'closest to the source' providers are now embarked in the GeoBase NRN initiative.
The emphasis is on working together by leveraging our resources in order to create a common, current, homogeneous and standardized representation of Canada's National Road Network.
National Road Network Maintenance
The maintenance of the National Road Network data is funded through negotiated joint federal/provincial/territorial agreements. The renewed GeoConnections program provides opportunities for co-funded projects to active partners through the Framework Data Maintenance opportunity/ GeoBase datasets. The map below shows jurisdictions where a negotiated maintenance agreement is in place.
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NRN Maintenance agreement in place for geometry and basic attributes (as of April 2007) |
| NRN Maintenance agreement in place for geometry, basic attributes, street and place names (as of April 2007) |
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NRN Maintenance agreement in place for geometry, basic attributes, street and place names and block face address ranges (as of April 2007) |
While the goal is to continue to expand the use of partnerships to build collaborative working relationships for the management and maintenance of the NRN, the following organizations are 'closest to the source' partners actively working as the authoritative data providers of GeoBase's National Road Network:
Provincial and Territorial Agencies
- British Columbia
- Integrated Land Management Bureau
- Alberta
- Infrastructure and Transportation
- Saskatchewan
- Information Services Corporation
- Manitoba
- Manitoba Conservation
- Ontario
- Land Information Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Transportation and Public Works
- Nova Scotia
- Geographic Information Services
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Environment and Conservation - Lands - Surveys and Mapping
- Yukon
- Yukon Government
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territories Centre for Geomatics
Federal Agencies
- Natural Resources Canada
- Centre for Topographic Information
- GeoConnections
- GeoConnections
- Statistics Canada
- Statistics Canada
Landsat 7 Orthoimages Partners
With funding support from GeoConnections, the following federal and provincial/territorial agencies jointly contributed to the production of the orthoimages.
Provincial and Territorial Agencies
- British Columbia
- Integrated Land Management Bureau
- Alberta
- Sustainable Resource Development
- Saskatchewan
- Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Remote Sensing Centre
- Ontario
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- Quebec
- Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
- New Brunswick
- Service New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island
- Taxation and Property Commissioner
- Nova Scotia
- Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Government Services
- Yukon
- Highways and Public Works - Geomatics Yukon
- Northwest Territories
- Centre for Geomatics
- Nunavut
- Department of Sustainable Development
Federal Agencies
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Canadian Transport Agency
- Elections Canada
- Environment Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- National Defence
- Natural Resources Canada
- Parks Canada
- Statistics Canada
Geographical Names Partners
Membership
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is comprised of 27 members. Its Chair is appointed by the Minister of Natural Resources Canada. Each of the provinces and territories is represented, so also are various federal departments concerned with mapping, archives, defence, translation, Indian reserves, national parks and statistics. As well, the Chairs of two advisory committees (one on toponymy policy and research, the other on automation and delineation) serve as full members of the GNBC.
List of Geographical Names Board of Canada members.
Secretariat
The GNBC's Secretariat is provided by Natural Resources Canada. It is headed by an Executive Secretary who, in concert with the Chair and the representatives of the various federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, handles on behalf of the GNBC, all routine toponymic matters relating to Canada.