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This section provides a description, price and purchasing information for a series of national and international printed wall maps produced by the Atlas of Canada.

National Maps

Canada [Bilingual]

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Canada Wall Map [Bilingual]

This large wall map emphasizes, with colour, the provinces and territories. Their boundaries are current to April 1, 1999. In addition, both the international boundaries and the boundary delineating Canada's 200-mile fishing limit are shown. The map's projection, a vertical near-side perspective, provides an interesting three-dimensional view of Canada. It effectively shows Canada's geographic relationship with other nations of the Northern Hemisphere. A digital relief shading was used to show the physiography of the country. The map depicts the location and name of each of Canada's National Parks as well as the names of physical features. Also shown is a large selection of populated places.

Reference number: MCR0105
Size: 45 inches by 61 inches or 114.5 centimetres by 154.5 centimetres
Scale: 1:4 000 000
Published: 2007
Suggested retail price: $10.75
Purchase Information
Download the map as a high resolution PDF, suitable for plotting (22 MB, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Canada [Bilingual]

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Map of Canada [Bilingual]

The bilingual map is a sheet of the Atlas of Canada Reference Map Series. It uses the Vertical Near-Side Perpective Projection. This map is an update of the 2000 Edition of MCR 100. The main change inlcuded in the 2004 map is the change of Newfoundland's name to Newfoundland and Labrador (which occurred in 2001). This map shows provincial and territorial boundaries. Also shown is Canada's 200 mile offshore limit. Populated places are classified in six size categories. Roads are grouped into three categories (expressways, major roads and other roads). Railways and ferry routes are also shown. The map shows all of Canada's national parks, and all of Canada's World Heritage sites. Bathyemtric contours are used for all saltwater areas. Because this map does not have urban insets, a much larger coverage area is given for the United States. Data is mainly as of 2000-2004, with the 2001 Census being used as the data source for populated places.

Reference number: MCR0102
Size: 36 inches by 42.8 inches or 91.5 centimetres by 108.7 centimetres
Scale: 1:6 000 000
Published: 2004
Suggested retail price: $10.75
Purchase Information
Download the map as a high resolution PDF, suitable for plotting (19 MB, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Relief Map of Canada

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Relief Map of Canada.

This map is a sheet of the National Atlas of Canada Reference Map Series. It uses the Vertical Near-Side Perspective Projection.. The map's main feature is showing Canada with very-detailed digital shaded relief. Ocean contours are shown using bathymetric tints. Major physical features including mountain ranges, peaks, and spot elevations are identified.The map also shows the extent and name for all of Canada's national parks. An extensive set of populated places is shown, using six population size classes. Transportation data is extensive, but relatively muted: for example, roads are only in two classes. All official Canadian, provincial, and surrounding international boundaries are shown, including the proposed boundary for the new territory of Nunavut (which came into existence in 1999), The offshore boundary delineating Canada's exclusive 200-mile fishing and economic zone is also shown. There are three small maps of Canada shown on this map sheet, all at scale 1: 35 000 000. One shows the major physiographic regions; the second shows major drainage basins, and the third map shows classes of vegetation cover. There is very limited data shown for foreign areas, but shaded relief is shown for all of these areas. All data on the map is current to the mid to late 1990's.

Reference number: MCR0101
Size: 36 inches by 42.8 inches or 91.5 centimetres by 108.7 centimetres
Scale: 1:6 000 000
Published: 1998
Suggested retail price: $10.75
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International Maps

The World

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Map of the World

This is the latest version of a regularly-updated map of the National Atlas of Canada Base Map Series. Each version shows the World at an equatorial scale of 1: 35 000 000. The map is a general reference sheet focussing on showing the name and status of all sovereign countries and dependencies, and showing major cities. The 2005 version has two new additions: one is showing shaded relief for land areas, the other is showing bathymetric contours and colours for all marine areas.

Reference number: MCR0046
Size: 32.5 inches by 81.5 inches or 82.5 centimetres by 123.2 centimetres
Scale: 1:35 000 000
Published: 2005
Suggested retail price: $10.75
Purchase Information
Download the map as a high resolution PDF, suitable for plotting (22 MB, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

North Circumpolar Region [Bilingual]

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Map of the North Circumpolar Region [Bilingual]

This bilingual map is part of the Atlas of Canada Reference Map Series. This map has detailed coverage of all parts of the world north of approximately 55 degrees North (and south of this latitude for the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk areas). The map uses the Azimuthal equidistant projection. The map shows national and provincial-level boundaries for Canada, Greenland and Russia, and gives names for the province-level units. Included with the boundaries is Canada's 200 mile limit. The set of places denotes national and province-level capitals. Other places are not differentiated in any way (such as by size). Road and rail lines are shown for all thematic areas. The map has bathymetric tints for all marine areas. An interesting feature is showing three levels of ice extent: the minimum, median and maximum ice-edges. Data are as of 2004.

Reference number: MCR0001
Size: 36 inches by 31.5 inches or 91.5 centimetres by 80 centimetres
Scale: 1:10 000 000
Published: 2004
Suggested retail price: $10.75
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North America

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Map of North America

This is the latest version of a regularly-updated map of the National Atlas of Canada Base Map Series. Each version shows North America at a scale of 1: 10 000 000. The map is a general reference map giving detailed coverage of populated places, transportation routes and the drainage network. Land areas are coloured to represent individual countries and dependencies, whereas offshore areas are coloured to show bathymetry. The map sheet has two inset maps: one is an inset for Hawaii, also at 1: 10 000 000; the second is a 1: 53 000 000 inset of North America showing relief, and noting significant mountain elevations. There is also a table of road mileages between major cities.

Reference number: MCR0031
Size: 34 inches by 39 inches or 86.4 centimetres by 99 centimetres
Scale: 1:10 000 000
Published: 2005
Suggested retail price: $10.75
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Date modified: 2007-10-24

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