Automatically Extracted Buildings

“Automatically Extracted Buildings” is a raw digital product in vector format created by NRCan. The feature classes of this product delineate polygonal building footprints automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources.

The first feature class, Automatically Extracted Buildings by acquisition source, contains building footprints delivered according to the spatial extent of each source dataset used for extraction. When the spatial extents of acquisition sources overlap, footprints for the same building may therefore be duplicated in this class.

The second feature class, Optimized Buildings Layer, is an assembled and harmonized layer derived from the buildings by acquisition source. Its objective is to provide a unique representation of each building footprint by removing duplicates and resolving overlaps between sources.

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Additional Info

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:35 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 19:35 (UTC)
contact_email	geoinfo@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada;Secteur des géosciences et de la surveillance de la Terre"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:4617,http://www.epsg-registry.org,
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2025-08-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Automatic Extraction", "LiDAR", "Buildings"], "fr": ["Extraction automatique", "LiDAR", "Bâtiment"]}
open_canada_subject	["economics_and_industry"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Bâtiments extraits automatiquement
update_frequency	as_needed