Administrative Boundaries in Canada - CanVec Series - Administrative Features

The administrative features of the CanVec series include geopolitical regions (international, territorial and provincial) and populated place names.

A wide selection of attributes describe the data.

The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:14 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:14 (UTC)
contact_email	geoinfo@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation; GeoBase,geoinfo@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada;Secteur des géosciences et de la surveillance de la Terre; Centre canadien de cartographie et d'observation de la Terre; GéoBase,geoinfo@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:4617,https://www.epsg-registry.org,8.8.1
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2019-03-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Canada", "Earth Sciences", "Administrative boundaries", "CanVec", "1 000 000", "5 000 000", "15 000 000", "1;000;000", "5;000;000", "1M", "5M", "15M", "Border", "Geopolitical limits", "Territorial boundary", "Provincial limit", "Earth sciences", "Geographic data", "Geography", "Cartography", "Geomatics", "Geographic information systems"], "fr": ["Canada", "Sciences de la Terre", "Limites administratives", "CanVec", "1 000 000", "5 000 000", "15 000 000", "1;000;000", "5;000;000", "1M", "5M", "15M", "Frontière", "Limites géopolitiques", "Limites territoriales", "Limite inter-provinciale", "Sciences de la terre", "Données géographiques", "Géographie", "Cartographie", "Géomatique", "Système d'information géographique"]}
open_canada_subject	["government_and_politics"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Limites administratives au Canada - Série CanVec - Entités administratives
update_frequency	not_planned