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URL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b82096d6-81a7-4db7-b042-11e173b078ae
The Canada Basemap – Transportation (CBMT) is a vector tile service that provides spatial reference context with an emphasis on transportation networks across Canada. It is designed especially for use as a background layer in a web mapping application or geographic information system (GIS).
Access: Access is free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Data Sources: Data for the CBMT is sourced from multiple datasets.
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Topographic data of Canada - CanVec Series
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“Automatically Extracted Buildings” GeoBase (a raw digital product in vector format automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources.)
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Open Street Map (OSM) data available under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).
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Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB).
Geographic Coverage: CBMT covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA.
Data Update Frequency: Updates are applied monthly to reflect the latest updates in the source datasets.
Projection: Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system.
Layer Access:
- CBMT is accessible via the ArcGIS Online item link with the applied style or it can also be accessed directly with the default style using the following Vector Tile Server:
- In QGIS or other applications that require the style JSON, the following link can be used:
Use Cases: This layer is suitable for use in any map as a basemap layer and can be modified to meet the needs of the project by editing the JSON style in the Vector Tile Style editor.
Additional Versions:
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A geometry-only version (CBMT3978GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT3978TXT) are available.
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French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport 3978 V (CBCT3978).
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Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Metadata last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Created | January 16, 2026 |
| Format | HTML |
| License | License not specified |
| Datastore active | False |
| Has views | False |
| Id | adec3dfa-5b0f-4074-bead-098c324219b4 |
| Package id | 2b589dcb-8128-4661-8ae0-4a63bf01a654 |
| Position | 0 |
| State | active |