Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps for Education-The Tactile Atlas of Canada-Ontario

The map title is Ontario. Tactile map scale. 2.1 centimetres = 200 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the province of Ontario, shown as dashed and solid lines. The Great Lakes and part of Hudson Bay, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. A circle and the city name to show the location of Thunder Bay and Windsor. A filled star and the abbreviation "TO" to show the location of Toronto. An unfilled star and the city name to show the location of Ottawa. Text labels for Hudson Bay, James Bay, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and the abbreviation LO to indicate Lake Ontario. The word lake is abbreviated as L. The abbreviation "MB" to indicate the province of Manitoba. The abbreviation "QC" to indicate the province of Quebec. The abbreviation "USA" to indicate the neighbouring country, the United States of America. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 20:57 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 20:57 (TU)
contains_pii non
criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CDR; GIF; HTML; PDF
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Québec
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/7654ecd0-a3d2-5c18-8918-54198bbf2d31
subject nature_and_environment, society_and_culture
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year_most_recent 2022-02-22 21:14:05.060000
year_start 2016-09-24 19:22:37.960000