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Map Sources
References
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Map Sources

The Atlas maps are composed of several layers of which there are two broad categories: thematic and base layers. Find below a description of each of the map layers. The layer source is included in the metadata.

Thematic Map Layers

Economic Environment Index: Canada. Statistics Canada. 1996 Census of Population. Ottawa.

Base Map Layers

Atlas of Canada Framework Layers: Base map components are features that provide a geographic context for the thematic data shown on Atlas of Canada maps. These features include rivers, lakes, administrative boundaries, populated places, roads and rail lines. All of the Atlas of Canada base map components are available for immediate free download in five scales and in a number of data exchange formats. The 1:7 500 000 and the 1:1 000 000 scale data are the primary base frameworks used for all Atlas of Canada 6th Edition online maps. You can download Atlas of Canada data from this Web page on GeoGratis.

References

Andrews, F.M. and Withey S.B. 1976. Social Indicators of Well-Being: America's Perception of Life Quality. New York: Plenum Press.

Cutter, Susan L. 1985. Rating Places: A Geographer's View of Quality of Life. Washington, D.C. : Association of American Geography Research Publication in Geography.

Liu, Ben-Chieh. 1976. Quality of Life Indicators in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: A Statistical Analysis. New York: Praeger.

McNiven, Chuck, Henry Puderer and Darryl James. 2000. Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration influenced zones (MIZ): a description of the methodology. January 2000. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Geography Division.

Morton, Peter. 1999. Quality of Life in Saskatoon 1991 and 1996: A Geographical Perspective. M.A. Thesis. University of Saskatchewan.

Quality of Life Indicators Project. 2002. Quality of Life in Canada - A Citizens' Report Card. Ottawa: Canadian Policy Research Network.

Rambeau, Sheila, & Kathleen Todd. 2000. Census Metropolitan Area and Census Agglomeration Influenced Zone (MIZ) with Census Data. January 2000. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Geography Division.

Rogerson, R., A. Findlay, A. Morris, and R. Paddison. 1989. Indicators of Quality of Life: Some Methodological Issues. Environment and Planning A (UK), v. 21, no. 12, p. 1655-1666.

Smith, David. M. 1973. The Geography of Social Well-Being in the United States. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc.

University of Saskatchewan. 1999. Atlas of Saskatchewan. 2nd Edition. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan.

Web Sites

Federal Government

Environment Canada. Criteria Air Contaminants (CAC): Home page for the Environment Canada program tracking air pollutant emission in Canada.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives.: Information on Environment Canada's environmental series of indicators.

Health Canada. Population Health. Determinants: Health Canada Web site that focuses on indicators of health determinants.

Natural Resources Canada. Sustainable Development: Natural Resources Canada Web site for Sustainable Development.

Statistics Canada: Homepage for Statistics Canada.

Municipal Government

Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Sustainable Communities Knowledge Network: Federation of Canadian Municipalities Web site for the Centre for Sustainable Community Development.

Other

Canadian Council on Social Development: Home page for a nonprofit social agency that focuses on important social issues.

Canadian Institute for Health Information: Home page for nonprofit organization whose mandate is to improve the health of Canadians.

Canadian Policy Research Network. The Quality of Life Indicators Project: Web site for the Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) Quality of Life Indicators Project, with many links to online resources on quality of life, funded by CPRN.

Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS): Home page for the nonprofit organization that focuses on living standards and socio-economic well-being research.

The Quality of Life in Ontario: Information on the quality of life index developed for the province of Ontario, with research funded by Health Canada.