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

Aboriginal Cultural Areas

Canada can be divided into six native cultural areas, corresponding to the principal geographic regions of the country. Tribes in the same region share a greater number of cultural affinities than tribes from different regions. Natural Resources Canada. 1980. Canada-Indian and Inuit Communities and Languages [map]. Fifth Edition, National Atlas of Canada.

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

Canada. Environment Canada. The Inuit Economy - Sustaining a Way of Life in The State of the Environment Fact Sheet Series. SOE fact sheet Nº 94-1. Ottawa.

Canada. Statistics Canada. 1996 Population Census. Ottawa.

Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics. 1994. 1994 NWT Labour Force Survey. Report no.1, August.

Nunavut Bureau of Statistics. 1999. Government of Nunavut Labour Force Survey, 1999. Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Nunavut Implementation Commission. 1995. Footprints in New Snow: A comprehensive Report from the Nunavut Implementation Commission to the Department of Indian and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Concerning the Establishment of the Nunavut Government. Iqaluit, Northwest Territories. 263 pp.

Nunavut Planning Commission. 1996. Footprints 2: A second comprehensive report from the Nunavut Implementation Commission to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated concerning the establishment of the Nunavut government. Iqaluit, Northwest Territories. 256 pp.

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