Data Sources and Tools

Includes interactive maps on populations, health, climate change, history and more.

NASA shows how some key indicators of climate change, such as sea level, temperature or sea ice have changed in recent history.

Worldmapper is a collection of nearly 700 world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

ESRI’s source for Open GIS datasets

QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) is a free, open source GIS software suite.

Free geospatial data of Canada, including the National Topographic Data Base at 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale. Vector mapping data is available in scales ranging from 1:250 000 to 1:30 000 000 in a variety of file formats.