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Canadian Geographical Names Database

Access the Canadian Geographical Names Database; learn about its content, and attributes. Find lists of pan-Canadian names and places with two offical names approved in English and French. Use an Application Programming Interface (API) to search and download geographical data.

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About the Canadian Geographical Names Database

Find out about the database content, the names attributes and the character sets.

Innu-aimun audio for place names in Labrador

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Geoname Service (API)

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Geographical Names of pan-Canadian significance

Find out which geographical names have a pan-Canadian status.

Places with official names in English and French

Find out which places have two names approved in both English and French.

Download Geographical Names Data

Download files of official geographical names for individual provinces and territories available in Text, Shape and KML formats.

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