Explore the Future of Canada’s Spatial Data Infrastructure for Economy, Society, and the Environment.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) engaged stakeholders and partners in a dialogue on how to advance Canada’s spatial data infrastructure to collaboratively address critical and complex issues like climate change. Find the round table reports and background information.
Geospatial information underpins everything we do and helps us to better understand our environment and address the challenges society faces, including climate change, disaster management, public health, trade and economic development, and natural resource management.
Canada’s spatial data infrastructure, known as the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), is the collection of geospatial data, and the standards, policies, applications, and governance that facilitate its access, use, integration, and preservation.
Data portals, tools and services
Access open, shared, trusted geospatial data, services, and applications.
Standards and operational policies
Learn about the geospatial operational policies and standards that facilitate the development, sharing, and use of geospatial data.
Funding (GeoConnections)
Check out the GeoConnections Program Calls for Proposals, supporting the development of innovative adoption and further development of the CGDI by co-funding projects with eligible recipients.
Geospatial collaboration and governance
Discover the collaboration and partnerships that make the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure possible.
Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Resource Centre
Access a wide variety of publications, including primers, case studies, user needs assessments, operational policies, and studies on the use of geospatial data in the Canadian context.
Geospatial web services harvester
Learn about the automated web harvester cataloguing standardized Canadian and Arctic geospatial web services