A recap of 2022 Canadian additions to the Living Atlas

January 9, 2023

Farah Hoque

The Living Atlas is a growing collection of rich geographic content that brings the world to life. Here is your guide to the entire list of Canada’s contributions to the Living Atlas from 2022 along with some honourable mentions.

The ‘Living’ in the Living Atlas indicates that it is constantly growing and evolving with new content to support your workflows and apps. Whether you're a researcher, analyst, urban planner, or just curious about the world, the Living Atlas has something for everyone. The content in the Living Atlas covers a wide variety of topics such as environment, demographics, boundaries, points of interest, infrastructure and more. In 2022, there were 53 new Canadian additions from 11 contributors to the Living Atlas. These are the honourable mentions from 5 award categories:

For more information on content available across Canada’s provinces and territories, refer to this dashboard. Now let’s take a look at the entire collection of Canadian content that were added this year.

Points of Interest (POI)

Black symbols representing sports and recreational facilities in Canada overlaid on a light gray basemap.

Open Database of Educational Facilities, Cultural and Art Facilities and Sports and Recreation Facilities Feature Service (Source: Statistics Canada)
Canadian Airports with Air Navigation Services Feature Service (English and French) (Source: NAV CANADA)

Environment

Northern Tornadoes Project dashboard featuring tornado events with the colours blue, yellow and green representing the tornado severity with several filters on the left such as year, coverage, and event information.

Northern Tornadoes Project Event Dashboard (Source: Northern Tornadoes Project)
Long-Term Change Detection of the Northwest Territories StoryMaps (English and French (Source: NWT Centre for Geomatics)
Northern Canada Shoreline Classification Map Service (Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Watershed Ecosystem Monitoring StoryMap (Source: The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA))
Tides and Water Levels in Canada Map Service (Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Historical Flood Events Feature Service (Source: Natural Resources Canada)
Forest Management in Canada, 2020 StoryMaps (English and French) (Source: Manitoba Government)

People and Demographics

Relationship map of average men vs. women’s ages across dissemination areas in Canada. The legend compares the average age of men and women using dark blue, light blue pink and grey.

Age and Gender 2021 and Population and Dwelling Counts 2021 Feature Service (Source: Statistics Canada)
The Acadian Expulsion, Exploring Garrison Graveyard, What Lies Beneath StoryMaps (Source: Mapannapolis)
Official Language Minority Communities Dashboard (English and French) (Source: Official Languages Branch at Canadian Heritage)
Global Monkeypox Outbreak Dashboard (2022) (Source: Global.health and the Public Health Team at Esri Canada)

Indigenous

Indigenous places names of New Brunswick displayed in various colours as points and water features shown in blue lines overlaid on a light teal basemap.

Lnu Place Names in New Brunswick Web Map. Follow this blog to learn more. (Source: Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI))
Indigenous Geographical Names in Canada Map Service (English and French) (Source: Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC))

Species

Habitat of aquatic species in oceans outlined in purple and blue polygons in the water.

Critical Habitat of Aquatic Species at Risk in Canada (English and French) (Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP) Harvest Areas Map Service (Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

Boundaries

Black outlined polygons representing census metropolitan areas in Canada overlaid on a light gray basemap.

Census Division (CD), Census Subdivision (CSD), Dissemination Area (DA), Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Federal Electoral District (FED) 2021 Feature Service (Source: Statistics Canada)

Elevation and Contours

LidarBC app displaying grey and yellow grids containing LiDAR points at various scales across British Columbia.

LidarBC – Open LiDAR Data Index and Portal (Source: Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development - GeoBC)

Infrastructure

Neon coloured points spread out across Ontario representing different categories of infrastructure such as education, roads and bridges, recreation, transit, health care, etc. overlaid on a dark gray basemap.

Ontario Builds: Key Infrastructure Projects by Lines, Points and Map (Source: Ministry of Infrastructure Ontario)
The State of Mass Timber in Canada Dashboards (English and French) (Source: Natural Resources Canada)

Basemap

Imagery basemap with yellow road lines and labels overlaid on the Ottawa river.

Imagery Hybrid / Imagerie Hybride Web Map (Source: Community Map of Canada Team at Esri Canada)

Agriculture

Agricultural commodity icons such as apples, strawberries, and cows overlaid on a tan basemap.

Grow BC Layer and Web Map (Source: BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (BCAITC))
Alberta's Agricultural Land Resource Atlas Map Service (Source: Alberta Agriculture)

Other

Light blue circles representing manufacturing projects in Canada overlaid on light grey basemap.

Canada's National Research Council - Grants and Contributions (2021-2022) Map Service (Source: National Research Council of Canada)

And that concludes the entire collection of Canadians items in the Living Atlas from 2022! Stay up to date on weekly additions from 2023 using this dashboard.

Notice any important Canadian datasets or apps missing from the Living Atlas? Fill out this short survey to put in a request.

If you or your organization have any inquiries or would like to nominate Canadian content (maps, apps or data) to the Living Atlas, please contact me at fhoque@esri.ca.