Description

The elevation features of the CanVec series include the elevation contours and elevation points. These entities are used to describe the relief of the Canadian Landmass. The CanVec multiscale series is available as prepackaged downloadable files and by user-defined extent via a Geospatial data extraction tool. Related Products (Open Maps Links): [Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056)

Resources

Name	Format	Description	Link
Elevation Features (Group layer)	WMS		https://cartes.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_fr?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=elevation&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html
Drop-down navigation menu to CanVec Series documentation and online data catalogues	HTML		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/doc/info.html
Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/fgdb/Elevation/
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/index/canvec_elevation.kmz
Prepackaged Shapefiles (download directory)	ESRI Shape		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/shp/Elevation
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool	HTML		https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-en.html
CanVec customized files (selectable product, extent, format) - Geospatial Data Extraction Tool	HTML		https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-fr.html
Elevation Features (Group layer)	WMS		https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_en?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=elevation&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html

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