Description

The toponymic features of the CanVec series include proper nouns designating places and representations of the territory. This data come from provincial, territorial and Canadian toponymic databases. They are used in the CanVec Series for cartographic reference purposes and vary according to the scale of display. The toponymic features of the CanVec series can differ from the Canada's official geographical names. 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) Users can obtain information about Canada's official toponyms at: **[Geographical names in Canada](https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/maps-tools-publications/maps/geographical-names-canada/10786)**

Resources

Name	Format	Description	Link
Toponymic Features (Group layer)	WMS		https://cartes.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_fr?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=toponymy&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 (CanVec)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/fgdb/Toponymy/
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_toponymic.kmz
Prepackaged Shapefiles (CanVec)	ESRI Shape		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/canvec/shp/Toponymy/
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
Toponymic Features (Group layer)	WMS		https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/canvec_en?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=toponymy&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html

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