Description

This dataset is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada, illustrating a curated selection of official geographical names in Canada that have changed over time. The selection comes from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, displaying additional information including the previous name(s) of each feature, the year and the reason why the names changed along with a short history of each name change.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names: Over a Century of Place Name Changes (StoryMap)	HTML		https://cartes.canada.ca/stories/storymap-fr.html?lang=fr&appid=a6be011c17c14a1b94b096f8967e7b18&appidalt=7cc6fa6a8b7749c8932ba99595ea9256
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names: Over a Century of Place Name Changes (StoryMap)	HTML		https://maps.canada.ca/stories/storymap-en.html?lang=en&appid=7cc6fa6a8b7749c8932ba99595ea9256&appidalt=a6be011c17c14a1b94b096f8967e7b18
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names	Ersi REST		https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/canada_evolving_names_en/MapServer
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names	Ersi REST		https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/canada_evolving_names_fr/MapServer
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names	WMS		https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/canada_evolving_names_en/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=application%2Fgeojson
Canada's Evolving Geographical Names	WMS		https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/canada_evolving_names_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0&layers=0&legend_format=image%2Fpng&feature_info_type=application%2Fgeojson

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