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🇨🇦 Download geodata for Canada
For Canada we keep no copies of our own: every row leads to tile lists directly at the source, each tile with its capture date where the source gives one. Canada is included with the federal level (NRCan: laser scans almost nationwide, ArcticDEM in the north) and five provinces and territories: British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, Manitoba and Yukon. Canada releases aerial photos openly only in Yukon and as historical mosaics; Québec's main server for laser and aerial data blocks access from Europe and is therefore missing. ArcticDEM: DEM(s) provided by the Polar Geospatial Center under NSF-OPP awards 1043681, 1559691, 1542736, 1810976, and 2129685.
✈️ DOP — Aerial photos (orthophotos)
10,207 tiles, 1.4 TB in total, 7,741 with acquisition date, period 1947-07-15–2025-08-23, plus 2,262 tiles of older years 1950–2023.
| Access | Note |
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| Download links (10,207 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
Show historical years individually (34)
Yukon (GeoYukon) orthophotos 10–27 cm as a ZIP per tile, flights 1987–2024 with flight day (older scans up to 1 m black and white); plus historical aerial mosaics of the National Air Photo Library 1932–2004 for eight places and Banff National Park 2025 (15 cm RGBN), each as one Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF. Otherwise Canada does not release aerial photos openly.
Source: Government of Yukon (GeoYukon) · Licence Open Government Licence – Yukon; Natural Resources Canada, National Air Photo Library · Licence Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0; Parks Canada · Licence Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
⛰️ DTM — Terrain model
129,666 tiles, 8.5 TB in total, 125,389 with acquisition date, period 2005-06-05–2026-05-06.
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| Download links (129,666 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
NRCan HRDEM from laser-scan projects 2006–2025, 1 m (older 2 m), GeoTIFF per 10×10 km tile (about 200 MB) in NAD83(CSRS)/UTM, heights CGVD2013; finer from the provinces: British Columbia (LidarBC) 1 m per 1:2,500 sheet with flight day, Ontario as ZIP packages (1–4 GB), Québec 1 m per 1:20,000 sheet, Manitoba per project.
Source: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), CanElevation · Licence Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0; GeoBC – LidarBC · Licence Open Government Licence – British Columbia; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Geospatial Ontario) · Licence Open Government Licence – Ontario; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts du Québec · Licence CC BY 4.0; Manitoba Land Initiative · Licence Manitoba Open Data Licence
🏙️ DSM — Surface model
126,434 tiles, 7.4 TB in total, 124,293 with acquisition date, period 2006-05-05–2026-05-06.
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| Download links (126,434 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
Laser-scan DSM — NRCan HRDEM 1 m per 10×10 km tile in NAD83(CSRS)/UTM, British Columbia (LidarBC) 1 m per 1:2,500 sheet, Ontario as ZIP packages with 1 km tiles.
Source: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), CanElevation · Licence Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0; GeoBC – LidarBC · Licence Open Government Licence – British Columbia; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Geospatial Ontario) · Licence Open Government Licence – Ontario
🌳 nDSM — Object height above ground
2,630 tiles, 2.5 TB in total, flown 2009–2026.
| Access | Note |
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| Download links (2,630 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
Québec canopy height model (MHC) 1 m per 1:20,000 sheet – vegetation height in forests, no buildings.
Source: Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts du Québec · Licence CC BY 4.0
📷 iDSM — Image-based surface model
2,717 tiles, 7.4 TB in total, 2,256 with acquisition date, period 2019-08-26–2021-11-04, plus 25 tiles of older years 2013–2015.
| Access | Note |
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| Download links (2,717 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
Show historical years individually (3)
| Access | Note |
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| Historical year 2013 (8 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
| Historical year 2014 (9 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
| Historical year 2015 (8 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
Ontario DSM 0.5 m from image correlation of the provincial flights 2013–2022, ZIP packages (1–3 GB) with 1 km tiles, older flights in southern Ontario under history; in the north ArcticDEM from satellite stereo images 2011–2021, 2 m, per 50×50 km tile in EPSG:3413, ellipsoidal heights.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Geospatial Ontario) · Licence Open Government Licence – Ontario; Polar Geospatial Center (ArcticDEM, NSF-OPP awards 1043681, 1559691, 1542736, 1810976, 2129685) · Licence CC BY 4.0
📡 LiDAR — Laser point cloud
815,538 tiles, 154 TB in total, 784,160 with acquisition date, period 2009-05-03–2026-05-06.
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| Download links (815,538 tiles, JSON) | directly at the source |
NRCan CanElevation, classified, COPC LAZ per tile (mostly 1 km) in NAD83(CSRS)/UTM, the latest project per location; British Columbia (LidarBC) as LAZ (not COPC, up to 1 GB) per 1:2,500 sheet, 2015–2026.
Source: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), CanElevation · Licence Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0; GeoBC – LidarBC · Licence Open Government Licence – British Columbia