Canadian Digital Elevation Model, 1945-2011
Canadian Digital Elevation Model, 1945-2011 is an open dataset from Natural Resources Canada with 16 files (GEOTIF, HTML, ASCII GRID, PDF, WMS); catalogue record updated 2023-06-10. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.
This collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. The Canadian Digital Elevation Model (CDEM) is part of Natural Resources Canada's altimetry system designed to better meet the users' needs for elevation data and products. The CDEM stems from the existing Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED). In these data, elevations can be either ground or reflective surface elevations. A CDEM mosaic can be obtained for a pre-defined or user-defined extent. The coverage and resolution of a mosaic varies according to latitude and to the extent of the requested area. Derived products such as slope, shaded relief and colour shaded relief maps can also be generated on demand by using the Geospatial-Data Extraction tool. Data can then be saved in many formats. The pre-packaged GeoTiff datasets are based on the National Topographic System of Canada (NTS) at the 1:250 000 scale; the NTS index file is available in the Resources section in many formats.
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Canada
- Resources
- 16
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2023-06-10
Data overview
- Formats
- ASCII GRID, GEOTIF, HTML, KMZ, PDF, WMS
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Canadian Digital Elevation Model, Color Shaded Relief (French, WMS) WMS · Download WMS
- Canadian Digital Elevation Model, Color Shaded Relief (English, WMS) WMS · Download WMS
- Canadian Digital Elevation Model - Product Specifications (French, PDF) PDF · Download PDF
- Canadian Digital Elevation Model - Product Specifications (English, PDF) PDF · Download PDF
- CDEM product index (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest) (English, French) KMZ · Download KMZ
- Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF of the CDEM (English, French, GEOTIF) GEOTIF · Download GEOTIF
- Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF of the CDEM hillshade (English, French, GEOTIF) GEOTIF · Download GEOTIF
- Customized files and derived products in ASCII Grid format (Geospatial-Data Extraction tool) (French) ASCII GRID · Download ASCII GRID
- Customized files and derived products in ASCII Grid format (Geospatial-Data Extraction tool) (English) ASCII GRID · Download ASCII GRID
- Customized files and derived products in GeoTIFF format (Geospatial-Data Extraction tool) (English, GEOTIF) GEOTIF · Download GEOTIF
- Customized files and derived products in GeoTIFF format (Geospatial-Data Extraction tool) (French, GEOTIF) GEOTIF · Download GEOTIF
- Documentation on the use of the Elevation API (English, HTML) HTML · Download HTML
- Documentation on the use of the Elevation API (French, HTML) HTML · Download HTML
- Download directory to pre-packaged GeoTIFF files (English, French, GEOTIF) GEOTIF · Download GEOTIF
- NTS Index (Use to identify the number of your area of interest) (English, HTML) HTML · Download HTML
- NTS Index (Use to identify the number of your area of interest) (French, HTML) HTML · Download HTML