Lakes, Rivers and Glaciers in Canada - CanVec Series - Hydrographic Features

Lakes, Rivers and Glaciers in Canada - CanVec Series - Hydrographic Features is an open dataset from Natural Resources Canada with 8 files (HTML, WMS, FGDB/GDB, KMZ, SHP); catalogue record updated 2025-12-22. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

The hydrographic features of the CanVec series include watercourses, water linear flow segments, hydrographic obstacles (falls, rapids, etc.), waterbodies (lakes, watercourses, etc.), permanent snow and ice features, water wells and springs. The Hydrographic features theme provides quality vector geospatial data (current, accurate, and consistent) of Canadian hydrographic phenomena. It aims to offer a geometric description and a set of basic attributes on hydrographic features that comply with international geomatics standards, seamlessly across Canada. 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

Publisher

Natural Resources Canada

Resources

8

Catalogue metadata updated

2025-12-22