Canada's Evolving Geographical Names
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.
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Canada
- Resources
- 6
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-01-26
Data overview
- Formats
- ESRI REST, HTML, WMS
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names (French, WMS) WMS
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names (English, WMS) WMS
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names: Over a Century of Place Name Changes (StoryMap) (French, HTML) HTML
- Canada's Evolving Geographical Names: Over a Century of Place Name Changes (StoryMap) (English, HTML) HTML