Township Grid and Land Parcel

Owned by Diego Cesa de Meira (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Sept 13, 2019
2 min read

Description

Township Grid is the standardized provincial grid for land parcel identification and location. It incorporates both the surveyed base data and adjusted theoretical dataset and is spatially integrated with the cadastral fabric. It provides a common platform to more effectively reference and manage land administration, exploration and development.

Originator

  1. Government of British Columbia

  2. Government of Alberta

  3. Government of Saskatchewan

  4. Government of Manitoba

  5. Government of Ontario

Use Cases

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Source(s)

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Township-Alberta

AltaLIS
Government of ALberta

SHP

2016

N/A

PDF

Free

SHP
Click ATS from the selection at bottom of page, then on the left panel select ATS v4.1 Polygons

Legal Subdivision fabric not included

Township-Saskatchewan

ISC

SHP

N/A

N/A

XML

$200

SHP

$200/Year

Township-Manitoba

Manitoba Land Initiative (MLI)

SHP

2016

N/A

XML

Free

SHP (South)
SHP (North)
Cadastral

 

Land Parcel-Ontario

Land Information Ontario (LIO)

SHP

2013

Yearly

XML

Free

SHP-Township
SHP-Lot

Requires account registration

Land District-BC

GeoBC

WMS
GDB

2017

N/A

Data Dictionary

Free

WMS
GDB

 

Land Parcel-BC

GeoBC

WMS
GDB

2016

N/A

Data Dictionary

Free

WMS
GDB

 

Remarks

  1.  

Process for EGIS integration

WMS Web Service:

  1. WMS Web Service can be integrated directly into EGIS.

SHP, GDB File:

  1. SHP, GDB file can be integrated directly into EGIS.

TC Smart Maps:

  1. Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.

  2. Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.

  3. TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\AdministrativeBoundary\TownshipGrid.kml

Customization:

  1. Schema transformation: As required

  2. Denormalization: Not required

  3. Value coding: Not required

  4. Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability

  5. Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance

  6. Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization

  7. Format translation: As required.

  8. Language translation: French version not available.

  9. Update frequency: As identified