Provincial Boundary

Description

Provincial Boundary files portray the geographic limits used for census dissemination. They are available for download in two types: cartographic and digital. Cartographic boundary files depict the geographic areas using only the shorelines of the major land mass of Canada and its coastal islands. Digital boundary files depict the full extent of the geographic areas, including the coastal water area.

Originator

1. Canada Open Data

2. Statistic Canada

Use Cases

Source(s)

Remarks

1. The most appropriate dataset to use for EGIS would be from Canada Open Data as does not require periodic updates and includes the XML Metadata which can be integrated into EGIS directly.

Process for EGIS integration

SHP File:

1. SHP 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\ProvincialAdministrativeBoundary.kmz

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: Not required

8. Language translation: French version available for most dataset

9. Update frequency: As identified