Planning Projects I - URBP 622

This is a guide to the data resources available at McGill University and elsewhere for URBP 622 students.

A list of geospatial resources available at the GIC can be found here.

Note: The school of Urban Planning TRAM project has GIS data about Montreal. To access this data please contact your TA.

GENERAL DATA & CULTURAL FEATURES, & BOUNDARIES

• CanMap Street Files. Canada. Detailed Street Data for Canada including General Points of Interest, and Political Boundaries.
• Enhanced Points of Interest (DMTI). Canada. Locations of businesses, institutions, and other points of interest.
• Platinum Postal Suite (DMTI). Postal Code Locations in Canada.
• Socio-economic boundaries of Quebec 1:250 000.

URBAN MAPS AND DATA (MONTREAL)

• Montreal Cartographic Plans
• Montreal Cadastral Plans
• Montreal General Landuse.
• REEM 2000. Census of Establishments and Employment in Montreal, 2000.
• SIURS 1999 (Spatial Referenced Urban Information System of Montreal)
• Montreal Fire Insurance Plans (BANQ)
• Base Maps
  • 2002 City of Montreal. Scale 1:1000. Location: G3454.M65 2002 M6
  • 1987 City of Montreal. Scale 1:1000. Location: G3454.M65 G4 1987 M6
  • 1977 City of Montreal. Scale 1:1000. Location: G3454.M65 G4 1977 M6
  • 1964 Parts of the City of Montreal 1:12,000. Location: G3454.M65 G4 1964 M6

POPULATION CENSUS DATA AND GIS FILES

• Canada Census Cartographic and Boundary Files 1986-2006 (GIS). GIS files of Census Tracts, Census Subdivisions, etc..
• CanMap Census Boundary Files. (GIS).
• Canadian Census Analyser 1986-2006 (Census Data files). Attribute data to join with the Census Boundary/Cartographic Files.
• Census Boundary Maps (PDF format)

TRANSPORTATION DATA

• Road Network, Rail Network, and Transit GIS data.

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS & TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS & DATA

• Digital Topographic Maps. International, United States, Canada, Quebec and Montreal.
• Digital Elevation Models. International, United States, Canada, and Quebec.

AIRPHOTOS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY

• Orthophotos (Digital Aerial Photographic for GIS)
• Satellite Imagery
• Montreal Airphotos
  • 1999 Island of Montreal. Digital. Scale 1:40,000. Resolution: 1m. Locations: Ask GIC staff for access
  • 1986 Island of Montreal. Scale 1:4,800. Location: G3454.M65 A4 1986 C55
  • 1971 Island of Montreal. Scale 1:4,800. Location: G3454.M65 A4 1971 M6
  • 1966 City of Montreal (not complete) Scale 1:4,800. Location: G3454.M65 A4 1966 M6
  • 1962 City of Montreal (not complete) Scale 1:12,000. Location: G3454.M65 A4 1962 M6
  • 1959 City of Montreal (not complete) Scale 1:15,000. Ask GIC staff for access
  • 1930 City of Montreal (not complete) Scale 1:16,000. Ask GIC staff for access