ANTH 357 Archaeological Methods

The Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre is the primary resource for maps and geospatial data at McGill University.

Selected Resources (Montreal):

• General Maps, Cultural Features and Boundaries
• Urban Maps and Data
• Airphotos and Satellite Imagery
• Population Data
• Other Data Resources for Montreal

Please Note: Most of our data sets are licensed to McGill University; use is restricted to students, faculty and staff for academic teaching and research purposes. You may be required to sign a Data License Agreement form before using this data.

For a complete list of the geospatial resources available at McGill, click here.

General Maps, Cultural Features and Boundaries

• Topographic Maps of Quebec 1:20 000
• Cartes topographiques 20k Matriciel (CTMQ) / Scanned Topographic Maps of Quebec 1:20 000
• Québec Topographique / Historical Topographic Maps of Quebec 1:50 000
• Topographic and Pictorial Map of the City of Montreal, 1846

Urban Maps and Data

• Montreal City Plan Series, 1950s and 1960s
• Land Use Maps, 1950s-1990s
• Montreal Land Use Map, 1949
• Montreal Urban Community General Landuse File, 2001
• Montreal Cartographic Plans
• Montreal Cadastral Plans
• Maps for the City of Montréal (BAnQ), 1801-1990
• Montreal Fire Insurance Plans (BAnQ)

Airphotos and Satellite Imagery

• Print airphotos
• Orthophotos
• Satellite Imagery

Population Data

• Canada Census Cartographic and Boundary Files 1986-2006
  GIS files of census tracts, census subdivisions, etc.
• Canadian Census Analyser 1961-2006 (Census Data files)
  Provides access to profile census variables for most levels of geography.
• Census Tract (CT) Profiles, 2006 Census
  Visualize the data for a specific census tract via a map and/or retrieve related profile data.
• Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1842-1999
• The Almanach de Québec, 1780-1841

Other Data Resources for Montreal

• Montreal Maps Online
• Montreal Services and Information

Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre
Created by gic [dot] library [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Deena Yanofsky), 2011