Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) - Raster Tile

The Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) is a raster tile service that provides spatial reference context with an emphasis on transportation networks across Canada. It is designed especially for use as a background layer in a web mapping application or geographic information system (GIS).

Access: Access is free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Data Sources:

Data for the CBMT is sourced from the following datasets:

Topographic data of Canada – CanVec Series
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB).

Projections:

Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system.
Data is provided in the EPSG:3857 (WGS84 Pseudo-Mercator) projected coordinate system.

Geographic Coverage:

The CBMT in the EPSG:3857 has complete coverage of the world, with full datasets in Canada and only partial data in other parts of the world including boundaries, Country Names, and major cities.
The CBMT in the EPSG:3978 covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA.

Additional Versions:

The CBMT is available as a dynamic service (WMS) or a tiled service (ESRI REST and WMTS).
A geometry-only version (CBMT GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT TXT) are available.
French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport (CBCT).

Datasets available for download

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 02:31 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 02:31 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.	Boundaries, Elevation, Inland Waters, Location, Transport
Title Title for the Dataset.	Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) - Raster Tile
Description A description of the dataset.	The Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) is a raster tile service that provides spatial reference context with an emphasis on transportation networks across Canada. It is designed especially for use as a background layer in a web mapping application or geographic information system (GIS). Access: Access is free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Canada. Data Sources: Data for the CBMT is sourced from the following datasets: Topographic data of Canada – CanVec Series Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB). Projections: Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system. Data is provided in the EPSG:3857 (WGS84 Pseudo-Mercator) projected coordinate system. Geographic Coverage: The CBMT in the EPSG:3857 has complete coverage of the world, with full datasets in Canada and only partial data in other parts of the world including boundaries, Country Names, and major cities. The CBMT in the EPSG:3978 covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA. Additional Versions: The CBMT is available as a dynamic service (WMS) or a tiled service (ESRI REST and WMTS). A geometry-only version (CBMT GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT TXT) are available. French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport (CBCT).
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Basemap Bridges Buildings Canada Cemeteries Digital elevation data Drainage Ferries Forests Form Descriptors Geographical maps Geomatics Government and Politics Location map Maps National parks Nature and Environment Parks Rail transport Road maps Transport
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2016-01-01
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Open Government Licence - Canada
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/296de17c-001c-4435-8f9a-f5acab632e85
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	Natural Resources Canada \| Ressources naturelles Canada
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.	[email protected]
Author Author of the dataset.
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.
Language Language(s) of the dataset
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

Field	Value
Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) - Raster Tile

Datasets available for download

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