Canada Basemap – Transportation (CBMT) – Vector Tile EPSG: 3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert)

The Canada Basemap – Transportation (CBMT) is a vector 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 multiple datasets.

• Topographic data of Canada - CanVec Series

• “Automatically Extracted Buildings” GeoBase (a raw digital product in vector format automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources.)

• Open Street Map (OSM) data available under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

• Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB).

Geographic Coverage: CBMT covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA.

Data Update Frequency: Updates are applied monthly to reflect the latest updates in the source datasets.

Projection: Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system.

Layer Access:

• CBMT is accessible via the ArcGIS Online item link with the applied style or it can also be accessed directly with the default style using the following Vector Tile Server:

https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/HsjBaDykC1mjhXz9/arcgis/rest/services/CBMT_CBCT_3978_V_OSM/VectorTileServer

• In QGIS or other applications that require the style JSON, the following link can be used:

https://arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/708e92c1f00941e3af3dd3c092ae4a0a/resources/styles/root.json

Use Cases: This layer is suitable for use in any map as a basemap layer and can be modified to meet the needs of the project by editing the JSON style in the Vector Tile Style editor.

Additional Versions:

• A geometry-only version (CBMT3978GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT3978TXT) are available.

• French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport 3978 V (CBCT3978).

Datasets available for download

• CBMT LegendPDF
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• Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT)HTML
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• Canada Basemap Transportation (CBMT) - Geometry-OnlyHTML
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• Airports
• Basemap
• Bridges
• Buildings
• Cemeteries
• Drainage
• Ferries
• Forests
• Form Descriptors
• Geographic data
• Geographical maps
• Geography
• Geomatics
• Government and Politics
• Location map
• Maps
• Nature and Environment
• Parks
• Railway networks
• Road maps
• Road networks
• Tower
• Transport
• Transportation networks

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (54%)
• Maturity Level 2 (38%)
• Maturity Level 3 (0%)
• Maturity Level 4 (0%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

Field	Value
Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 02:08 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 02:08 (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) – Vector Tile EPSG: 3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert)
Description A description of the dataset.	The Canada Basemap – Transportation (CBMT) is a vector 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 multiple datasets. Topographic data of Canada - CanVec Series “Automatically Extracted Buildings” GeoBase (a raw digital product in vector format automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources.) Open Street Map (OSM) data available under the Open Database License (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB). Geographic Coverage: CBMT covers the entire geographic area of Canada and some major transportation routes and cities in the northern States of the USA. Data Update Frequency: Updates are applied monthly to reflect the latest updates in the source datasets. Projection: Data is provided in the EPSG:3978 (NAD83 Canada Atlas Lambert) projected coordinate system. Layer Access: CBMT is accessible via the ArcGIS Online item link with the applied style or it can also be accessed directly with the default style using the following Vector Tile Server: https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/HsjBaDykC1mjhXz9/arcgis/rest/services/CBMT_CBCT_3978_V_OSM/VectorTileServer In QGIS or other applications that require the style JSON, the following link can be used: https://arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/708e92c1f00941e3af3dd3c092ae4a0a/resources/styles/root.json Use Cases: This layer is suitable for use in any map as a basemap layer and can be modified to meet the needs of the project by editing the JSON style in the Vector Tile Style editor. Additional Versions: A geometry-only version (CBMT3978GEOM) and a text-only version (CBMT3978TXT) are available. French versions of the basemap are accessible via the Carte de base du Canada - Transport 3978 V (CBCT3978).
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Airports Basemap Bridges Buildings Cemeteries Drainage Ferries Forests Form Descriptors Geographic data Geographical maps Geography Geomatics Government and Politics Location map Maps Nature and Environment Parks Railway networks Road maps Road networks Tower Transport Transportation networks
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.	2024-10-31
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/b82096d6-81a7-4db7-b042-11e173b078ae
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?	Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery, [email protected]
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.

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