Geography Information Resources: Facts & Data

Statistics

• BCStats British Columbia statistics
• CANSIM Canadian time series
• undata United Nations common statistical database
• SourceOECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• World Development Indicators World Bank
• FAOStat Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN
• CIA World Factbook Basic facts about the countries of the world.

Maps and atlases

• Please see this guide to SFU Library's Map Collection

• The Atlas of Canada
• Blank and outline maps (world, continents, countries, Canadian provinces, US States)
• United Nations Cartographic Section
• David Rumsey Historical Maps collection

Data

• Please visit SFU's Research Data Library site

• Geography Network (from ESRI)
• Geoscience Data Repository (from NRCAN)
• Water Survey of Canada (Hydat)
• GeoGratis Geospatial data of Canada and links to other data.
• USGS Geographic Data Download