Maps and GIS
Map collection
Our collection contains over 68,000 paper maps from Victoria neighbourhoods to the solar system.
GIS and geospatial data
Geospatial data accessible by the public and data accessible solely for UVic faculty, students and staff.
Contact Maps and GIS
For more information, please contact:
Maps and GIS or
Geospatial Librarian Daniel Brendle-Moczuk at 250-853-3619.
Maps
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Spring/Summer Hours
- Mon-Fri
- 07:30 AM - 09:00 PM
- Sat-Sun
- 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Closed
- May 23, 2022
- Closed
Address
McPherson Library
University of Victoria
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria, B.C., V8W 3H5
Canada
[See location on Google Maps]
Phone
250-853-3619
UVic and Victoria area maps
- University of Victoria maps and buildings
- Emergency telephones and public access telephones
- Capital Regional District (CRD) Atlas - includes Harbours Atlas
- University of Victoria community green map - choose the Webmap
- Islands Trust - Gulf Islands Trust area mapping
- Victoria Weather Network - network of 20 school weather stations, mapping temperature, wind, rain and more
- Victorienteers - orienteering maps for local parks (note: printed versions are higher resolution)
- VI History - history of Vancouver Island and Canadian history during the late 19th and early part of the 20th century.
- Bathymetry of Cadboro Bay, Oak Bay and area from NOAA chart 18433
- Island Health Authority population and health statistics
- UVic Special Collections digital collection of Victoria fire insurance maps and early Victoria historical maps
General - world maps, atlases, comprehensive sites
- Atlas of Canada (includes outline maps and maps on various topics)
- Canadian Geographic
- Country Insights (Canada - Foreign Affairs)
- Geogratis (Canadian maps and data)
- The Geography Network (Canadian maps and data)
- GeoPortail - IGN's geoportal (en francais)
- Map Central - Bedford/St.Martin's - outline maps, incl. historical and classical
- The Map Place (B.C. government maps)
- MapMaker Interactive (National Geographic)
- National Atlas of the United States
- Perry-Castaneda Map Collection (U of Texas: maps of countries and regions, including outline maps)
- United Nations
Topographic/bathymetric - mapping sites and sources
- Toporama (online version from National Atlas of Canada site)
- Digital (scanned) National Topographic Series maps: Geogratis CanTopo ftp site
- Find NTS (topographic) map number
- MSR maps (US)
- Canadian Hydrographic Service (includes indexes to nautical charts in Map Library)
- NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) nautical charts online
- USGS EarthExplorer
Environment - geology, climate, environmental atlases, forestry, parks, other land information
- AfricaMap - hosted by Harvard University
- Agriculture Canada
- BC Geological Survey - Geology maps online
- BC Ministry of Energy and Mines
- BC Parks
- BC biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Maps (Ministry of Forests)
- Canada Land Inventory maps
- Capital Regional District (CRD) Atlas - includes Harbours Atlas
- Community Mapping Network (natural resource information and maps for communities in BC)
- Conservation Geoportal (links to maps and data)
- Forestry maps of Canada
- GeoBC Gateway - comprehensive site for B.C. govt. publications, maps and data
- GeoScan database (search for Geological Survey of Canada maps, includes scanned GSC maps)
- Min Files (Mineral Files of BC)
- Open Files (BC mineral information)
- Soil surveys of Canada
- UNEP maps and graphics
People - history, population/census, electoral
- First Peoples' language map of BC
- American Memory Project includes some Canadian maps
- ArchiviaNet (Library and Archives Canada) - includes early census mapping
- BC Archives - includes some digitised historical maps
- BC Hydro transmission maps
- BC Stats Mapping and Geography
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- CANSIM from StatsCan
- Elections BC electoral maps
- Elections Canada maps
- FSA postal area maps
- Global distribution of poverty (CIESIN)
- Historic cities
- Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
- Historical Map Society of BC
- In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Project (Ontario counties, 1870s-1890s)
- UVic Special Collections digital collection of early BC historical maps
Cities and street maps - municipal govt. maps, worldwide address finding, directions
Greater Victoria and Capital Region of BC
- Capital Regional District Atlas
- Islands Trust - Gulf Islands area mapping
- City of Victoria
- Esquimalt
- Oak Bay
- Saanich