Municipal Amalgamation File (MAF) Coordinate system: 4326 - "WGS 84" Abstract: The Municipal Amalgamation File (MAF) is a municipality boundary file. This graphic feature file represents changes to Canadian municipal boundaries, their subsequent changes to name, municipality type, amalgamations and annexations. Note: In 2012, there was a datum change from NAD83 to WGS84.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2015-06-24

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  http://scholarsportal.info

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  ISO 19115-2

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Series

  Name: CanMap RouteLogistics

  
  

  DMTI Spatial Inc. Markham Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

  Keywords:

  Canada, municipalities, administrative boundaries, political boundaries, provincial differences, amalgamations, annexations, census divisions, census subdivisions, geographic areas, geographical names, muni

  Municipalities, Municipal governments, Amalgamation, Census, Boundaries, Frontière, Municipalité, Fusion

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada

  Purpose:

  To provide a current representation of Canadian municipal boundaries.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: biannually

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

  Extent

  West Longitude: -141.001870

  East Longitude: -51.999994

  North Latitude: 83.999996

  South Latitude: 40.451472

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  The base data for the MAF is derived from the 2001 census subvision polygons. Boundary data is updated from municipal sources, as available, and cross-verified with Statistics Canada's Interim list of changes to Municipal Boundaries Status and Names document.

  DMTI Spatial Inc Markham Ontario, Canada

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 5170

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4326

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  
  

  Process step:

  Dataset copied.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  DMTI Spatial Inc. Toronto Ontario, Canada