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  • Info.html - Allows the navigation among the different documents:
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Available formats

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Please take note that the Atlas of Canada data is available via FTP site only.

The Atlas file naming contains one of the three scale abbreviations:

1:1 000 000 (1M)
1:5 000 000 (5M)
1:15 000 000 (15M)

All distributed data are subject to the Open Government Licence – Canada.

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2016-09-01

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