Named geographic features

Data set contains geographical referencing information like:

  • type of feature or place
  • location coordinates
  • geographic township
  • municipal and map references

Also contains places and background information behind their official naming like:

  • name status
  • naming date
  • name origin
  • naming history

This layer used to be distributed under the name "Geographic Name Extent" but was modified to "Geographic Named Extent" in November 2011.

About Geographic Names

Ministry contact: Geographic Names

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Maintainer
Geographic Names
Maintainer branch
Divisional Support Branch
Last Validated Date
December 16, 2024
Update frequency
As required

Named geographic features

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Date: November 15, 2011

  • Other
    Access to Named geographic features English

    Last Updated: April 30, 2015

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  • Other
    Accéder à la page Éléments géographiques nommés French

    Last Updated: April 30, 2015

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Supporting Files

  • PDF
    Geographic Names Ontario - Data Description English [279.9 KiB]
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  • DOCX
    Geographic Names Ontario - Documentation English [131.6 KiB]
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