Geospatial Ontario imagery

View spatial imagery of Ontario captured by satellite or airplane.

Background

Every five years, the Ministry of Natural Resources coordinates projects to photograph high resolution imagery of settled areas of the province. Geospatial Ontario (GEO) acquires, maintains, and distributes this high-resolution imagery collected across Ontario.

From 2013 to 2023, public and private sector organizations partnered with Ontario to share in the costs of acquiring aerial imagery. Project participants included:

  • other Ontario ministries
  • municipalities
  • federal agencies
  • conservation authorities
  • non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • private companies

Starting in 2024, GEO will fully fund imagery acquisitions. All imagery will be released openly and available to everyone as soon as the imagery is ready as a mappable product.

Technical information

This record includes all collections of digital orthophotography which are currently open to the public. Collections are differentiated by year of acquisition and region of the province covered.

Orthophotographs are primarily taken during the spring in leaf-off/low-leaf conditions. All orthophotography is available as GeoTIFFs with the following bands of spectral information:

  • red
  • green
  • blue
  • near-infrared

Pixel size is consistent within collections but varies between collections, ranging from a minimum of 16 cm to a maximum of 50 cm.

Open imagery access restrictions

Starting in 2024, most orthophotography acquisitions will be made available under the Open Government Licence. This only applies to orthophotography collections where Ontario owns the intellectual property rights.

Open Government licensed orthophotography collection release schedule

2022 release:

  • Algonquin 2015
  • Central Ontario Orthophotography (COOP) 2016
  • Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2008
  • Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2014
  • Simcoe Muskoka Dufferin 2008
  • South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2013
  • Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2006
  • Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2010
  • Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2015

2023 release:

  • Northwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) 2017

2024 release:

  • South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2018
  • South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2023
  • Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2019-2020
  • Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2020
  • Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (COOP) 2021
  • Northwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) 2022

2025 release:

  • Digital Raster Acquisition Project East (DRAPE) 2024

2026 release:

Southwest Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2025

Ministry contact: Geospatial Ontario Imagery Program

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Source URL/Address
https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/pages/ontario-imagery-program
Maintainer
Geospatial Ontario Imagery Program
Maintainer branch
Digital, Data, Information and Business Services Branch
Last Validated Date
November 29, 2024
Update frequency
As required
Access instructions

Available digital orthophotography is segmented into collections by regional extent and date of acquisition.

There may be updates to data found under this record during the two-year warranty period immediately after acquisition.

Ordering instructions, metadata and web service connections to available orthophotography are available online at the Ontario GeoHub.

Imagery dating back to the 1940s is available from the Archives of Ontario.

Geospatial Ontario imagery

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Date range: March 12 - May 31, 2024

  • WEB
    Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2024 English

    DRAPE 2024 was acquired in the spring of 2024 , under the best conditions...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2024 French

    Le PAINE 2024 a été acquis au printemps 2024 dans les meilleures conditions...

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Date range: April 8, 2023 - April 24, 2024

  • WEB
    South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2023 English

    The SCOOP 2023 was acquired in the spring of 2023, fall of 2023, and spring...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) 2023 French

    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) a été acquis au...

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Date range: May 15 - November 2, 2022

  • WEB
    North Western Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) 2022 English

    The NWOOP 2022 was acquired in the spring of 2022 under the best conditions...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario (PONOO) 2022 French

    Projet d’orthophotographie du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario (PONOO) a été effectuée...

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Date range: April 2 - June 1, 2021

  • WEB
    Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (COOP) 2021 English

    The COOP 2021 was acquired in the spring of 2021 under the best conditions...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre de l’Ontario (Projet OCO) 2021 French

    Les orthophotographies du Centre de l’Ontario ont été acquises au printemps...

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Date range: March 7 - May 20, 2020

  • WEB
    South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project (SWOOP) 2020 English

    The SWOOP 2020 was acquired in the spring of 2020 under the best conditions...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud Ouest de l’Ontario (POSOO) 2020 French

    Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud Ouest de l’Ontario POSOO (2020) a été...

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Date range: April 25, 2019 - May 22, 2020

  • WEB
    Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2019-2020 English

    The DRAPE 2019-2020 was acquired in the spring of 2019/2020 under the best...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2019 - 2020 French

    L’acquisition du Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE)...

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Date range: March 22, 2018 - May 27, 2019

  • WEB
    South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) 2018 English

    The SCOOP 2018 was acquired in the spring of 2018 and 2019 under the best...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) 2018 French

    Les orthophotographies du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) ont été acquises au...

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Date range: May 7 - 19, 2017

  • WEB
    North Western Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) 2017 English

    North Western Ontario Orthophotography Project (NWOOP) was acquired in the...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario (PONOO) 2017 French

    Les orthophotographies du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario (PONOO) ont été acquises au...

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Date range: May 6 - June 10, 2016

  • WEB
    Central Ontario 2016 Orthophotography English

    Central Ontario Orthophotography (COOP) was acquired in the spring of 2016...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre de l’Ontario 2016 French

    Le Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre de l’Ontario (Projet OCO) a été...

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Date range: May 6 - 14, 2015

  • WEB
    Algonquin 2015 Orthophotography English

    Algonquin Orthophotography was acquired in the spring of 2015 under the best...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie d’Algonquin 2015 French

    Le Projet d’orthophotographie d’Algonquin a été effectué au printemps 2015...

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Date range: April 12 - May 23, 2015

  • WEB
    Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2015 English

    This imagery was acquired in the spring of 2015 under the best conditions...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2015 French

    L’imagerie a été saisie au printemps 2015 dans les meilleures conditions...

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Date range: April 28 - June 7, 2014

  • WEB
    Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2014 English

    Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) was acquired in...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2014 French

    Le Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) a été effectué...

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Date range: April 26 - May 8, 2013

  • WEB
    South Central Ontario Orthophotography (SCOOP) 2013 English

    South Central Ontario Orthophotography Project (SCOOP) was acquired in the...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) 2013 French

    Le Projet d’orthophotographie du Centre-Sud de l’Ontario (POCSO) a été...

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Date range: March 18 - April 29, 2010

  • WEB
    Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2010 English

    This aerial project provides a spatial context to features existing on the...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2010 French

    Ce projet d’imagerie aérienne fournit un contexte spatial aux...

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Date range: April 18, 2008 - November 17, 2009

  • WEB
    Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2008 English

    The Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario project (DRAPE 2008)...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2008 French

    Le Projet d’acquisition d’images numériques pour l’Est (PAINE) 2008 est un...

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Date range: April 15 - 19, 2008

  • WEB
    County of Simcoe, Muskoka and Dufferin (SMD) 2008 Orthophotography English

    The County of Simcoe, Muskoka and Dufferin Orthophotography was collected by...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie de Simcoe, Muskoka et Dufferin 2008 French

    Le Projet d’orthophotographie de Simcoe, Muskoka et Dufferin a été effectué...

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Date range: April 11, 2006 - April 29, 2007

  • WEB
    Southwestern Ontario Orthophotography (SWOOP) 2006 English

    SWOOP 2006 was initiated by Land Information Ontario (LIO) and other partner...

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  • WEB
    Projet d’orthophotographie du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario (Projet OSOO) 2006 French

    Information sur les terres de l’Ontario (ITO) et d’autres organismes...

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