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Title: Atlas of the Dominion. Counties of Kent and Essex. Province of Ontario.
Description: Map of Kent and Essex Counties in Ontario, showing plots of land, some of them numbered. Cities, neighbourhoods, counties, islands, railways, rail stations, and bodies of water are labelled.
Type: Maps
Date: 1875
Identifier: HMC0015_KentandEssex
Identifier (PID): yul:1153580

Title: City of Toronto, reduced by permission from Wadsworth & Unwin's Large Map for Tackabury's Atlas of the Dominion published by G.N. Tackabury, Montreal, 1875.
Description: Street map of Toronto published in 1875. Streets are labelled by name and major landmarks can be seen, including Queen's Park, the University of Toronto, and Union Station. Rivers and streams are outlined. Railways are outlined and marked with the names of major railway companies that served the region. St Patrick's Ward and St Lawrence's Ward are coloured green.
Type: Maps
Date: 1875
Identifier: HMC0015
Identifier (PID): yul:1153579

Title: Americae mappa generalis secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas
Description: Latin map of the Americas. Major cities, bodies of water, oceans, countries and regions are labelled. International borders are outlined. In some areas, the names of Indigenous communities are listed. There is a cartouche in the lower left corner with depictions of Indigenous people and a pot of gold. Relief shown pictorially.
Type: Maps
Date: 1746
Identifier: HMC0017
Identifier (PID): yul:1153578

Title: Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by Sidney Hall
Description: British map from 1830 showing Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Cities, towns and bodies of water are labelled. Regional districts are outlined. The province of Lower Canada is outlined in green, while other provinces and territories are coloured red. Northeastern and midwestern parts of the United States can be seen, but with much less detail. Published as part of A new general atlas.
Type: Maps
Date: 1830
Identifier: HMC0016
Identifier (PID): yul:1153577

Title: A New and Correct map of the British Colonies in North America comprehending Eastern Canada with the Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Government of Newfoundland with the Adjacent States of New England, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 1794.
Description: Map of British colonies in North America in 1794, including Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. Much of the Northeastern United States can also be seen. Towns, cities and bodies of water are labelled. International, provincial, and state borders are outlined. The locations of Indigenous communities are marked throughout.
Type: Maps
Date: 1794
Identifier: HMC0013
Identifier (PID): yul:1153576

Title: Le Canada ou partie de la Nouvelle France dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, contenant la Terre de Labrador, la Nouvelle France, les Isles de Terre Neuve, de Nostre Dame, etc. : á l'usage de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne
Description: French map of New France (Québec), Newfoundland and Labrador. Bodies of water are labelled. English and French posts are labelled. Text next to some of the French posts describe efforts to cut off movement of Indigenous people into the area.
Type: Maps
Date: 1696
Identifier: HMC0012
Identifier (PID): yul:1153575

Title: Upper Canada by J. Arrowsmith. 1837.
Description: Map of Upper published in 1837, encompassing what is now Ontario and western Québec. The American states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, West Virginia, Massachusetts, and Vermont can also be seen. Areas inhabited by Indigenous communities are labelled. Cities, towns, and bodies of water are named. Mountain ranges are shown with hachures. Part of the atlas titled The London atlas of universal geography, exhibiting the physical & political divisions of the various countries of the World, constructed from original materials (see Note).
Type: Maps
Date: 1837
Identifier: HMC0010
Identifier (PID): yul:1153574

Title: A New Map of Upper & Lower Canada, from the Latest Authorities by John Cary, Engraver. 1807.
Description: Map of Upper and Lower Canada published in 1807, encompassing what is now Ontario and western Québec. Adjacent portions of the United States can also be seen. Areas inhabited by Indigenous communities are labelled. Cities, towns, and bodies of water are named. Mountain ranges are shown pictorially.
Type: Maps
Date: 1807
Identifier: HMC0009
Identifier (PID): yul:1153573

Title: Village Lots in the Town of Invermara. The Property of Jno. Thomson Esq'r. in the southern Division of the Township of Orillia, in the County of Simcoe.
Description: Lots belonging to the Jno. Thomson Esq'r., in the Town of Invermara between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchaching, approximately 1843. A line through the lots shows where a railway junction is proposed. There are handwritten notes on various lots. Streets and bodies of water are named. There is a large compass rose around the middle of the map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1843
Identifier: HMC0008
Identifier (PID): yul:1153572

Title: The North-West Territory shewing British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Red River and Saskatchewan Settlements, for the Canadian Almanac 1870.
Description: Map showing parts of the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (referred to on the map by its historic name of Red River Settlement), published in 1870. Mountains, bodies of water, cities and towns are named. Railroads and the international border with the United States are outlined. Rupert's Land can be seen in the northeast corner of the map. The Cariboo Gold Region can be seen towards the northwest corner of the map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1870
Identifier: HMC0007
Identifier (PID): yul:1153571

Title: Map of part of Manitoba and the Canadian North-West Territories : Alberta, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan shewing system of land survey and the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Description: Survey map of Canadian Pacific Railway Company lines through Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Railway routes are outlined and the stations along them named. First Nations reserves are marked throughout with "I.R." for "Indian Reserve." Bodies of water are named.
Type: Maps
Date: 1890
Identifier: HMC0006
Identifier (PID): yul:1153570

Title: Excise Inland revenue map of Eastern Canada, 1884
Description: Excise map of Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Gulf of St. Lawrence regions. Counties are outlined. Cities, towns, canals, lakes and other bodies of water are named.
Type: Maps
Date: 1884
Identifier: HMC0005
Identifier (PID): yul:1153568

Title: The Arctic Regions, showing the North-West Passage as determined by Cap. R. McClure and other Arctic Voyagers. 1856.
Description: Two maps of arctic regions published in 1856 on a single sheet as part of The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. The arctic circle is shown in the lower of two maps, while the upper map shows the Parry Islands in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada. Surrounding these two maps there are illustrations of arctic scenes and people, including Inuit, walruses, polar bears, and the HMS Terror. Bodies of water, islands, and harbours are labelled throughout. The former resting place of the HMS Resolute can be seen in the upper map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: HMC0004
Identifier (PID): yul:1153559

Title: Partie de l'Amérique septent? qui comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada
Description: French map of New France and Atlantic Canada, published around 1799. Some of Ontario (including Lake Ontario) is visible, as is some of New England. Cities, towns, provinces, territories, regions, and bodies of water are named. An inset map in the lower left shows the Great Lakes. The locations of Indigenous communities are noted throughout the map, including the Iroquois, Inuit, Wyandot, Oneida, Algonquin, and Montagnais peoples (may be listed on the map by sub-group names or incorrect names). Relief shown pictorially.
Type: Maps
Date: c1799
Identifier: HMC0003
Identifier (PID): yul:1153558

Title: Chart of the World showing New Route through Canada between England, China, Japan, Australasia and the East. By J. Johnston. Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, 1886.
Description: Map of transport within Canada and between Canada and other countries. Railway transport shown within Canada and to the United States. Ship lines to Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom are shown with hashed red lines. Major cities are labelled and British posessions are coloured red. Relief shown with hachures.
Type: Maps
Date: 1886
Identifier: HMC0002
Identifier (PID): yul:1153557

Title: Kingston, Ontario : experimental photo map
Description: Map consisting of a mosaic of aerial photographs of Kingston and surrounding area, with roads, utilities, contours, waterways, and other details overlaid.
Type: Maps
Date: 1968
Identifier: G/3524/K543 A4/50/1967
Identifier (PID): yul:1152223

Title: [York County north sheet]
Description: Aerial photograph of northern section of York County, adjacent to Lake Simcoe. Towns, railway lines, and lots are labeled.
Type: Maps
Date: [1960]
Identifier: G/3523/Y6 A4/63/1960
Identifier (PID): yul:1152359

Title: Map of the Province of Canada from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence corrected from information obtained by the Geological Survey under the Direction of Sir W.B. Logan and prepared for the Canadian Directory. Thos. C. Keefer
Description: Map of the Province of Canada as of 1855. Towns, cities, and bodies of water are labelled throughout. Railroads can be seen and counties are filled in with different colours. An inset map in the lower right shows the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Type: Maps
Date: 1855
Identifier: HMC0001
Identifier (PID): yul:1153554

Title: A New Map of the Province of Quebec according to the Royal Proclamation of the 7th of October 1763 from the French Surveys connected with those made after the War by Captain Carver, and Other Officers in His Majesty's Service
Description: Map of the Province of Quebec in 1776, after the French and Indian War. Cities, towns, bodies of water and other geographic features labelled throughout. Indigenous communities are noted, including the Nipissing First Nation and members of the Ottawa, Algonquin, and Abenaki peoples (sometimes noted by the names of regional subgroups). Relief shown pictorially. There are four inset maps in the upper left, including two of the Montreal area, Québec City, and the course of the St. Lawrence River.
Type: Maps
Date: 1776
Identifier: WMC0055
Identifier (PID): yul:1153553

Title: Mappe-Monde Planispherique Physique et Hydrographique
Description: A world map highlighting ocean currents. European possessions are marked according to colour and a small legend explaining the colour-coding is at the bottom of the map. Continents, countries, major cities, islands, bodies of water, and ocean currents are labelled throughout. Relief shown by hachures. This map is plate 10 of Atlas universel. Notes on the bottom of the map describe average and extreme temperatures, snowfall limits, and average altitudes.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: WMC0051
Identifier (PID): yul:1153552

Title: Petermann: Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blattern, Bl. 2 Stieler's Hand-Atlas No. 82. 1873.
Description: A map of the Midwestern United States from the German atlas Hand Atlas Uber Alle Theile Der Erde Und Uber Das Weltgebaude, published in 1873. The title and attribution is in German but most of the map itself is in English. Cities, towns and bodies of water are labelled throughout. Elevations are marked with hachures. The maps notes where Indigenous people reside and many reserves are outlined. Indigenous peoples represented on the map include the Omaha, Pawnee, Dakota, Otoe, Missouri, Yankton, and Winnebago/Ho Chunk peoples.
Type: Maps
Date: 1873
Identifier: WMC0054
Identifier (PID): yul:1153296

Title: The World Illustrating the Principal Features of Meteorology; The World Showing the Distribution and Limits of Cultivation of the Principal Plants Useful to Mankind
Description: Files consists of two world maps, originally published as part Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas And Descriptive Geography. The upper map is titled "The World Illustrating the Principal Features of Meteorology" and shows global wind and storm currents. An inset map on the bottom shows global rainfall patterns, with darker shading showing higher rainfall. The second map in the bottom half of the image is titled "The World Showing the Distribution and Limits of Cultivation of the Principal Plants Useful to Mankind" and shows the global distribution of plants used in agriculture and industry. Continents, some countries and islands are labelled. The limits of plant growth and cultivation are shown with labelled hashed lines.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: WMC0053
Identifier (PID): yul:1153295

Title: Chart of Isothermal Lines, Shewing the mean annual Temperature of the Different parte of the Earth's Surface [1846]
Description: World map with isothermal lines showing the annual mean temperature on the Earth's surface. Countries, some major cities, islands, seas and oceans are labelled. The equator, the artic and antartic circles are outlined. Northern expeditions are marked towards the top of the map, including the names of explorers Parry, Hudson, Phipps, Tschitsagoff, Buchan and Franklin.
Type: Maps
Date: 1846
Identifier: WMC0052
Identifier (PID): yul:1153294

Title: Amerique Historique, Physique et Politique Actuelle [1825]
Description: Map of North and South America, originally printed as part of the atlas titled Atlas historique, genealogique, chronologique et geographique de A. LeSage (Comte de Las Cases) in 1825. Text surrounding the map provides description of geographic characteristics, communications by sea and river, and history. There is particular focus on the history of explorers, including Lewis & Clark, Columbus, Cortez, and Pizarro (with their travel routes outlined on the map itself). Major cities, bodies of water are labelled. There are notes throughout the map pointing out various features. National boundaries are denoted by the countries being filled in with different colours. The short-lived country of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata can be seen in South America. Table in the lower left corner provides descriptions of the government, physical terrain, history of colonization, agriculture and natural resources, and characteristics of the natural landscape of the countries on the map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1825
Identifier: WMC0050
Identifier (PID): yul:1153293

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Fort Coulonge, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31F/NE]
Description: A topographic map of Fort-Coulonge, Quebec-Ontario, sheet 31F/NE, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1963
Identifier: G/3400/125/31F/NE
Identifier (PID): yul:1151313

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Golden Lake, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31F/NW]
Description: A topographic map of Golden Lake, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31F/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and by shading. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1970
Identifier: G/3400/125/31F/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151314

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Deep River, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31K/SW]
Description: A topographic map of Deep River, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31K/SW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31K/SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151317

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : New Liskeard, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31M/NW]
Description: A topographic map of New Liskeard, Quebec-Ontario, sheet 31M/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1968
Identifier: G/3400/125/31M/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151322

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Tomiko, Ontario-Quebec [sheet 31L/NW]
Description: A topographic map of Tomiko, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31L/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31L/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151320

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Haileybury, Ontario-Quebec [sheet 31M/SW]
Description: A topographic map of Haileybury, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31M/SW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31M/SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151323