Indigenous Geographical Names Indigenous geographical names across Canada from CGNDB.
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Service facts Endpoint https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/GNBC_CTC_indigenous_toponymy_en/MapServer Copy URL Type ESRI MapServer Layers 10 Formats PNG32, PNG24, PNG, JPG, DIB, TIFF, EMF, PS, PDF, GIF, SVG, SVGZ, BMP CRS EPSG:3978 CORS Enabled Response time 1034 ms at last check Last verified 2026-07-24 Discovered 1 time by Geo Hound users Layers Id Layer Geometry Features 0 Indigenous Geographical Names17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 1 Indigenous Geographical Names (labels only)17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 2 Labeled features (scale dependent) 3 Scale 25,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 4 Scale 80,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 5 Scale 350,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 6 Scale 1,500,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 7 Scale 2,750,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 8 Scale 6,500,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
point 9 Scale 12,500,000 and up17 fields Name Alias Type Shape Shape esriFieldTypeGeometry cgndb_id CGNDB ID esriFieldTypeString geographical_name Geographical Name esriFieldTypeString language Language esriFieldTypeString syllabic_form Syllabic Form esriFieldTypeString generic_term Generic Term esriFieldTypeString generic_category Generic Category esriFieldTypeString concise_code Concise Code esriFieldTypeString toponymic_feature_id Toponymic Feature ID esriFieldTypeString latitude Latitude esriFieldTypeDouble longitude Longitude esriFieldTypeDouble location Location esriFieldTypeString province_territory Province - Territory esriFieldTypeString relevance_at_scale Relevance at Scale esriFieldTypeInteger decision_date Decision Date esriFieldTypeString source Source esriFieldTypeString OBJECTID OBJECTID esriFieldTypeOID
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Use this service QGIS Copy
Layer > Add Layer > Add ArcGIS REST Server Layer > New
Name: Indigenous Geographical Names
URL: https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/GNBC_CTC_indigenous_toponymy_en/MapServer ArcGIS Pro Copy
Insert > Connections > Server > New ArcGIS Server
Server URL: https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/GNBC_CTC_indigenous_toponymy_en/MapServer Leaflet Copy
fetch('https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/GNBC_CTC_indigenous_toponymy_en/MapServer/0/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=*&f=geojson')
.then((r) => r.json())
.then((geojson) => L.geoJSON(geojson).addTo(map)); Python Copy
import geopandas as gpd
gdf = gpd.read_file(
'https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/GNBC_CTC_indigenous_toponymy_en/MapServer/0/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=*&f=geojson'
)