The map title is Toronto-Union. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. A portion of Toronto Harbour is located at the lower right and shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Railway lines represented by a line with cross hashes are shown leading to Union Station. The points of interest in the downtown area of Toronto around Union Station are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

Please note that this dataset is not an official City of Toronto land use dataset. It was created for personal and academic use using City of Toronto Land Use Maps (2019) found on the City of Toronto Official Plan website at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/official-plan-guidelines/official-plan/official-plan-maps-copy, along with the City of Toronto parcel fabric (Property Boundaries) found at https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/property-boundaries/ and Statistics Canada Census Dissemination Blocks level boundary files (2016). The property boundaries used were dated November 11, 2021. Further detail about the City of Toronto's Official Plan, consolidation of the information presented in its online form, and considerations for its interpretation can be found at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/official-plan-guidelines/official-plan/

The map title is Toronto-U of T. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. The points of interest in the downtown area of Toronto around the University of Toronto and Queen's Park are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

The map title is Toronto-Union. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. A portion of Toronto Harbour is located at the lower right and shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Railway lines represented by a line with cross hashes are shown leading to Union Station. The points of interest in the downtown area of Toronto around Union Station are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

The map title is Toronto-Bay. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. The points of interest in the downtown area of Toronto around Bay Street are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

The map title is Toronto-Kensington. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. The points of interest in the downtown area of Toronto around Kensington Market are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are labelled with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

The map title is Toronto. Tactile map scale. 1.6 centimetres = 5 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Toronto and surrounding area. Lake Ontario is shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Main roads, routes. 7, 10, 400, 401, 407, QEW. A broken line represents a boundary line outlining Toronto city limits. A circle with a dot in the middle indicates a bus station located in the south of the city. A circle with a cross in it indicates Union Station, a Via Rail station located in the south of the city. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates Pearson International Airport located west of the city limits. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates the Toronto Island Airport located on an island south of the city. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

The map title is Toronto. Tactile map scale. 1.6 centimetres = 5 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Toronto and surrounding area. Lake Ontario is shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Main roads, routes. 7, 10, 400, 401, 407, QEW. A broken line represents a boundary line outlining Toronto city limits. A circle with a dot in the middle indicates a bus station located in the south of the city. A circle with a cross in it indicates Union Station, a Via Rail station located in the south of the city. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates Pearson International Airport located west of the city limits. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates the Toronto Island Airport located on an island south of the city. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

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The map shows an expanding network of publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations operated by the City of Toronto. The City provides public EV charging stations at both on-street and off-street parking facilities, which are managed by Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), an agency of the City of Toronto. Moving from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to EVs is a key action in reaching the City’s goal of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2040. For more information, visit TransformTO Net Zero Strategy.

Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canada is a maps that shows the city of Toronto. The map indicates the location of city wards, street names electric railways, and select buildings.

The following published OGC compliant WMTS services facilitate access to live geospatial data from the City of Toronto. All WMTS services are in Web Mercator projection. Orthorectified Aerial Imagery The following dataset provides access to the most current geometrically corrected (orthorectified) aerial photography for the City of Toronto. Previous year Orthoimagery is available through the links provided below. Historic Aerial Imagery These datasets are all sourced from scans of the original black and white aerial photography. These images have not gone through the same rigorous process that current aerial imagery goes through to create a seamless orthorectified image, corrected for the changes in elevation across the City. Due to this, the spatial accuracy of these datasets varies across the City. Be aware that there are known issues with some regions of data due to issues with the source data. These datasets intended use is to show land use changes over time and other similar tasks. It is not suitable for sub-metre level accuracy feature collection and is provided “as-is”. Aerial LiDAR - Hillshade A hillshade is a hypothetical illumination of a surface by determining illumination values for each cell in a raster. It is calculated by setting a position for a hypothetical light source and calculating the illumination values of each cell in relation to neighboring cells. It can be used to greatly enhance the visualization of a surface for analysis or graphical display, especially when using transparency. The City of Toronto publishes hillshades in both bare earth (no above-ground features included), and full-feature. Bare Earth Full Feature

FID - System field Feature Id Shape - Feature Type (polygon) Area_id - Parking permit area identifier Permit parking areas within the City of Toronto are presented in map format. This file is best viewed when overlaid with the City of Toronto Centreline file.

The data layer shows the sign district designations of all properties in the City of Toronto - the sign bylaw regulations/permissions/restrictions that are applicable to each property in the city are based on its sign district designation. The data is used in conjunction with a City of Toronto map so that individual properties can be searched by address or through a zoom tool. The city provides this data to the public through an online mapping and search tool at: https://map.toronto.ca/maps/map.jsp?app=SignView_2

Summary of the City of Toronto Zoning, summarized by neighbourhood. Courtesy of the City of Toronto Open Data team (opendata@toronto.ca) Zoning: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=5a9923e69b4a6410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=1a66e03bb8d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD Neighbourhoods: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=04b489fe9c18b210VgnVCM1000003dd60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=1a66e03bb8d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Toronto’s Don River Valley is arguably the city’s most distinctive physical feature. As a provider of water, power, sustenance, building materials, and transportation, it has played an important role in the city’s settlement and development. The river valley has changed dramatically in the years since European settlement, particularly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when the Lower Don River was straightened and channelized and the huge marsh at its mouth drained and filled. Today, the Lower Valley forms the foundation for one of the most densely populated areas in Canada, outlining as it does the eastern portion of Toronto’s downtown core and radiating residential areas. This project documents historical changes in the landscape of the Don River Valley. Drawing from the wide range of geographical information available for the Don River watershed (and the Lower Don in particular), including historical maps, geological maps, fire insurance plans, planning documents, and city directories, the project uses Geographic Information Systems software to place, compile, synthesize and interpret this information and make it more accessible as geospatial data and maps. The project is a work in progress. To date, we have scanned several dozen historical maps of Toronto and the Don River watershed, and compiled the following geospatial datasets: 1) changes to the river channel and shoreline of Toronto harbour, 1858-1918; 2) industrial development in the Lower Don River Watershed, 1857-1951 (as points, and in some cases polygons); 3) historical mill sites in the Don River Watershed, 1825; 18524) land ownership in the watershed, 1860 and 1878; and 4) points of interest in the watershed. In the future, we hope to expand the project to include data from other Toronto area watersheds and other parts of the city. The project was conducted through a collaboration between Jennifer Bonnell, a doctoral student in the History of Education program at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT) - now at York University in the History Department and Marcel Fortin, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian at the University of Toronto's Map and Data Library. Financial and in-kind support was provided by the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) and the University of Toronto Libraries. Valuable research support for the Points of Interest pages came from Lost Rivers, a community-based urban ecology organization focused on building public awareness of the City's river systems. Jordan Hale, a University of Toronto Geography student conducted much of the digitization and database work.This project could not have been completed without their skilled assistance and dedication.

Field Name - Description/Definition AREA_ID - Internal geographic identifier AREA_NAME - Name of the former municipality OBJECTID - Internal unique object ID This data is a GIS file that outlines visually the geographical administrative boundary of the City of Toronto. This data set is used for creating maps and map applications, as well as for operational use within the City of Toronto. There are two mapping formats available: MTM3 Degree NAD 27 and WGS84 latitude and longitude.

Polygon of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Created from the DMTI Municipal Amalgamation 2012.3 file.

Includes the following municipalities: Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Scugog, Uxbridge, Brock, Newmarket, King, East Gwilimbury, Georgina, Brampton, Caledon, Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills, Aurora, Mississauga, Pickering, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Richmond Hill, Markham, Toronto, Vaughan.

Images hosted on Historical Maps of Toronto.Atlas of the City of Toronto by the Chas. E. Goad Company 1924This set of fire insurance plans covers downtown Toronto and the Toronto Islands. These maps were scanned and georeferenced as part of the Georia Project at the University of Toronto (http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/menu.htm) from an original atlas at Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library (Atlas Collection). Fire insurance plans provide detailed information about the history of the buildings and land use. Building outlines are included in the maps. These maps can be used to determine when a building was built or demolished, the details of building materials, the position of a building on a lot, and in some cases the name or function of the business.This map service includes a mosaic of several volumes of plat maps that were originally bound atlases. The mosaic was created using ArcGIS software from the scanned JPEG images, varying from 150-300 dpi. The images were georeferenced to WGS84 Web Mercator and the borders were clipped to create a contiguous map.This map was georeferenced using ArcGIS 10.2.1 software. The image was then cached to create this map service.This product is to be used for reference purposes only. The original historical paper maps were sometimes damaged or distorted to varying degrees due to age and use. There are spatial inaccuracies and some places where the footprints do not lineup perfectly or in some cases overlap.

Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is plate that has two maps. The first map is of the city of Montreal and the second map is of the city of Toronto. At this time the cities had a population over 25, 000. The map indicates the location of city wards, electric railways, and churches shown with the symbol of a cross.