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National Topographic System (NTS)

Last updated on June 27, 2024

The B.C. Government has produced a 1:250,000 scale base map of the province, based on the Canadian National Topographic System (NTS) topographical maps. This vector map product was developed by scanning and restructuring various lithographic layers of the federal paper map series.

Review the Base Map Online Store instructions and policies before making an order.

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About NTS maps

Topographic map coverage of Canada is based on the National Topographic System (NTS), provided by Natural Resources Canada.

The 1:250,000 topographic baseline data includes:

  • Planimetry
  • Survey control
  • 1:20,000 & 1:50,000 reference grids
  • Contours
  • Wooded areas
  • Reference data

Sheet boundaries follow those of the federal maps and may be joined or extended maps. There was a non-standard offset transformation from NAD27 to NAD83.

Unlike Terrain Resource Information Management (TRIM) products, there was no direct data compilation in the creation of this base map.

File Formats

Vector Topographic data is intended to be used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The format supported is ESRI shapefile (Albers or UTM).

The product includes the digital base data, the digital elevation model (DEM), or both.

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Pricing

Product

Cost

1:250K digital base map, NTS series (base map & DEM)

$230.00

1:250K digital base map, NTS series (base map only)

$115.00

1:250K digital base map, NTS series (DEM only)

$115.00

Delivery Times

The product will be available to download in the requested format within minutes of placing a Base Map Online Store order. You will receive an email with an FTP link. The order will be purged from the FTP server after seven (7) days. 

Contact us

 The digital NTS 1:250,000 base map of B.C. is produced by GeoBC.

General enquiries: GeoBCinfo@gov.bc.ca 

Deliveries Courier
3rd Floor, 3400 Davidson Ave
Victoria, BC V8Z 3P8

Mailing Address
PO BOX 9375 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria, BC V8W 9M5