Research Guides: Geology: Government Information/Data

Reports and Publications

Canadian Minerals Yearbook
This comprehensive review of developments in the mineral industry includes chapters devoted to each major mineral commodity produced in Canada.
Available online and in print.
Call number: (2nd Fl.) TN 26 A342C2B
Earth Sciences Publications (Natural Resources Canada)
This link leads to government publications in 47 different categories including: bedrock, coastlines, continental shelf, economic geology, energy, environmental geoscience, fossil fuels, hydrogeology, soils science, and structural geology.

Earth Sciences Maps (Natural Resources Canada)
Geoscience maps related to 32 topics and keywords including: land survey maps, drainage patterns, geochemistry, glaciers, hydrogeology, permafrost, pipeline, precious metals, tides, and topographic information.
Geology Ontario
GeologyOntario is an online warehouse that contains all of the publically available digital data collected by the Mines and Minerals division. All data is available for download and can be discovered by using attribute-based search.

GeoScan This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database for Geological Survey of Canada maps and publications as well as Canada Topographic Maps and publications from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.
Scholars GeoPortal (See GeoPortal) This link opens in a new window
Scholars GeoPortal is geospatial data discovery tool allowing Ontario’s university students and researchers to enrich their teaching and research by engaging with OCUL’s growing collection of geospatial data. The portal offers search, preview, query, download and sharing functionality for datasets licensed by Ontario university libraries, covering such topics as land use, transportation networks, census boundaries, geology, soils, air photo imagery, points of interest (such as healthcare facilities, schools), and more.

Scholars GeoPortal User Guide
Includes information on how to use the portal; understanding maps and GIS; and how to cite geospatial data.
OGSEarth
Provides geoscience data, collected by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Mines and Minerals division, which can be viewed using user-friendly geographic information programs such as Google Earth
U.S. Geological Survey: Maps, Imagery and Publications
Resource for maps and related data about geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology and marine geology.
National Geophysical Data Center (U.S.)
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of geophysical data and information.