Historic Maps of Canada
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Historical Maps (by Year of Origin)
| ACMLA No. | Map Description | Cartographer | Year | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 024 | [Sketch map of Upper Canada, showing the routes Lt. Gov. J.G. Simcoe took on trips between March, 1792, and September 1795. E.P. Simcoe]. | A10 | ||
| 103 | Universalior Cogniti Orbis Tabula. | [Johannes Ruysch. Rome] | 1508 | A01 |
| 049 | [La Nuova Francia] | (G. Gastaldi and G. B. Ramusio) | 1556 | A08 |
| 126 | [World Map.] | Paolo Forlani and Giovanni Camocio | 1560 | A01 |
| 051 | Universale Descrittione di Tutta la Terra Conosciuta. | (P. Forlani and F. Bertelli) | 1565 | A01 |
| 026 | Il Designo del discoperto della nova Francia. | (P. Forlani/Bolognini Zaltieri) | 1566 | A03 |
| 147 | Quarte Partie de Monde. | Andre Thevet | 1575 | A02 |
| 104 | Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. | Rumold Mercator | 1587 | A01 |
| 060 | Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis | (Cornelis de Jode) | 1593 | A03 |
| 040 | Nova Francia et Canada | (Cornelius Wytfliet) | 1597 | A08 |
| 013 | America | (Arnoldo di Arnoldi) | 1600 | A02 |
| 128 | Upper map: Figure de la Terre Neuve, Grand Riviere de Canada, et Cotes de l'Ocean en la Nouvelle France | A06 | ||
| Lower map: Figure du Port Royal en la Nouvelle France | Marcus Lescarbot, Marc Lescarbot | 1609 | A08 | |
| 084 | Carte Geographique de la Nouvelle Franse. | (Samuel de Champlain) | 1612 | A08 |
| 050 | Tabula Nautica ("The Henry Hudson Map") | 1612 | A14 | |
| 011 | The North Part of America | [Henry Briggs] | 1625 | A03 |
| 138 | Noua Orbis Terrarum. | Philippus Eckebrecht | 1630 | A01 |
| 062 | Carte de la Nouvelle France... | (Samuel de Champlain) | 1632 | A08 |
| 029 | Tabula Novae Franciae. | 1644 | A08 | |
| 090 | Regiones Sub Polo Arctico | (W.J. Blaeu) | 1645 | A04 |
| 019 | Le Canada faict par le Sr. de Champlain ou sont La Nouvelle France, La Nouvelle Angleterre, La Nouvelle Holande, La Nouvelle Suede, La Virginie & c. | (Pierre Du Val) | 1653 | A05 |
| 086 | Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, & c. | (Nicolas Sanson) | 1656 | A08 |
| 083 | Carta particolare della terra nuoua con la gran Baia et il Fiume grande della Canida | (Robert Dudley) | 1661 | A06 |
| 047 | Extrema Americae Versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova, Nova Francia Adjacentiag | (J. Blaeu) | 1663 | A06 |
| 018 | Lac Superieur et autre lieux ou sont les Missions des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus. | (Claude Dablon) | 1673 | A08 |
| 003 | A Map of the North Pole and the Parts Adjoining | (Moses Pitt) | 1680 | A04 |
| 080 | Partie de la Nouvelle France | (Alexis-Hubert Jaillot) | 1685 | A08 |
| 076 | Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France. | (Vincenzo Coronelli) | 1688 | A03 |
| 030 | Canada Orientale nell' America Settentrionale. | (V. Coronelli) | 1692 | A06 |
| 069 | Quebec, Ville de l'Amerique Septentrionale dans la Nouvelle France. | (Nicolas de Fer) | 1694 | A15 |
| 046 | Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France | (Guillaume Delisle) | 1703 | A08 |
| 150 | Planisphere Terrestre | Pieter Van der Aa | 1713 | A01 |
| 115 | A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America | Herman Moll and others | 1715, 1732 | A06 |
| 082 | La Grande Riviere de Canada, appellee par les Europeens de St. Laurens [La feuille orientale] | (J. Deshayes) | 1715 | A09 |
| 081 | La Grande Riviere de Canada appellee par les Europeens de St. Laurens [La feuille ouest] | (J. Deshayes) | 1715 | A09 |
| 027 | Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi. | (H.A. Chatelain) | 1719 | A03 |
| 142 | Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France our du Canada avec de L'Isle de Terre-Neuve. | Tobias Conrad Lotter | 1720 | A06 |
| 097 | Pas-Kaart Vande Zee Kusten inde Boght van Niew Engeland | (Johannes van Keulen) | 1728 | A06 |
| 055 | A New and Correct Map of America | (William Keith) | 1738 | A02 |
| 107 | Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin | 1743 | A03 |
| 098 | Chart of Hudson's Bay & Straits, Baffin's Bay, Strait Davis & Labrador Coast & c. | (C. Middleton) | 1743 | A04 |
| 133 | Mappe Monde Nouvelle Dediee A Monseigneur le Comte de Maurepas. | [George Louis] | 1744 | A01 |
| 005 | A New Chart of the Coast of New England, Nova Scotia, New France or Canada, with the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John's & c. | (N. Bellin) | 1746 | A06 |
| 017 | [Halifax and Environs] | (Thomas Jefferys) | 1750 | A15 |
| 002 | Partie Occidentale Du Canada, Contenant les Lacs Ontario, Huron, Erie et Lac Superieur | (N. Bellin) | 1752 | A07 |
| 077 | Carte Reduite, des Costes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale, et de la Partie meridionale de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve | (Joseph-Bernard de Chabert) | 1753 | A06 |
| 010 | Nouvelle Carte des Decouvertes faites par des Vaisseaux Russes aux cotes inconnues de l'Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Pais Adjacents. | 1754 | A01 | |
| 122 | Carte Physique des Terreins les plus eleves de la Partie Occidentale du Canada. | Philippe Buache | 1754 | A05 |
| 078 | Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale | (Jaques-Nicolas Bellin) | 1755 | A03 |
| 114 | Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin | 1755 | A06 |
| 033 | A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada. | (Thomas Jefferys) | 1755 | A06 |
| 064 | Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou Canada | (Jacques-Nicolas Bellin) | 1755 | A08 |
| 073 | Partie de l'Amerique Septent. Qui comprend La Nouvelle France ou le Canada | (Gilles Robert de Vaugondy) | 1755 | A08 |
| 053 | A Plan of the City & Fortifications of Louisburg. | (The Universal Magazine) | 1758 | A15 |
| 025 | A Plan of the Straits of St. Mary and Michilimakinac, to Shew the Situation & Importance of the two Westernmost Settlements of Canada for the Fur Trade | (The London Magazine) | 1761 | A10 |
| 112 | A Chart of the Straights of Bellisle with Part of the Coast of Newfoundland and Labradore. | James Cook | 1766 | A06 |
| 149 | Nieuwe Kaart van Kanaka | Isaak Tirion | 1769 | A05 |
| 099 | A General Chart of the Island of Newfoundland with the Rocks & Soundings | (T. Jefferys) | 1775 | A06 |
| 016 | A Map of the Island of St. John in the Gulf of St. Lawrence divided into counties and parishes. | (Thomas Jefferys) | 1776 | A06 |
| 031 | Environs de Quebec. Bloque par les Americains du 8 Decembre 1775 au 13 mai 1776 | (George Louis Le Rouge) | 1777 | A15 |
| 088 | Le Isole di Terra Nuova e Capo Breton | (Antonio Zatta) | 1778 | A06 |
| 129 | Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia, Explored in the Years 1778 and 1779 | Wm. Faden | 1784 | A01 |
| 009 | Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and N.E. Coast of Asia Explored in the Years 1778 & 1779 | [Capt. James Cook's Voyage] | 1784 | A04 |
| 015 | [Peter Pond's map of Western Canada, 1785.] | 1785 | A12 | |
| 071 | A Map of the Great River St. John. | (Robert Campbell) | 1788 | A06 |
| 001 | A New Map of the World with The Latest Discoveries | (Samuel Dunn) | 1794 | A01 |
| 072 | Chart of the Coast where a North West Passage was attempted. | (Henry Ellis) | 1794 | A04 |
| 070 | The British Possessions in North America | (Samuel Lewis) | 1794 | A05 |
| 028 | A Map exhibiting Mr. Hearne's Tracks in his two journeys for the discovery of the Copper Mine River, in the years 1770, 1771, and 1772. | (Samuel Hearne) | 1795 | A14 |
| 035 | Chart of St. John's Harbour in Newfoundland | (Francis Owen) | 1799 | A15 |
| 004 | A map of America...exhibiting Mackenzie's Track. | (Alexander Mackenzie) | 1801 | A05 |
| 048 | Merkatorskaia Karta...Severozapadnykh Beregov Ameriki. | (G.A. Sarychev) | 1802 | A01 |
| 075 | A New Map of the Province of Lower Canada. | (Samuel Holland) | 1802 | A07 |
| 036 | A New Map of Upper & Lower Canada, from the Latest Authorities | (John Cary) | 1808 | A07 |
| 012 | A Map of the Province of Upper Canada describing All The New Settlements, Townships, & c. with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron | (David William Smyth) | 1813 | A07 |
| 132 | Plan of the Fort at York Upper Canada shewing its state in March 1816 | J[ean]-B[aptiste] Duberger | 1816 | A15 |
| 139 | Nord America. | C. G. Reichard | 1818 | A03 |
| 074 | Eskimaux Charts | (Iligliuk and Ewerat) | 1822 | A14 |
| 023 | Map of the Proposed Canal through the District of Niagara and Gore to form a junction of Lakes Erie and Ontario by the Grand River | (James G. Chewett) | 1823 | A10 |
| 141 | A Map of part of the Province of Upper Canada shewing the proposed route for a Canal... | James Grant Chewett | 1825 | A07 |
| 116 | Map of Quebec and its Environs, from Actual Survey 1822 | John Adams | 1826 | A15 |
| 020 | A Survey of the River Detroit. From Lake Erie to Lake St. Clair | (W. F. W. Owen) | 1828 | A10 |
| 120 | A Survey of the River St. Lawrence, from Lake Ontario to the Galop Rapids..1818 | W. F. W. Owen (British Admiralty Chart 338, Sheet 1.) | 1828 | A10 |
| 089 | Lake Huron | (H. W. Bayfield) | 1828 | A10 |
| 143 | Plan of the Line of the Rideau Canal. | Lt. Colonel John By | 1829 | A10 |
| 119 | A Map of the Province of Upper Canada. | James Wyld | 1835 | A07 |
| 136 | Chart of Hillsborough Bay, and the Harbour of Charlotte Town. | George Wright | 1839 | A06 |
| 113 | Carte des Iles St. Pierre et Miquelon levee en 1841 | J. de la Roche-Poncie | 1843 | A06 |
| 146 | North America. Lake Erie. West End. | United States Coast Survey | 1849 | A10 |
| 066 | Map of Vancouver Island and the Adjacent Coasts. | (John Arrowsmith) | 1849 | A13 |
| 137 | Plan of the City and Liberties of Kingston. | Thomas Fraser Gibbs | 1850 | A15 |
| 044 | Topographical Plan of the City of Toronto | (Sandford A. Fleming) | 1851 | A15 |
| 148 | Koh-klux' Map Chilkaht. [Alaska and Yukon] | Chief Chilkaht Kohklux | 1852 | A04 |
| 095 | British North America | (J. Arrowsmith) | 1854 | A03 |
| 121 | Plan of Part of the City of Toronto Shewing the Town Lots on Bellevue. | J. Stoughton Dennis | 1854 | A15 |
| 091 | Map of part of the Town of Berlin, Capital of the County of Waterloo, C. W. | (M. C. Schofield) | 1854 | A15 |
| 039 | Montreal | (Waterlow and Sons, Lith.) | 1859 | A15 |
| 008 | British Columbia | (J. Conroy) | 1862 | A13 |
| 117 | Map of the Township of Ascot. | A.H. Whitcher | 1864 | A15 |
| 021 | Niagara Frontier, Plan 2 | (R. H. Stotherd) | 1865 | A10 |
| 093 | [Plan of the Columbia R. District Shewing the Routes Explored by Messrs. Moberly, Green & Turnbull] | (James Turnbull) | 1866 | A13 |
| 135 | "Labrador [Showing Settlement in the Central Coastal Region]." | [Levin T. Reichel] | 1872 | A06 |
| 131 | View of Rocky Mountain House H. B. Co. | J[ean] L['Heureux] | 1873 | A15 |
| 065 | Plan of the City of Winnipeg and its Vicinity, Province of Manitoba | (John D. Parr) | 1874 | A15 |
| 032 | Map of the City of Ottawa | (Mara & Maingy) | 1874 | A15 |
| 022 | Map of the Township of London | (J. S. Randall) | 1878 | A15 |
| 092 | Postal Map of the Counties of Lanark, Leeds S., Brockville, Leeds & Grenville N., Grenville S., Dundas, Carleton, Russell, Stormont, Prescott, Cornwall, & Glengarry, Ontario, Canada | (Postmaster General) | 1879 | A10 |
| 014 | Province of Manitoba and the Part of the District of Keewatin and Northwest Territory Shewing the Townships and Settlements. | (H. Belden & Co.) | 1879 | A12 |
| 087 | Town of Goderich | (H. Belden & Co.) | 1879 | A15 |
| 054 | Map of the City of London and Suburbs, Ont. | (Miles & Co.) | 1879 | A15 |
| 061 | Outline Map of the Dominion of Canada | (Department of the Interior, Canada) | 1881 | A05 |
| 041 | New Map of British Columbia | (R. T. Williams) | 1882 | A13 |
| 123 | Plan of Edmonton Settlement N. W. T. | M. Deane | 1883 | A15 |
| 063 | Railway & Guide Map of Manitoba | (Department of Agriculture, Manitoba) | 1887 | A12 |
| 058 | Index Map Shewing the Routes followed by The Members of the Yukon Expedition 1887-1888 | (Geological Survey Department, Canada) | 1891 | A14 |
| 045 | Vancouver Harbour | (British Admiralty Chart) | 1893 | A15 |
| 057 | Plan of Township No. 24, Range 1 West of Fifth Meridian | (Department of the Interior, Canada) | 1895 | A15 |
| 043 | Map of the Canadian Yukon and Northern Territory of British Columbia. | 1897 | A14 | |
| 068 | Map of Portion of Canadian Northwest and Alaska. Showing routes of the Grand Trunk Railway System, and its connections to Klondike Gold Fields | (Railway and Shipping World) | 1898 | A14 |
| 124 | Edmonton Sheet West of Fourth Meridian | Surveyor General's Office | 1903 | A12 |
| 037 | Stovel's Map of Alberta. | 1905 | A12 | |
| 038 | Stovel's Map of Saskatchewan. | 1905 | A12 | |
| 042 | Edmonton and Environs | (L.F. Heuperman) | 1907 | A15 |
| 096 | Railway Map of Alberta | (Sam J. Gorman) | 1916 | A12 |
| 125 | Edmonton West of Fourth Meridian | Office of the Surveyor General | 1920 | A12 |
| 101 | [World Map as the Face in a Fool's Cap.] | Anonymous Antwerp? | [1590] | A01 |
| 127 | Nova Francia. | [Cornelis Claesz] and Jan van Deutecum | [1594] | A08 |
| 109 | Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio | Gerard Mercator | [1595] | A01 |
| 106 | America | Jodocus Hondius | [1606] | A02 |
| 094 | Newfound land | (John Mason) | [1625] | A06 |
| 056 | Pas-kaart Vande Zee-Kusten van Terra Nova. | (Johannes van Keulen) | [1687] | A06 |
| 105 | Mappe-monde Geo-Hydrographique. | Pierre Mortier | [1700] | A01 |
| 034 | A Chart of ye Iland of New Found Land with ye Particular Harbors at larg. | (John Thornton) | [1700] | A06 |
| 102 | Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. | [Johannes Baptista Homann?] | [1710] | A01 |
| 110 | A New Map of Part of North America. | [Arthur Dobbs] and Joseph La France | [1744] | A03 |
| 108 | Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud... | [Joseph-Nicolas] Delisle and Philippe Buache | [1752] | A01 |
| 134 | "A Sketch of The River Exploits and The East End of Lieutenant's Lake in Newfoundland." | [John Cartwright] | [1773] | A06 |
| 140 | Carta Esferica de los Reconocimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de America en 1791 y 92 por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana y otros Buques de S.M. | [Anonymous] | [1792] | A13 |
| 007 | Plan de la Cataracte de Niagara et de l'Isthme qui separe les Lacs Erie et Ontario | (P.F. Tardieu) | [1805] | A10 |
| 144 | Map of the Seat of War in North America. | John Melish | [1813-15] | A03 |
| 085 | Discoveries of Capts. Ross, Parry & Franklin in the Arctic Regions from 1818 to 1827 | [1830] | A04 | |
| 118 | Sketch Plan of the Village of St. Eustache, After the Action Decr. 11th 1837 | H.B. Parry | [1837] | A15 |
| 100 | British America | (J. & F. Tallis) | [1851] | A05 |
| 111 | Arctic Regions, with all the Discoveries, to 1853 | George Philip & Son | [1853] | A04 |
| 006 | Toronto, Canada West | (Waterlow and Sons, Lith.) | [1857] | A15 |
| 067 | Map showing the different Routes of Communication with the Gold Region on Frasers River | (Alexander C. Anderson) | [1858] | A13 |
| 145 | Map of the Counties of Wentworth part of Brant and Lincoln, Haldimand, Welland. | Ellis and Company | [1859-66] | A10 |
| 059 | Parish Montreal | (H.W. Hopkins) | [1879] | A15 |
| 052 | Bishop's North-West War Map | (George Bishop Co.) | [1885] | A12 |
| 130 | Map of Busy Berlin [now Kitchener, Ontario]. | The Map Company | [1912] | A15 |
| 079 | Plan of Banff, Rocky Mountains Park, Alberta | (Department of the Interior, Canada) | [1917-1920] | A15 |
