For help with GIS and Data, please visit UBC Library's GIS and Data & Statistics guides. Please note that these services are located in the Koerner Library and are supported through the Research Commons.
A few resources are listed below:
Featured Resources
- Planet.com Satellite Imagery Archive and Basemaps This link opens in a new windowPlanet.com provides access to a global satellite imagery archive of multi-spectral imagery dating back to 2009.
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowInternet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using Canadian and US demographic, business, and marketing data.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowSocial Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information.
GIS / Data
- Abacus Data Repository This link opens in a new windowAbacus is UBC's collection of data sets, including public use microdata from Statistics Canada, public opinion polls, and geospatial data. Look here for Statistics Canada surveys and data.
- Canadian Census Analyser This link opens in a new windowCanadian Census Analyser features census profiles for multiple levels of geography as far back as 1961, online analysis of public use microdata files 1971- , and postal code conversion files 1996- .
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowSocial Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information.
- UNdata This link opens in a new windowSelected statistics from the entire UN system. Summary tables cover agriculture, population, industry, national accounts, energy, health, human development, trade, refugees, education, employment, and technology.
- World Bank Data This link opens in a new windowDevelopment-oriented statistics from the World Bank: social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators for over 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering 1960 to the present.
Maps
Online Mapping Tools
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowInternet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using Canadian and US demographic, business, and marketing data.
- VanMapProduced by the City of Vancouver, VanMap lets you view data about Vancouver in map form. There are dozens of features you can turn on and off with the click of a button: Property lines; Zoning information; Sewer mains; Water mains; Information about addresses; Public places; Crime data.
Fire Insurance Maps
Fire Insurance maps (historical block plans from 1885 onward with architectural features for existing buildings) for a number of BC communities, including Vancouver, are available online at Library and Archives Canada.
UBC Rare Books & Special Collections has the original printed maps, please see:
Map Collections @ UBC
UBC Library's map collections are located in the Koerner Library and Rare Books & Special Collections. Visit in person or consult one of these online guides: