Canadian Geographic – The Map Room

The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada’s Giant Floor Map

Published on 14 January 201914 January 2019 by Jonathan Crowe

Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Giant Floor Map — Canadian Geographic

As I mentioned in my post about the Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada, the atlas project includes the four-volume physical atlas, an online version, and teaching resources that include a giant floor map from Canadian Geographic. CBC News has more about that giant floor map, which at 11 × 8 metres is so big that it has to be displayed in the gym when it’s taken on tours of schools. See also this video.

Previously: Map of Indigenous Canada Accompanies People’s Atlas; The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada.

A Map of Canada’s Declining Caribou Populations

Published on 6 November 20185 November 2018 by Jonathan Crowe

Canadian Geographic maps the decline of Canada’s caribou populations. “All of Canada’s caribou subspecies have increasingly been in the news as the animal’s national population, which once numbered in the millions, has declined drastically and quickly to little more than a million today. Experts are concerned some populations may not survive the threats they’re facing. One herd, British Columbia’s South Selkirk, had just three females left in April 2018.” [r/MapPorn]

Canadian Geographic’s (and Chris Brackley’s) Best Maps

Published on 29 December 201729 December 2017 by Jonathan Crowe

Canadian Geographic looks at the best maps it published in 2017. It did the same in 2016 and in 2015. The funny thing about the maps in these year’s-best posts is that they’re all by CG’s in-house cartographer, Chris Brackley, who the RCGS is clearly glad to have on board—and based on what I can see of his work, they should be.