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About MDL

Our collection includes hundreds of geospatial and numeric datasets, over hundreds of thousands of maps & aerial photographs, and more! We provide assistance finding maps and data and using GIS and statistical software.

MDL Map Collection

Our collections consist of over 250,000 maps and hundreds of thousands of aerial photographs.

MDL Spaces

MDL has open study space, group study rooms, and a computer lab

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Geospatial data

Scholars GeoPortal | Geospatial data | Remote sensing | Air photos

Numeric data

Microdata | Statistics | Census of Canada

Maps and atlases

Scanned maps | Fire insurance plans | Rare maps | Topographic maps

Hours & Location

Map & Data Library sign

Robarts Library 130 St. George St., 5th Floor
Toronto Map

Hours:
Reference: Monday to Friday, 11 am-5 pm
Collection access

Using the library

Tutorials and help guides

Accessing CANSIM data through CHASS

ArcGIS 10.x installation instructions for students

Citation rules for machine-readable data in Canadian historical journals

Citing data and statistics files in computer-readable form: a quick overview

Citing geospatial data resources

Cleaning Data in Python

Cleaning data in STATA

Clipping Rasters

Comment citer les séries ou données extraites d’E-STAT

Converting GIS data in FME Quick Translator

Converting GIS data to AutoCAD

Creating a point layer of locations

Creating contours using ArcMap/ArcScene

Creating contours using Global Mapper

Deauthorizing ArcGIS

Downloading census boundary files using Scholars GeoPortal

Downloading SDA data into STATA

Exporting map data from OpenStreetMap

Extracting the geographic features you need from a larger dataset

From our collections

New datasets

Forum research political polls

New books, maps and more

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