Topographic maps

Topographic Map Set Holdings

About 500 topographic map sets provide detailed coverage for much of the world at scales from 1:50,000 to 1:1,000,000. This includes comprehensive coverage for Canada, excellent coverage for the United States and western Europe, and less complete coverage for Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

The majority of the foreign topographic map series have been put in storage, and retrievals are made from Monday to Friday at 11:00 a.m. Topographic map series that are kept on the 5th floor are filed at the beginning of all other maps for that region.

You can find a listing of our Canadian topographic map collections here. Additionally, Ontario historical topographic map sheets can be found on Scholars GeoPortal at scales of 1:25,000 here and 1:63,360 here.

A Note on Canadian Topographic Maps: Canada 1:25 000, 1:50 000, 1:250 000, and smaller scales are held in the map library; superseded maps are held in storage in Robarts Library (B2). Ontario Base Maps at 1:10 000 and 1:20 000, and Ontario 1:100 000 as well as other series maps from other provinces are held in the map library in paper format for selected regions, and for all of Ontario in microfiche format, as well as in digital format (PDF, Shapefile and Esri Coverage)

Geography Call Number Scale Location Index
Afghanistan 7630s 250 1960- 1:250,000 storage view index
Africa 8200s 1000 [1901-07] 1:1,000,000 storage view index
Africa 8200s 1000 1942- 1:1,000,000 storage view index
Africa 8200s 2000 1949- 1:2,000,000 storage view index
Africa, East 8320s 250 [192-] 1:250,000 storage view index
Africa, East 8320s 500 1942 1:500,000 storage view index
Africa, North 8220s 500 1961- 1:500,000 storage view index
Algeria 8240s 50 1938- 1:50,000 storage view index
Antarctica 9802s B7 250 1973- 1:250,000 storage view index
Antarctica 9802s B7 500 1959- 1:500,000 storage view index
Antarctica 9802s B7 200 1968- 1:200,000 storage view index
Antarctica 9800s 50 1975- [no index] 1:50,000 storage view index
Antarctica 9802s A9 250 1962- [no index] 1:250,000 storage view index
Antartica 9800s 500 1963-U 1:500,000 storage view index
Antartica, Queen Maud Land 9802s D7 250 1952- 1:250,000 storage view index
Antartica, Ross Dependency 9802s R6 250 1961 1:250,000 storage view index
Arabian Peninsula 7520s 500 1956- 1:500,000 storage view index
Argentina 5350s 250 1952- 1:250,000 storage view index
Argentina 5350s 50 1949- 1:50,000 storage view index
Argentina 5350s 500 1927- 1:500,000 storage view index
Argentina 5350s 100 1929- 1:100,000 storage N/A
Australia 8960s 250 1958- 1:250,000 storage view index
Australia 8960s 250 1975- 1:250,000 storage view index
Australia 8960s 100 1964- 1:100,000 storage view index
Austria-Hungary 6030s 75 [1873]- 1:75,000 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. view index
Austria-Hungary 6490s 50 1946- 1:50,000 storage view index
Austria-Hungary 6030s 75 [1876]- 1:75,000 storage view index
Bahamas 4980s 50 1963- 1:50,000 storage view index
Barbados 5140s 10 1986 1:10,000 storage view index
Barbuda 5032s B3 10 1970- 1:10,000 storage view index
Belgium 6010s 100 1942-45 1:100,000 storage view index
Belgium 6010s 20 2001- 1:20,000 storage view index
Belgium 6010s 50 1952- 1:50,000 storage view index
Belize 4820s 50 1965- 1:50,0000 storage view index
Bermuda 9120s 10 1965 1:10,540 storage view index
Bimini Island 4982s B5 10 1968- 1:10,000 storage view index
Bolivia 5320s 50 1968- 1:50,000 storage view index
Bolivia 5320s 250 1966- 1:250,000 storage view index
Borneo 8100s 200 1964- 1:200,000 storage view index
Botswana 8600s 500 1965- 1:500,000 storage view index
Botswana 8600s 250 1976- [sample sheet] 1:250,000 storage view index
Botswana 8600s 125 1955- 1:125,000 storage view index
Botswana 8600s 100 1981- 1:100,000 storage view index
Botswana 8600s 50 1967- 1:50,000 storage view index
Brazil 5400s 100 [193-?- 1:100,000 storage N/A
Brazil 5400s 1000 1944- 1:1,000,000 storage view index
Brazil 5400s 500 1944- 1:500,000 storage view index
Brazil 5400s 250 1949- 1:250,000 storage view index
Brazil 5400s 100 1965- 1:100,000 storage view index
Brazil 5400s 50 1962- 1:50,000 storage view index
Brazil, Minas Gerais 5572s C3 25 1962 1:25,000 storage view index
Brazil, Northeast 5500s 25 1974- 1:25,000 storage view index
Brazil, Sao Paulo 5605s 250 1954- 1:250,000 storage view index
Brazil, Sao Paulo 5605s 100 1907- 1:100,000 storage view index
Brazil, South 5600s 50 1965- 1:50,000 storage view index
Canada 3400s 25 1934- 1:25,000 storage  
Canada 3400s 50 1948- 1:50,000 storage  
Canada R3400s 63 1929?- 1:63,360 storage  
Canada R3400s 63-126 1904-   storage  
Canada R3400s 126 1920- 1:126,000 storage  
Canada 3400s 125 1960- 1:125,000 storage  
Canada R3400s 250 1904- 1:250,000 storage  
Canada 3400s 250 1949- 1:250,000 storage  
Canada R3400s 500 1904- 1:500,000 storage  
Canada 3400s 500 1955- 1:500,000 storage  
Canada 3400s 1000 1913- 1:1000,000 storage  
Cayman Islands 4962 C3 25 1965 1:25,000 5th floor view index
Chad 8720s 200 1973- 1:200,000 storage N/A
Chile 5330s 50 [1966]- 1:50,000 storage view index
Chile 5330s 100 1959 1:100,000 storage view index
Chile 5330s 500 1971- 1:500,000 storage view index
China 7820s 250 1951- 1:250,000 storage

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China-Turkistan 7880s 500 1900-1915 1:500,000 storage view index
Columbia 5290s 100 1948- 1:100,000 storage view index
Costa Rica 4860s 50 1955- 1:50,000 storage view index
Curacao 5180s 25 1962- 1:25,000 storage view index
Cyprus 7450s 25 1960- 1:25,000 storage view index
Cyprus 7450s 50 1973- 1:50,000 storage view index
Cyprus 7450s 50 1964- 1:50,000 storage view index
Cyrenica 8260s 100 1941- 1:100,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 25 1958- 1:25,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 100 1950- 1:100,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 20 1901- 1:20,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 100 1919- 1:100,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 50 1959- 1:50,000 storage view index
Denmark 6920s 40 1870- 1:40,000 storage view index
Djibouti 8362s D5 20 1945 1:20,000 storage view index
Ecuador 5300s 50 1961- 1:50,000 storage view index
Egypt 8300s 100 1941- 1:100,000 storage view index
Egypt 8300s 50 1957- 1:50,000 storage view index
Egypt & Cyrenica 8300s 250 [194-] 1:250,000 storage view index
England 5740s 126 1945- 1:126720 storage view index
Great Britain 5740s 63 1952- 1:63,360 storage view index
England 5740s 50 1972- 1:50,000 5th floor view index
England 5740s 25 1964- 1:25,000 5th floor view index
England & Wales 5750s 10 1896- 1:10,000 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 253 1943 1:253,440 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 253 1920? [sample sheet] 1:253,440 storage N/A
England & Wales 5750s 126 1912-1932 1:126,000 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 126 [1903- 1:126,720 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 63 1885-1914 1:63,360 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. view index
England & Wales 5750s 253 1940- 1:253,440 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 10 [1943?][sample sheets] 1:10,560 storage N/A
England & Wales 5750s 63 1805-1874 1:63,360 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 63 1918-1926 1:63,360 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 63 1931- 1:63,360 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 63 [1932?][sample sheet] 1:63,360 storage N/A
England & Wales 5750s 63 1947-52 1:63,360 storage view index
England & Wales 5750s 126 1896-1902? [sample sheets] 1:126,720 storage N/A
Europe 5700s 500 1941-5 1:500,000 storage view index
Europe [sample] 5700s 250 1936- 1:250,000 storage view index
Europe, Central 6030s 100 1943- 1:100,000 storage view index
Europe, East 6030s 300 1893 1:300,000 5th floor view index
Europe, East 6030s 200 1890- 1:200,000 5th floor view index
Europe, East 6030s 250 1944- 1:250,000 5th floor view index
Europe, East 6965s 250 1954- 1:250,000 storage view index
Europe, Northwest 5720s N65 250 1941-45 1:250,000 storage view index
Europe, Northwest 5720s N65 250 1914-1917 1:250,000 storage view index
Falkland Islands 9802s A6 500 195- 1:500,000 storage view index
Finland 6960s 400 1947- 1:400,000 storage view index
Finland 6960s 100 1940- 1:100,000 storage view index
Formosa 7910s 50 1944-1950 1:50,000 storage view index
France 5830s 100 1942- 1:100,000 storage view index
France 5830s 50 1922- 1:50,000 5th floor view index
France 5830s 250 1940-45 1:250,000 storage view index
France 5830s 200 1912- 1:200,000 5th floor N/A
France 5830s 100 190- 1:100,000 storage view index
France 5830s 86 1744-60 1:86,400 storage view index
French West Africa 8740s 200 1923- 1:200,000 storage view index
Gambia 8870s 25 1978- 1:25,000 storage view index
Gambia 8870s 50 1948- 1:50,000 storage view index
Germany 6080s 100 1915- 1:100,000 storage N/A
Germany 6080s 250 1944- 1:250,000 storage view index
Germany 6080s 100 1927- 1:100,000 storage view index
Germany 6080s 100 [186-] 1:100,000 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. view index
Germany 6080s 50 1958- 1:50,000 storage view index
Germany 6080s 25 1877- 1:25,000 storage view index
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein 6310s 100 1955- 1:100,000 storage view index
Ghana 8850s 50 1952- 1:50,000 storage view index
Ghana 8850s 62 1922- 1:62,500 storage view index
Ghana 8850s 125 1907- 1:125,000 storage view index
Ghana 8850s 250 1920- 1:250,000 storage view index
Gilbert Islands 9480s 25 1976- 1:25,000 storage view index
Gilbert Islands 9480s 12 1972- 1:12,500 storage view index
Gilbert Islands, Vaitupu Island 9480s 10 1974- 1:10,000 storage view index
Grand Bahama Island 4982s G7 25 1962- 1:25,000 storage view index
Greece & Albania 6810s 100 1944- 1:100,000 storage view index
Greece & Albania 6810s 250 1943- 1:250,000 storage view index
Greenland 3380s 250 1933- 1:250,000 5th floor N/A
Grenadine Islands 5130s 10 1967- 1:10,000 storage view index
Guadeloupe 5070s 50 1951- 1:50,000 storage view index
Guatemala 4810s 250 1959- 1:250,000 storage view index
Guatemala 4810s 50 1960- 1:50,000 storage view index
Guyana 5250s 50 1953- 1:50,000 storage view index
Guyane, Francaise 5270s 50 1945- 1:50,000 storage view index
Guyane, Francaise 5270s 200 1954- 1:200,000 storage view index
Honduras 4830s 50 1955- 1:50,000 storage view index
Hong Kong 7940s 25 1957 1:25,000 storage view index
Hong Kong 7940s 20 1975 1:20,000 storage view index
Hungary 6500s 200 1981 1:200,000 storage view index
Iberian Peninsula 6540s 250 1941- 1:250,000 storage view index
Iceland 6930s 50 1904- 1:50,000 storage view index
Iceland 6930s 25 1988- 1:25000 storage view index
Iceland 6930s 100 1903- 1:100,000 storage view index
India 7640s 63 1904- 1:63,360 storage view index
India 7640s 126 1889?- 1:126,720 storage N/A
India 7640s 500 1978- 1:500,000 storage view index
India and Pakistan 7650s 250 1954- 1:250,000 storage view index
Indonesia 8070s 250 195- 1:250,000 storage view index
Indonesia, Java 8090s 250 1924- 1:250,000 storage view index
Indonesia, Java 8090s 250 1985-86 1:250,000 storage N/A
Iran digital collection 1:250,000 Digital Collection N/A
Iran DVD 146 1:250,000 DVD/CD Collection N/A
Iraq & Iran 7610s 253 1940- 1:253,440 5th floor N/A
Ireland 5780s 253 1904- 1:253,440 storage view index
Ireland 5780s 10 1833- 1:10,000 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. view index
Ireland 5780s 63 1902- 1:63,360 storage view index
Ireland 5780s 126 1955- 1:126,000 storage view index
Ireland 5780s 253 1948?- 1:253,440 storage N/A
Israel 7500s 100 1959- 1:100,000 storage view index
Italy 6710s 250 193- 1:250,000 storage view index
Italy 6710s 100 1881- 1:100,000 storage view index
Italy 6710s 50 1965- 1:50,000 storage view index
Italy 6710s 200 1943- 1:200,000 5th floor N/A
Italy 6710s 25 1951- 1:25,000 storage view index
Italy [Alpes] 5832 A3 C22 25 2000 1:25,000 5th floor view index
Jamaica 4960s 25 1965- 1:25,000 storage N/A
Jamaica 4960s 50 1952- 1:50,000 storage view index
Jamaica 4960s 50 1982- 1:50,000 storage view index
Jamaica 4960s 12 1970- 1:12,500 storage view index
Japan 7960s 200 1915- 1:200,000   view index
Japan uncat 1:10,000 & 1:50,000 storage N/A
Japan 7960s 250 1956- 1:250,000 storage view index
Japan & Korea 7960s 218 1943- 1:218,000 storage view index
Japan, Central 7980s 250 1943- 1:250,000 storage view index
Jordan 7510s 50 1959- 1:50,000 storage view index
Jordan, East 7512s E2 63 19- 1:63,360 storage view index
Kenya 8410s 50 1953- 1:50,000 storage view index
Kenya 8410s 100 1968- 1:100,000 storage view index
Kenya 8410s 250 1955- 1:250,000 storage view index
Korea 7900s 50 1945- 1:50,000 storage view index
Korea 7900s 250 1944- 1:250,000 storage view index
Korea 7900s 250 1950- 1:250,000 storage view index
Korea & Japan 7960s 218 1943- 1:218,000 storage view index
Kuril Islands 7540s 50 1943- 1:50,000 storage view index
Lake Chad 8202s C5 50 1978- 1:50,000 storage view index
Latin America 3292s L3 250 1980- 1:250,000 5th floor N/A
Lebanon & Syria 7460s 50 1928-50 1:50,000 storage view index
Lesotho 8580s 50 1953- 1:50,000 storage view index
Libya 8260s 50 [1961-] 1:50,000 storage view index
Loyalty Is. 9350s 50 1956 1:50,000 storage view index
Luxembourg 6020s 50 1954- 1:50,000 storage view index
Malagasy 8460s 500 1964- 1:500,000 storage view index
Malawi 8610s 50 1950- 1:50,000 storage view index
Malaya 8030s 25 1955- 1:25,000 5th floor view index
Malaya 8030s 63 1942-1945 1:63,360 storage view index
Malaya 8030s 63 1955- 1:63,360 storage view index
Maldives, Addu Atoll 9217s M3A3 10 1970 1:10,000 storage view index
Malta 6790s 2 1958- 1:2,500 storage view index
Mariana Is. 9410s 24 1968- 1:24,000 storage view index
Mauritania 8820s 200 1972- 1:200,000 storage view index
Mauritius 9185s 25 1952- 1:25,000 storage view index
Mexico 4410s 50 1970-Mexico 1:50,000 storage view index
Mexico 4410s 100 [197-?]- 1:100,000 storage N/A
Mexico 4410s 250 1976- 1:250,000 storage view index
Mexico 4410s 500 1956- 1:500,000 storage view index
Mongolia 7840s 250 1955- 1:250,000 storage view index
Morocco 8230s 50 1924- 1:50,000 storage view index
Mozambique 8450s 500 1933- 1:500,000 storage view index
Myanmar (Burma) 7720s 250 1954- 1:250,000 storage view index
Netherlands 6000s 50 1850-64 1:50,000 storage view index
Netherlands 6000s 50 19- 1:50,000 storage view index
Netherlands 6000s 25 1951- 1:25,000 storage view index
New Caledonia 9340s 50 1956- 1:50,000 storage view index
New Guinea 8140s 500 1942- 1:500,000 storage view index
New Guinea, East 8160s 250 1958- 1:250,000 storage view index
New Guinea, West 8150s 100 1955-62 1:100,000 storage view index
New Providence Island 4982s N4 2 1961- 1:2,500 storage view index
New Zealand 9080s 250 197- 1:250,000 storage view index
New Zealand 9080s 250 1958- 1:250,000 storage view index
New Zealand 9080s 63 1942- 1:63,360 storage view index
Nicaragua 4850s 50 1957- 1:50,000 storage view index
Nicaragua 4850s 250 2002- 1:250,000 storage view index
Nicaragua 4850s 250 [1962-] 1:250,000 storage view index
Nigeria 8840s 50 1954- 1:50,000 storage view index
Nigeria 8840s 250 1957- 1:250,000 storage view index
Northern Ireland 5790s 63 1935- 1:63,360 storage view index
Northern Ireland 5790s 20 1975- 1:20,000 storage view index
Northern Ireland 5790s 63 1953- 1:63,360 storage view index
Norway, Svalbard 9790s 100 1948- 1:100,000 storage view index
Norway 6940s 100 1872- 1:100,000 storage view index
Norway 6940s 250 1957- 1:250,000 storage view index
Norway 6940s 100 1872- 1:400,000 storage view index
Oceans 9095s 10000 1903- 1:10,000,000 storage view index
Oman 7560s 100 1978- 1:100,000 storage view index
Pakistan 7640s 250 1978- 1:500,000 storage view index
Palestine 7500s 100 194- 1:100,000 storage view index
Panama 4870s 50 [1970-] 1:50,000 storage view index
Panama 4870s 25 [1963-] 1:25,000 storage view index
Paraguay 5380s 50 1970- 1:50,000 storage view index
Peru 5310s 100 1960- 1:100,000 storage view index
Philippines 8060s 250 1954- 1:250,000 storage view index
Poland 6520 500 1956- 1:500,000 5th floor view index
Poland 6520s 50 1956- 1:50,000 storage view index
Poland 6520s 100 [192-] 1:100,000 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. view index
Poland 6520s 100 1922- 1:100,000 storage view index
Portugal 6690s 100 1936- 1:100,000 storage view index
Portugal 6690s 50 1902- 1:50,000 storage view index
Prague 6510s 200 1984 1:200,000 storage view index
Rhodesia 8550s 50 195- 1:50,000 storage view index
Rhodesia 8550s 250 195- 1:250,000 storage view index
Rumania 6880s 100 1939- 1:100,000 storage view index
Rumania 6880s 250 1943- 1:250,000 storage view index
Russia 7010s 200 [195-] 1:200,000 storage view index
Russia 7010s 100 1890- 1:100,000 storage view index
Russia, West 7010s 84 1915- 1:84,000 storage view index
Russia, Murmansk 7063s M8 100 1942 1:100,000 storage view index
Scotland 5770s 63 1921-1930 [sample sheet] 1:63,360 storage view index
Scotland 5770s 63 1901-1910 1:63,360 storage view index
Scotland 5770s 126 [1903-1923] 1:126,720 storage view index
Scotland 5770s 253 [1935-37] 1:253,440 storage view index
Scotland 5770s 63 1887-1890 1:63,360 microfiche cabinet 5th fl. N/A
Scotland 5770s 63 1947-52 1:63,360 storage view index
Seychelles Islands 9200s 10 1963- 1:10,000 storage view index
Sierra Leone 8860s 10 1948- 1:10,000 storage view index
Sierra Leone 8860s 50 1965 1:50,000 storage view index
Solomon Islands 9280s 50 1955- 1:50,000 storage view index
South Africa 8500s 500 1951- 1:500,000 storage view index
South Africa 8500s 250 1942- 1:250,000 storage view index
South Africa 8500s 50 1941- 1:50,000 storage view index
South Arabia 7550s 100 1958- 1:100,000 storage view index
Spain 6560s 200 1967- 1:200,000 storage view index
Spain 6560s 100 1949- 1:100,000 storage view index
Spain 6560s 100 1920-24 1:100,000 storage view index
Spain 6560s 50 1882- 1:50,000 storage view index
St. Vincent & Grenadine 5120s 10 1981 1:10,000 storage view index
Sudan 8310s 250 1967-[sample] 1:250,000 storage view index
Sumatra 8080s 100 1945- 1:100,000 storage view index
Sumatra, East 8080s 100 1945b 1:100,000 storage view index
Swaziland 8590s 50 1954- 1:50,000 storage view index
Sweden 6950s 50 1955- 1:50,000 storage view index
Sweden 6950s 100 1860- 1:100,000 storage view index
Sweden 6950s 250 1961- 1:250,000 storage view index
Sweden, North 6952s N6 200 1890 1:200,000 storage view index
Switzerland 6040s 50 1904-R 1:50,000 storage view index
Switzerland 6040s 50 1938- 1:50,000 storage view index
Switzerland 6040s 100 1833- 1:100,000 storage view index
Switzerland 6040s 50 18- R 1:50,000 storage view index
Tanzania 8430s 50 1947- 1:50,000 storage view index
Thailand 8025s 250 1982- 1:250,000 storage view index
Tobago 5160s 10 1962- 1:10,000 storage view index
Tobago 5160s 25 1962 1:25,000 storage view index
Tonga Islands 9570s 25 1945- 1:25,000 storage view index
Trinidad 5150s 62 1940- 1:62,500 storage view index
Trinidad 5150s 10 1966- 1:10,000 storage view index
Trinidad 5150s 25 1963- 1:25,000 storage view index
Trinidad 5150s 25 1969- 1:25,000 storage view index
Tunisia 8250s 50 1938- 1:50,000 storage view index
Turkey 7430s 400 1902- 1:400,000 storage view index
Turkey 7430s 200 [194-] 1:200,000 storage view index
Turks & Caicos Is. 4982s T8 25 1968- 1:25,000 storage view index
Tutuila Is. 9562s T8 24 1963 1:24,000 storage N/A
Uganda 8420s 50 1952- 1:50,000 storage view index
Uganda 8420s 250 1958- 1:250,000 storage view index
United States 3700s 24-62 1892- 24,000 to 62,000 storage view index
United States 3700s 250 1951- 1:250,000 5th floor N/A
United States 3700s 100 1975- 1:100,000 5th floor N/A
Uruguay 5370s 50 1926- 1:50,000 storage view index
Venezuela 5280s 100 1962- 1:100,000 storage view index
Venezuela 5280s 250 1948- 1:250,000 storage view index
Venezuela 5280s 250 1970- 1:250,000 storage view index
West Germany 6295s 50 1953- 1:50,000 storage view index
West Germany 6295s 200 1963- 1:200,000 storage view index
World 3200s 500 195-? 1:500,000 5th floor N/A
World 3200s 500 198- 1:500,000 5th floor N/A
World 3200s 1000 1913- 1:1,000,000 5th floor N/A
World 3200s 1000 198- 1:1,000,000 5th floor N/A
Yemen, Aden 7553s 10 1958- 1:10,000 storage view index
Yugoslavia 6840s 250 1943- 1:250,000 storage view index
Zambia 8570s 50 1949- 1:50,000 storage view index
Zambia 8570s 250 1957- 1:250,000 storage view index