GIS Resources

Boundary File Data

Alberta

• Alberta municipal boundary files from AltaLIS - includes counties, MDs, special areas, improvement districts, cities, towns, villages, summer villages, and hamlets

Census

• Census boundary files 2001-2021 Statistics Canada

• Census boundary files 1911-2011 Scholar's Portal

• Census boundary maps and shapefiles - Alberta Office of Statistics and Information

Indigenous

• Aboriginal Lands of Canada Legislative Boundaries

• First Nations Location

• Tribal Councils Location

Health Regions / Zones

• Health Regions Statistics Canada (Digital boundary files reflecting health region limits in effect as of December 2015.)

• Health Zones (Esri COVID-19 GIS hub)

• Alberta Health Sub-Local Geographic Areas

Federal Electoral Districts

• Statistics Canada Geography files

International

• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries - GIS files for US counties, includes historical boundary revisions

• World country boundaries - IPUMS International

• geoBoundaries - The world's largest open, free and research-ready database of political administrative boundaries.