Road Network File (RNF) (Intercensal)

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2015-05-06

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  Catalogue No. 92-500-G

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  http://scholarsportal.info

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Series

  Name: Road Network File

  
  

  Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: transportation

  Keywords:

  Roads, Addresses, Streets, major roads, local roads

  ROADS

  Road networks, Réseau routier, Census, Recensement

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada

  Purpose:

  The file contains the national road network, which reflects the National Geographic Database road layer content. Applications of this file may include mapping, geocoding, area delineation and database maintenance as a source for street names and locations.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Extent

  West Longitude: -141.001333

  East Longitude: -52.622540

  North Latitude: 82.514468

  South Latitude: 41.736231

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  The Road Network File typically does not contain street information required for route optimization. For example, data on one-way streets, dead-ends and other street obstacles are not included in the Road Network File. Consequently, this file is not recommended for engineering applications, emergency dispatching services, surveying or legal applications.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: curve

  Object Count: 2058817

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  The data in the road layer were derived from the National Geographic Database. The National Geographic Database is a spatial database that contains the road network in Canada, as well as road attributes (name, type, direction, and address ranges). The National Geographic Database was originally built from four main data sources: • Statistics Canada Street Network Files (SNFs), • National Topographic Database (NTDB) 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 maps, • Digital Chart of the World (DCW) 1:1,000,000 maps, • Elections Canada road data. Additional road information was incorporated from a variety of other sources, including municipal maps and road data from private companies. However, the timeliness of the National Geographic Database varies from region to region depending on the source data.

  
  

  For more information about the source data of the RNF please consult Section 4: Data Quality of the RNF Reference Guide.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario, Canada