The Geography Network Canada

The Geography Network Canada is an online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps and data, from many of Canada's leading providers.

Location and Physical Features Unit Plan

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Unit Plans
Students will:
* interpret various maps of Canada Atlas of Canada
* identify and describe climate and geographic features of a region.
* learn to see relationships between/among climate, landforms, vegetation, and population distribution.

Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography

Explore the world with Geo-Globe's selection of interactive games, and find out about strange and familiar features of the planet!

Mapping Canada

This is a map tool site sponsored by Canadian Geographic magazine. Its most notable features are a click and change set of historical maps of Canada from 1700 to 1999 and a Canadian map maker that works with a down-loadable geographical information system tool.

Canada Satellite Images and Maps

Tour Canada from space with geology.com's satellite, map, or hybrid views of Canada. You can zoom down to near street level for almost all of Canada. Very impressive and excellent GIS for the classroom. (Note, you can drag the screen to other locations in the world!)

Blank Maps of Canada

This site contains sets of blank maps of Canada which you can use with your classes and for projects. It is a sub-site of the Teaching and Learning About Canada site which can be accessed in the Canada – General Information section above or through this site. Please note that the Teaching and Learning About Canada site home page usually loads very slowly.

The Canadian Council for Geographic Education

The Canadian Council for Geographic Education is pleased to offer teachers ready-to-use lesson plans. These lesson plans were written by qualified CCGE teachers and are available for the appropriate curriculum within each provincial and territorial jurisdiction. They all reference the CCGE published Canadian Standards for Geography and the Scope and Sequence Chart. The CCGE plans to add to this collection of lesson plans yearly so that teachers will have a growing source of ideas to draw from.
Click here to search all of the lesson plans

Google Maps

Google Maps is an easy-to-use service for navigating maps information. It enables you and your students to look up and study addresses anywhere in North America and in many other countries, get point-to-point directions plotted on an interactive street map, and view satellite imagery. Students can compare satellite maps of urban and rural communities.

The Atlas of Canada

The Atlas of Canada Web site provides the most interesting, dynamic and comprehensive collection of maps and related information about Canada available anywhere on the Internet. Includes lesson plans and quizzes.