This is a collection of fully digitized maps, sorted by year, for what is now Western Canada, from the Manitoba/Ontario border westward. It includes diocese, gold, homestead, railway, and steamship route maps. Last updated 1 May 2024.
| Date | Place | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 17th cent. | Hudson’s Bay Company Archives – HBC Fur Trade Post Map (Canada) | Archives of Manitoba |
| Bef. 1790 | A new & accurate map of North America including Nootka Sound (North America) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1795 | A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America (BC) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1811 | North America (modern Canada and U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1817 | Northwestern and Michigan Territories (southern MB and ON) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1819 | “Indian Territory,” Fort William, Red River, North West Company | Internet Archive |
| 1820 | HBC JOINS WITH NW COMPANY | |
| 1832 | British North America (modern Canada and U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1833 | Hudsons Bay, North America | Internet Archive |
| 1838 | British North America (modern Canada and U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1841 | Oregon Territory (southern British Columbia, Canada; Washington State, Oregon) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1844 | British North America (modern Canada and U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1846 | OREGON TREATY ESTABLISHES 49TH PARALLEL BETWEEN CANADA/ U.S. | |
| 1849 | Imperial map of Canada and arctic regions of North America (Canada, with focus on the Arctic) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1850 | British North America (modern Canada and U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1852 | Alaska, BC, Northwest Territory | Internet Archive |
| 1857 | North West part of Canada, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indian Territories (Canada west of Hudson’s Bay, including Yukon, NWT, and Iqaluit) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1858 | Map of the gold regions of the Frazer River and the Washington Territory on the western coast of America (southern BC, Washington State) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1862 | Carte des voies de communication établies dans le Monde entier [World’s steam and electric map] (World map showing Canada, and steamship routes Canada/U.S.) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1862 | Map of the gold regions in British Columbia (BC interior, showing Douglas Route, Ft. Yale Route, Fraser River Trail, Brigade Trail, and Thompson River Trail) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1862 | Ruperts Land (Fort Chipewan, AB to abt. James Bay, ON), with Anglican (Church Missionary Society) missions marked | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1870 | MERGER OF NORTH WEST TERRITORY WITH RUPERTS LAND; MANITOBA AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY JOIN CONFEDERATION | |
| 1870 | Map of the Cariboo and Omineca gold fields (BC Cariboo and Omineca gold rush, including routes) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1874 | Manitoba townships survey, black and white | Internet Archive |
| 1875 | Northwest Territory (modern day AB to ON) | Internet Archive |
| 1879 | Map of part of Manitoba and the North West Territory published to illustrate regulations…the disposal of certain Dominion lands for the purposes of the Canadian Pacific Railway (Manitoba, east SK, showing railway “belt” designations) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1881 | Manitoba and the Northwest Territory | Internet Archive |
| 1884 | “Map shewing the railways of Canada, to accompany annual report on railway statistics 1884” | Norman B. Leventhal, Boston Public Library |
| 1887 | Emphasis on U.S. – Washington to Minnesota – but provides clear details of C.P.R. rail line from Vancouver to Lake of the Woods, MB | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1888 | Map of Northwest Mounted Police stations of Saskatchewan and Assiniboia Territories (south half of Saskatchewan) | University of Calgary Library |
| 1889 | Land map: Manitoba and the Canadian north-west (Rockies to Winnipeg, MB showing southern AB, SK, MB with all CPR stations and homestead lines) | University of BC Open Collections |
| [1890s-1927] | Extensive list of Saskatchewan towns and details, compiled by Doug Gent; last updated 2019. | Doug Gents History Pages |
| 1891 | Routes of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co (Pacific Coast, Vancouver, BC to San Diego, CA) | U.S. Library of Congress |
| 1893 | Carte des Diocèses Catholiques Romains [Map of Roman Catholic Dioceses] (Canada) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1898 | YUKON TERRITORY JOINS CONFEDERATION | |
| 1898 | Brownlee’s indexed map of British Columbia : also map of Yukon gold fields (Yukon and BC gold rush) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1898 | Dominion of Canada (modern BC to MB, Yukon, NW Territory) | Internet Archive |
| 1899 | Alberta, Assiniboia, Athabasca & Saskatchewan (southern AB and SK) | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1899 | Revised map of the White Pass and Yukon Route via Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Co’s and British Columbia Yukon Railway Co’s lines to the Atlin gold fields, and connections of Skagway with the interior waterways (Atlin Gold fields, BC) | University of BC Open Collections |
| 1903 | “Map of British Columbia and part of western Canada, showing the lines and lands of the Canadian Pacific Railway” | Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1903 | Saskatchewan and Manitoba, details show homestead lines, cities, rail lines | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1904 | “Explorations in northern Canada and adjacent portions of Greenland and Alaska, 1904” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1904 | “Map showing mounted police stations in the North West Territories” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1905 | ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN JOIN CONFEDERATION | |
| 1906 | Railways of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1906 | Telegraphs of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, shows railway lines | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1910 | Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Railway Lands, homestead lands | Internet Archive |
| 1910 | Saskatchewan and Manitoba | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1910 | Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships, Pacific Coast (BC interior, Prince Rupert to Fort George, BC) | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1914 | “Map showing branches of chartered banks in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1915 | “Map showing elevators in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1915 | Telegraphs of BC and Alberta (southern BC and s. AB), shows railway lines | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1917 | “Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta : showing the number of quarter sections available for homestead entry in each township, also the pre-emption and purchased homestead area as defined by the Dominion Lands Act 1908” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1917, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1930 | Members of the SKGS may find a selection of Cummins Maps 1917, 1920, 1922, 1926 (east of 3 rd Meridian) and 1930 (north of Township 21). | Saskatchewan Genealogy Society Members Section; see also Saskatchewan GenWeb’s “Map Resources” for 1920 Cummins Maps |
| 1919 | “Map showing the land registration and judicial districts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta : compiled from information supplied by provincial governments” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1920 | “Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta : showing the number of quarter sections available for homestead entry in each township” | Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library |
| 1920 | Northwest Great Northern Railway, showing 49th parallel, from BC-MB, and adjoining U.S. states | Washington State University; The GNR served Washington, Montana, and North Dakota, as well as reaching into Oregon, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Canadians travelled the GNR, crossing at various points from Sumas, Grand Forks, and Gateway in BC; Sweetgrass, Montana; Northgate, ND; and Bannerman, MB. |
| 1924 | Alberta | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1927 | Canadian National Railways map, BC | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1927 | Canadian National Pacific – railway and steamship map, BC coastline | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| 1932-33 | CPR Steamships lines (Pacific Ocean routes) | University of BC Library Open Collections |
| 1943 | Yukon Territory | Internet Archive |
| Date | Place | Details |