Canadian Council on Geomatics

Learn about the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) and how we’re working together to deliver GEO.ca through national collaboration.

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Learn about CCOG

What CCOG is

CCOG is Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) forum for leadership and coordination in geomatics.

Council members represent each government’s major geomatics organizations and work together to advance geospatial activities across Canada.

What CCOG does

Through CCOG, federal departments and provincial and territorial governments collaborate to:

coordinate national priorities
reduce duplication
improve access to authoritative geospatial information
advance standards and data integration
support the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), which provides data, tools, standards and policies to help users find, use and share geographic information

CCOG and GEO.ca

GEO.ca's mandate under CCOG

GEO.ca is endorsed by CCOG under the Canadian Geomatics Accord as a national initiative. Its goal is to provide foundational and authoritative geospatial data and information in a coordinated and collaborative way, to meet the needs of Canadians and support Canada’s social, economic and environmental well-being.

As the Federal Co-Chair of CCOG, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) collaborates with FPT partners to help shape GEO.ca priorities and curate GEO.ca content and data. Together we:

Coordinate: Provide an easy and consistent way for FPT partners to share open geospatial data with Canadians.
Curate: Collect and maintain a wide range of content in a catalogue that makes data easy to find, use, map, analyze and download.
Collaborate: work together to drive innovation, strengthen government accountability and transparency and support evidence-based decision-making for the public good.

How collaboration works

CCOG members and their organizations collaborate on GEO.ca by:

Co-developing community pages or contributing to initiative pages that highlight FPT programs, maps, data or tools. For example, GEO.ca’s Flood mapping pages link to provincial and territorial resources and feature data and maps to support preparedness and response. GEO.ca’s Permafrost community page brings together data and tools to create a central hub for information about Canada’s northern landscape.
Sharing and integrating open data and services from different government sources. GEO.ca provides a single location to find thousands of provincial and territorial datasets by connecting directly to their open data portals. Content is updated automatically each week and unilingual content is translated into both official languages using AI, so users can find local data from across Canada in one place.
Improving usability and access by advancing accessibility, interoperability and standards-alignment to strengthen the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and help Canadians make better and faster decisions with reliable, consistent and reusable geospatial information.

Why this partnership matters

Pan-Canadian collaboration: One Canada, many contributors, one interoperable approach across jurisdictions.
Trusted and standards-aligned: Compliance with recognized standards such as ISO, OGC and FAIR+ principles to ensure content is findable, accessible and interoperable and reusable.
Open by default: Reduces duplication and simplifies access to reliable information for Canadians.