A thematic map is a special purpose map portraying information on a single topic or a set of topics. It may feature cultural information, such as population, or physical information, such as annual rainfall. A thematic map often contains generalized data and information is simplified to make the map easier to read.
Below are some of the thematic map series in the collection:
- Property Data Maps: Call # G3464.T7 G46 S1 T6 to G3464.T7 G46 S2 2007 T6
- These maps display property locations and boundaries for a given area. They contain attributes such as tax roll number, street code, streets, roads, buildings, drainage, spot elevation and more. TMU Library has a collection of these maps for years 1978, 1985, 1991, 1999, 2003 and 2007
- The Library’s GMDC Inventory contains Property data maps for the City of Toronto in pdf, dwg and shape format for 2004 and 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
- Toronto Photomaps: Call # G3464.T7 A4 1981 T68 to G3464.T7 A4 1997 T68
- These are photography maps of the former Metropolitan Toronto (now the City of Toronto). The TMU Library has these maps for the following years: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994 and 1997.
- Census Maps: Call # G3464.T69 E25 1976.S73 to G3464.T69 E25 2001 C35
- Census Tract (CT), Enumeration Area (EA) and Dissemination Area (DA) maps are published by Statistics Canada. A Census Tract is a geographical area defined by Statistics Canada and usually having a population between 2500 and 8000. An Enumeration Area (pre-2001 terminology) and a Dissemination area (post-1996 terminology) is a much smaller area containing one or more neighbouring blocks.
- The TMU Library has CT maps for CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) Toronto for 1976 onwards. Search the library catalogue for call numbers.
- Enumeration Area Maps are available for the individual metropolitan municipalities of Toronto for the 1991 Census.
- Reference maps for Census Tracts and Dissemination Areas for 2006 Census are available online via Statistic Canada’s website.
- Ontario Base Maps (OBM): Call # G3460 1969.R69 to G3461.J3
- The OBMs cover the province at scales of 1:20,000 in Northern Ontario and 1:10,000 in Southern Ontario. A complete set is available on microfiche. These maps contains the geographical references of the topographic, cultural and cadastral features of Ontario, such as hydrography, vegetation, transportation, buildings and parks.
- The TMU Library has a very small collection of printed OBMs.
- The Ministry of Natural Resources provides Ontario Base Maps (OBMs) which cover most of Ontario. OBMs in GIS file format can be accessed here.
- Soil Maps: Call # G3461.J3 svar. C36 (1-63)
- These maps illustrate the general location of soils in a given area of Ontario
- Reports and maps also can be found by searching the library catalogue.
- There is not a soil map for the city of Toronto but related maps including one for the ‘Quaternary geology of Toronto and surrounding area, southern Ontario’ can be download via the Scholars GeoPortal.