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bcmaps

Map Layers and Spatial Utilities for British Columbia

v2.3.0 · Feb 19, 2026 · Apache License (== 2.0) | file LICENSE

Description

Various layers of B.C., including administrative boundaries, natural resource management boundaries, census boundaries etc. All layers are available in BC Albers (<https://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3005/>) equal-area projection, which is the B.C. government standard. The layers are sourced from the British Columbia and Canadian government under open licenses, including B.C. Data Catalogue (<https://data.gov.bc.ca>), the Government of Canada Open Data Portal (<https://open.canada.ca/en/using-open-data>), and Statistics Canada (<https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence>).

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies sf bcdata httr jsonlite lifecycle progress rappdirs xml2 rasterbc bcmaps

Version History

17 tracked
new 2.3.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.3.0 ← 2.2.1 diff Feb 19, 2026
updated 2.2.1 ← 2.2.0 diff Dec 20, 2024
updated 2.2.0 ← 2.1.0 diff Jan 23, 2024
updated 2.1.0 ← 2.0.0 diff Oct 17, 2023
updated 2.0.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Aug 22, 2023
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0 diff Apr 10, 2023
updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.3 diff Jan 6, 2023
updated 1.0.3 ← 1.0.2 diff Aug 25, 2022
updated 1.0.2 ← 1.0.1 diff Mar 9, 2021
updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Jan 18, 2021
updated 1.0.0 ← 0.18.1 diff Jan 9, 2021
updated 0.18.1 ← 0.18.0 diff Apr 28, 2020
updated 0.18.0 ← 0.17.1 diff Feb 14, 2019
updated 0.17.1 ← 0.17.0 diff Mar 14, 2018