LibGuides: GIS & Spatial Data: Municipal Data (Lethbridge & Region)

City of Lethbridge [Restricted License Students & Faculty]

NOTE: Most new City of Lethbridge spatial data is only accessible from the City of Lethbridge Open Data Catalogue. Their site uses an active connect to a public geodatabase to ensure that the most current data is available.

ALL City of Lethbridge Shapefiles 2011-2015 [Restricted to Students & Faculty]
File type: Shapefile ; You must either be on campus OR be using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to download these files.
Aerial imagery - Lethbridge: 2009 ; 2011 ; 2013; 2015
Request by email: data.library@uleth.ca
File type: Mr. Sid
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Aerial imagery: Request via email OR download from City of Lethbridge Open Data Catalogue.
Boundary - Lethbridge: 2012 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile
Census - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile; GDB
Greenspace - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile; GDB
Hydrology - Lethbridge: 2012
File type: Shapefile
Land Use - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile
Legal Base - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile; GDB

LiDAR - Lethbridge (2015, July 23)
PDF provides grid of tile names and locations.
Request files by email: data.library@uleth.ca
File type: LASer (LAS)

Parcels - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile
Sidewalks - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2023
File type: Shapefile
Street Network - Lethbridge: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
File type: Shapefile; GDB

City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

City of Lethbridge Open Data Catalogue [Open License]
Includes: Facilities; Land & Property (.DWG); Local Government (including voting subdivisions & census tracts); Parks & Recreation; Public Safety; Tourism; Transportation; Aerial Imagery (MrSID), Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and; Transit Schedules (.CSV).
Lethbridge Police Service Open Data
LPS Crime Map & LPS Traffic Violations Map.
City of Lethbridge Maps & GIS [Some Free]
Current geographic data for the City of Lethbridge; includes Interactive WebMAPs.
File type: PDF (free maps); Shapefile & CAD (for purchase).
Lethbridge County Online Maps
Available layers include parcels of land (find the legal land description and parcel boundaries), current zoning, county road network, ATS townships/range, etc. Includes a search function to look up a parcel roll number or address.
Oldman River Regional Services Commission
Planning information, bylaws and related maps for 38 municipalities (29 urban and 9 rural) in southwestern Alberta.
File type: PDF
Open Data Areas Alberta (ODAA)
Taber, Alberta dataset available; includes LiDAR-15, DEMs, ATS Polygons, satellite imagery and more.

U. of Lethbridge Library Historical Digitized Air Photos - City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

Historical Aerial Photos of Lethbridge, Alberta
Use the index maps to locate available imagery. Red markers indicate approximate centre points of images. Click to identify image roll number, photo number, and to download available digital versions.

U. of Calgary Library Historical Digitized Air Photos - City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

City of Calgary [Restricted License U of L Students & Faculty Only]

City of Calgary Digital Orthophotos
Years available: 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013-06-22 | 2013-08-11 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2008
Request by email: data.library@uleth.ca
File type: Mr. sid
City of Calgary Bow River Flood Analysis with Bathymetric LiDAR data
Request by email: data.library@uleth.ca

Note: The City of Calgary requires a signed data release agreement for these files.

City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, and Other Alberta Open Data Portals

Open Calgary -- The City of Calgary Open Data Catalogue
City of Edmonton Open Data Portal
Description: Publicly accessible municipal data, published by the City of Edmonton.
File type: Table. Static copies available for download as CSV, JSON, PDF, RDF, RSS, XLS, XLSX, XML. Selected datasets available in KML.
Alberta Open Data Portals
List of Open Government Data Portals in the Province of Alberta provided by City of Calgary.

Waterton Lakes National Park Aerial Imagery -- Various Years

The University Library received a donation of digital orthophotos and digital aerial photos from Waterton Lakes National Park in 2024 which are available by request from data.library@uleth.ca.

Orthophotos (TIF / SID): 2023 | 2018 | 2017 | 2009 | 2007 (townsite) | 2004 | 1999 | 1987 | 1979 | 1973 | 1939
Aerial photos: 1999 | 1987 | 1967 | 1950 | 1947 | 1939

University of Lethbridge Campus

Site Plan - University of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge campus site plan (.PDF) as of 2017. CAD file available upon request.
Contours -- University of Lethbridge Campus
University of Lethbridge campus contours (.PDF). CAD file available upon request.

Historical Digitized Fire Insurance Plans [Partial Non-Restricted]

Insurance Plan of the City of Lethbridge, Alberta
Years available: 1891/93 | 1891/93 Georectified | 1910 | 1915 | 1955/66
Insurance Plan of the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta
Years Available: 1955/64
More Canadian Fire Insurance Plans (pre-1932)
Digitized by Library & Archives Canada (LAC). Southern Albertan plans include: Calgary, Claresholm, Coleman, Fort Macleod, Frank, Lethbridge, Leavings (Granum), Nanton, Redcliff.
Fire Insurance Plans -- U of Calgary Library Holdings

GIS & Spatial Data

City of Lethbridge [Restricted License Students & Faculty]

City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

U. of Lethbridge Library Historical Digitized Air Photos - City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

U. of Calgary Library Historical Digitized Air Photos - City of Lethbridge & Region [Non-Restricted]

City of Calgary [Restricted License U of L Students & Faculty Only]

City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, and Other Alberta Open Data Portals

Waterton Lakes National Park Aerial Imagery -- Various Years

University of Lethbridge Campus

Historical Digitized Fire Insurance Plans [Partial Non-Restricted]

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