LibGuides: Geospatial Data: Searching for Government Information Using Google

Using the Google Sites: Operator

If you are in need of specific results that are focused on a single domain name, this Google command will help you bring those results up. For example, if you wanted to search all B.C. government websites for shapefiles, you would use the following search syntax:

Example search:

site:.gov.bc.ca shapefiles

The BC Governemnt domain = ..gov.bc.ca

esri ArcGIS supported file formats.

QGIS supported file formats.

R supported file formats.

Google Earth supported file formats.

New Government of Canada Domain Name
site:.canada.ca also search under their old domain name site:.gc.ca
Government of B.C.Domain Name
site:.gov.bc.ca
Government of Alberta
site:.alberta.ca also try their old domain name .gov.ab.ca
Government of Saskatchewan
site:.saskatchewan.ca/ also search under their old domain name .gov.sk.ca
Government of Manitoba
site:.gov.mb.ca/
Government of Ontario
site:.ontario.ca also search under their old domain name site:.gov.on.ca
Government of Quebec
site:.quebec.ca/en/ also search under their old domain name site:.gov.qc.ca
Government of New Brunswick
site:.gnb.ca also search under their old domain name of site:.gov.nb.ca
Government of Prince Edward Island
site:princeedwardisland.ca
Government of Nova Scotia
site:.novascotia.ca aslo search under their old doamin name of site:.gov.ns.ca
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
site:.gov.nl.ca