LightBox offers an extensive suite of Canadian geospatial data, providing unparalleled accuracy and coverage across the country. Our data solutions, including precise address points, detailed building footprints, and comprehensive postal code information, enable businesses to make informed decisions with confidence. With seamless integration into existing systems, LightBox’s data is essential for enhancing operations, optimizing market analysis, and supporting strategic planning in a variety of industries.
Features and Benefits
Comprehensive Coverage
LightBox offers the most extensive and accurate dataset in Canada, covering over 17.5 million addresses and a wide range of geographic and property data, ensuring unparalleled coverage and detail for any location-based analysis.
Precision and Reliability
With high precision geographic coordinates and detailed attributes, LightBox data provides a reliable foundation for critical decision-making in real estate, insurance, telecommunications, and more. Our data is consistently updated and verified for accuracy.
Enhanced Spatial Analysis
Our advanced data solutions, including CanMap Smart Fabric and CanMap Smart Parcels, provide detailed building footprints and parcel boundaries, enabling enhanced spatial analysis and visualization for various applications such as site selection, risk assessment, and urban planning.
Versatile Data Formats
LightBox Canadian data is available in multiple formats, including ESRI – SHP, MapInfo – TAB, and File Geodatabase (FGDB), ensuring seamless integration with existing GIS systems and workflows, and providing flexibility for diverse technical requirements.
Specialized Solutions for Industry Needs
From detailed postal code data for market analysis to flood risk data for insurance underwriting, LightBox offers specialized solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of various industries, supporting precise and targeted business strategies.
Integrated API Services
Our robust API services offer advanced geocoding, address recognition, and custom database solutions, providing businesses with real-time access to the most current and comprehensive data for enhanced operational efficiency and customer experience.
Canadian Data Offerings
LightBox nationwide property data is available for consumption however you need. Whether you are looking for a front-end solution or a bulk data feed, access our data, your way.
CanMap Address Points
National individual address points database includes high precision geographic coordinates, land use status, and other critical location-based information. It offers the most accurate representation of actual civic addresses across Canada, placed on physical buildings, houses, and property parcels. The dataset includes attributes to support analytics and internal matching, including a unique address identifier (UAID).
- Technical Details:
- Format: ESRI – SHP, MapInfo – TAB
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
CanMap Smart Fabric
Provides a comprehensive database of over 17.6 million addresses and associated building footprints. This deliverable includes building footprint polygons, high precision geographic coordinates, and the Unique Address Identifier (UAID), offering an enhanced building-to-address relationship.
- Technical Details:
- Format: ESRI – SHP, MapInfo – TAB
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
CanMap Postal Code Suite
A national postal code geography offering, including postal code boundaries and points. This suite is ideal for trade area analysis, media distribution, and infrastructure provisioning applications.
- Technical Details:
- Delivery Methods: ESRI – SHP, MapInfo – TAB
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
CanMap Content Suite
Offers over 300+ layers of data across Canada, including water, rail, parks, land use, enhanced points of interest, utility infrastructure, municipal boundaries, street files, and more.
- Technical Details:
- Delivery Methods: File Geodatabase (FGDB), MapInfo – TAB
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
CanMap StreetFiles & Route Logistics
Provides a national street network with key attribution and map layers for display, analysis, and location-based applications. Ideal for customer insight, territory management, vehicle routing, personal navigation, site selection, and customer serviceability.
- Technical Details:
- Delivery Methods: ESRI – SHP, MapInfo – TAB
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
CanMap Smart Parcels
A national fabric of parcel boundaries enabled with address data, supporting address matching, geofencing, spatial analysis, and visualization. This solution is ideal for property and address spatial analysis, property reporting, retail and marketing analytics, and site selection.
- Components:
- Authoritative boundaries
- Modeled boundaries (where not available)
- Delivery Methods: ESRI file geodatabase (FGDB) file format
- Available Geography: Canada, Individual Provinces
Industries We Serve
- Overview: Comprehensive data solutions for property analysis, site selection, and market intelligence.
- Key Solutions:
- Property Boundaries and Parcel Data
- Address and Building Footprints
- Zoning and Land Use Information
- Address Recognition and Geocoding
- Use Cases:
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate Analysis
- Property Valuation and Appraisal
- Property Management and Development
- Overview: Accurate data for assessing risk, underwriting, and disaster management.
- Key Solutions:
- Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping
- Property and Building Data
- Postal Code and Geographic Information
- Address Recognition and Geocoding
- Use Cases:
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Underwriting and Claims Management
- Disaster Response and Recovery
- Overview: Data-driven solutions for network planning, infrastructure management, and service delivery.
- Key Solutions:
- Network Coverage Maps
- Infrastructure and Utility Mapping
- Address and Location Data
- Address Recognition and Geocoding
- Use Cases:
- Network Planning and Optimization
- Service Area Analysis
- Asset Management and Maintenance
- Overview: Geospatial data to support public policy, urban planning, and emergency services.
- Key Solutions:
- Municipal Boundaries and Administrative Data
- Land Use and Zoning Information
- Emergency Services and Response Planning
- Use Cases:
- Urban Planning and Development
- Public Safety and Emergency Response
- Environmental Monitoring and Management
- Overview: Insights and data for market analysis, customer segmentation, and targeted marketing.
- Key Solutions:
- Demographic and Socioeconomic Data
- Retail Location Analysis
- Consumer Behavior and Spending Patterns
- Use Cases:
- Site Selection and Market Entry Strategy
- Targeted Marketing and Advertising
- Customer Segmentation and Profilin
- Overview: Data solutions for route optimization, fleet management, and supply chain logistics.
- Key Solutions:
- Street Network and Route Data
- Traffic and Transit Information
- Geocoding and Location Data
- Use Cases:
- Fleet Management and Route Optimization
- Supply Chain and Logistics Planning
- Transportation Infrastructure Analysis
- Overview: Geospatial insights for market analysis, investment decisions, and risk assessment.
- Key Solutions:
- Property and Asset Valuation Data
- Demographic and Market Analysis
- Risk and Compliance Solutions
- Address Recognition and Geocoding
- Property and Building Data
- Use Cases:
- Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Market Research and Competitive Analysis
- Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping
- Overview: Data for environmental monitoring, conservation, and sustainability efforts.
- Key Solutions:
- Environmental and Natural Resource Mapping
- Flood and Climate Risk Data
- Land Use and Conservation Planning
- Use Cases:
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Conservation and Land Management
- Sustainability Planning and Reporting
Customers We’ve Empowered
We provide solutions for customers ranging from the world’s leading mobile and web applications to government agencies and regional real estate developers. And we never stop seeking new ways to solve our customers’ unique challenges.
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