Upcoming Webinar: Modernized CSRS Products for 2026 - What’s new?

Save the Date: Live webinar presented by Canadian Geodetic Survey, Natural Resources Canada

English Tuesday December 2nd, 2025 at 12:00PM EDT https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UObPZhWzSFyyRk1Wcu3Xcg

French Thursday December 4th, 2025 at 12:00PM EDT

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1eyPekcNShSClFSNSQpMcg

NRCan’s Canadian Geodetic Survey (CGS) plans to modernize the Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS), in parallel with modernization of the US’s National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) by their National Geodetic Survey (NGS). This includes a new geometric frame (NATRF2022, replacing NAD83(CSRS)), and an update to Canada’s height system (CGVD2013), which will be realized using the same common North American geoid model defining the new US system (NAPGD2022 (North American Pacific Geopotential Datum of 2022)). Formal adoption is expected in 2026. The core products defining the new systems have been developed collaboratively by Canada and the US, and both CGS and NGS are making modernized products available for review in 2025. The functionalities of NRCan’s reference system access tools will initially remain largely the same once the new products are adopted.

In this presentation and panel discussion, we will review the new products, with a focus on differences and similarities with current products defining the CSRS. We will also highlight updates to CGS tools which will be part of CSRS modernization, as well as differences between implementations of the new CSRS and NSRS.