Magnetic Observatories
The Geomagnetic Monitoring Service of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) operates a network of 13 Magnetic Observatories across Canada. Twelve of these observatories use the modern CANMOS instrumentation. Alert and the recently closed observatory Mould Bay use the older AMOS MK III instrumentation.
Data from these observatories are available on this Web site.
| Observatory name | IAGA code | Orientation | Latitude (°N) |
Longitude (°E) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert | ALE | XYZF | 82.497 ° N | 297.647 ° E |
| Baker Lake | BLC | XYZF | 64.318 ° N | 263.988 ° E |
| Brandon | BRD | XYZF | 49.870 ° N | 260.026 ° E |
| Cambridge Bay | CBB | XYZF | 69.123 ° N | 254.969 ° E |
| Eureka | EUA | XYZ | 80.000 ° N | 274.100 ° E |
| Fort Churchill | FCC | XYZF | 58.759 ° N | 265.912 ° E |
| Glenlea (closed) |
GLN | XYZF | 49.645 ° N | 262.880 ° E |
| Iqaluit | IQA | XYZF | 63.753 ° N | 291.482 ° E |
| Mould Bay (closed) |
MBC | XYZF | 76.315 ° N | 240.638 ° E |
| Meanook | MEA | XYZF | 54.616 ° N | 246.653 ° E |
| Ottawa | OTT | XYZF | 45.403 ° N | 284.448 ° E |
| Poste de-la-Baleine (closed) |
PBQ | XYZF | 55.277 ° N | 282.255 ° E |
| Resolute | RES | XYZF | 74.690 ° N | 265.105 ° E |
| St. John's | STJ | XYZF | 47.595 ° N | 307.323 ° E |
| Sanikiluaq | SNK | XYZF | 56.500 ° N | 280.800 ° E |
| Victoria | VIC | XYZF | 48.520 ° N | 236.580 ° E |
| Yellowknife | YKC | XYZF | 62.480 ° N | 245.518 ° E |
For more information about IAGA, please visit the IAGA web site.