Past CCA Conferences
Below are some brief details about some of the past CCA Conferences, including dates, locations, links to the archived conference page (some contain video recordings of presentations), and various related documents such as programs, agendas etc. (if available).
If you have some past CCA Conference material (agenda, programs, logos, photos etc.), then we would love to discuss how we can get some digital copies created to include here to share with members.
| Date | Conference Title | Location |
2025May 21-22 |
Confluence 2025 (Joint CCA/CAG Conference)
Program, Abstracts, agenda and more can be found on CCA Confluence 2025 page |
Ottawa, Ontario |
2024May 23-24 |
CCA2024
Program, Abstracts, agenda and more can be found on CCA2024 page |
Scarborough, Ontario |
2023June 14-16 |
“Making and Breaking Boundaries” Program, Abstracts, agenda and more can be found on CARTO2023 page Held jointly with the Association of Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) |
Calgary, Alberta |
2022May 25th, 26th |
“Data / Design / Discussions” Program, Abstracts, and agenda |
Virtual online |
2021May 25, 26, 27 |
“Connecting the Dots for Multi-Dimensional Mapping” 2021 CCA Annual conferenceProgram, Abstracts, and presentation videos | Virtual online |
2020June 10 |
“Mapping from Home virtual event” In lieu of the cancelled CAG / ACMLA / CCA2020 conference (due to COVID-19)Program, Abstracts, and presentation slides | Virtual online |
2019May 22 – May 25 |
CCA2019 – 44th Annual Conference and General Meeting – “Mapping Our Values: Social, Historical and Natural” | Prince George, British Columbia |
2018May 30 – June 2 |
CCA2018 – 43rd Annual Conference and General Meeting – “Community Mapping: Place-Making Through Maps” | Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia |
2017May 31 – June 2 |
CCA2017 – 42nd Annual Conference and General Meeting – “150 Years of Cartography: Past, Present and Future” | Ottawa, Ontario |
2016June 7-9 |
CCA2016 – 41st Annual Conference and General Meeting – “Imagery to Map” in conjunction with 37th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
Held jointly with the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS-SCT) |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
2015May 27-29 |
CCA2015 – 40th Annual Conference and General Meeting – “Cartography and Geovisualization“ in conjunction with the Samuel Holland 250 celebrations | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
2014May 27-30 |
CCA2014 – Borders Without Boundaries (in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences) | St. Catharines, Ontario |
2013June 6-11 |
CARTO 2013 – “North by Northwest”
Program with abstracts – Agenda Held jointly with the Association of Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) |
Edmonton, Alberta |
2012May 28- June |
Towards Integration – The 2012 conference was held at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and University of Waterloo (UW) in Waterloo Ontario from May 28-June 2.
Partnered with the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) and the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs (ACUPP). |
Waterloo, Ontario |
201131 May to 4 June |
University of Calgary – Joint conference with Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), the Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA), and the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs (ACUPP). | Calgary, Alberta |
2010June 1-5 |
Prairie Summit 2010 – Joint conference with Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), the Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA), the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group (CGRG) and the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS). | Regina, Saskatchewan |
2009June 9-12 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2009
The theme of the conference was Geomatics: The World For Everyone and focused on the profusion of mapping and location based services that are available to the general public and how the geomatics profession plays an underlying role in facilitating the increasing citizen appetite for geography. Held jointly with the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) |
Wolfville, Nova Scotia |
2008May 13-16 |
Carto 2008
Held jointly with the Association of Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
2007May 26 – June 2 |
Carto 2007 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
2006June 18-21 |
Geotec | Ottawa, Ontario |
2005July 26-30 |
Carto 2005 | St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador |
2004June 8-10 |
Geomatics – A Cartographic Revolution | Lindsay, Ontario |
2003May 27-31 |
On the Edge | Victoria, British Columbia |
2002May 25-29 |
Carto 2002 | Waterloo, Ontario |
2001May 30 – June 3 |
Carto 2001 | Montreal, Québec |
2000May 31 – June 4 |
Carto 2000 | Edmonton, Alberta |
1999August 14 – 21 |
Carto 1999 | Ottawa, Ontario |
1978June 8 – 10th |
CCA Third Annual Meeting | University of British Columbia – Vancouver British Columbia |
1977May 16th |
CCA Second Annual Meeting | University of Ottawa – Ottawa, Ontario |
1976May 17-18th |
CCA First Annual Meeting | Queens University – Kingston, Ontario |
1975October 18th |
CCA Inaugural Meeting | Ottawa, Ontario |