Canada Prospector

Canada Prospector is a native mapping app built specifically for gold prospecting and mineral exploration — covering Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia.

Mining claims, mineral occurrences, drill holes, bedrock geology, faults and geochemistry — all on one fast, easy-to-use map.

FREE FEATURES:

Claim boundaries for all three provinces, refreshed nightly and colour-coded by expiry (active, expiring within a year, expiring within 90 days)

More than 40 data layers across the three provinces, spanning geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and historic mining

Save up to 3 favourites and 3 field notes (unlimited with Pro)

Satellite imagery and detailed records one tap away

DATA LAYERS:
Every province — Claims, Staking Grid, Property Parcels, Mineral Occurrences, Mines, Drill Holes, Bedrock Formations, Surficial Geology, Faults, Water & Streams

Nova Scotia — Available Staking Ground, Abandoned Mines, Ice Flow, Gold Geochemistry, Historic Mining Areas, Mine Tailings, Coal Seams & Workings, Anticlines, Restricted & Protected Areas, Crown Land, Oak Island Treasure Licence, Aeromagnetics, Radiometrics, Gravity, VLF-EM

Ontario — Available Staking Ground, Abandoned Mines, Geochemistry, Iron Formations, Dikes, Gold Mines & Deposits, Mine Workings, Exploration Permits, Patents & Leases, Withdrawn Lands, Crown Land Use, Protected Areas

British Columbia — MINFILE Producing & Past-Producing Mines, Regional Geochemistry, Assessment Reports, Work Permits, Mineral Reserves, Crown Granted Claims, Protected Areas

PRO UNLOCKS:

Pro Map Layers — Expired Claims, LiDAR Hillshade with coverage outlines, the prospecting heatmap, and terrain hillshade, contours and 3D

Claim Assessment — multi-layer prospectivity scoring for any claim in one tap

Assessment Work Tracker — Nova Scotia Form 10/11 PDFs, Ontario cost summaries with receipt photos, BC Statement of Work summaries

Prospecting Targets — ranked locations where multiple data sources agree, with commodity filtering and an open-ground check (Nova Scotia and Ontario)

Staking Calculator — select cells for a live fee and area total, with registry-ready output like NovaROC Tract Descriptions

Faribault 1898–1919 Survey (Nova Scotia) — exclusive digitised shafts, veins, faults, and anticlines

Claim Watch & Notifications — expiry reminders at 90, 30, 7, and 1 day, plus an alert if a watched claim leaves the registry early

Open Ground Alerts — watch an area and get notified when claims there lapse, with a ledger of exactly which parcels opened

Expiring Claims — province-wide expiry list, recently released ground, and your watchlist in one view

Staking History — the chain of title for a cell, where the province publishes it

What Is Here — tap anywhere for nearby occurrences, geochemistry, drill holes, and mines

Near Me Search — occurrences, mines, drill holes, and more within a chosen radius of your GPS

GPS Tracks — record your route, even with the screen off, with an elevation profile, waypoints and GPX export

Export to KML, GeoJSON, or CSV for Google Earth and GIS tools

Offline Field Mode — search and downloadable province data packs work with no connection, plus downloadable LiDAR areas (geophysics streams live tiles)

Unlimited saves and field notes with photos

Built by a Nova Scotian prospector, for staking your first claim or researching your next field trip, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Data is drawn from each province's public registry and open geoscience data. Canada Prospector is independent — not affiliated with or endorsed by any government, and nothing in it is legal advice.

Canada Prospector Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $8.99/month or $79.99/year. Payment is charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Google Play subscription settings.

Terms of Use: https://canadaprospector.ca/terms

Recent changes:
Layer Presets: save your favourite set of layers, filters and base map, then bring it back in one tap. Starter presets for each province get you going, and the app now remembers your layers between launches.

New map styles: Standard, Satellite or Topo, with hillshade, contours and 3D terrain for Pro. Choose Light, Dark or System in Settings.

Try Pro free for 14 days on the annual plan. Ontario abandoned mines now list each site's workings and hazards. Smoother, faster maps throughout.