EPSG systems

EPSG:4617 NAD83(CSRS)

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Canada. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4617
NameNAD83(CSRS)
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Canada
Canada - onshore and offshore - Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon.
Bounds W -141,01° · S 38,21° · E -40,73° · N 86,46°
Countries Canada
DatumNAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(CSRS) to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1946) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=-0.991,1.9072,0.5129,0.02579,0.00965,0.01166,0 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4617.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_CSRS",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_CSRS",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Canada

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.