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Topics: Economy and Business (177) Agriculture and Food (0) Environment and Natural Resources (224) and Ministries: Natural Resources and Forestry (224)

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  • Ontario water and weather monitoring stations

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Point locations of water and weather monitoring stations used by the Surface Water Monitoring Centre to assess flood and drought conditions across Ontario. Monitoring station...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP

  • Ontario Snow Survey location and data

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    This data contains location information for 1 of Ontario’s snow monitoring networks: Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC) Snow course data is collected by: conservation...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP

  • Annual forest fire reporting data

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Get data on forest fires, compiled annually for the National Forestry Database The National Forestry Database includes national forest data and forest management statistics to...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Fire Response Plan Area

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Get data on fire response plan area boundaries and recommended response types for wildfires. This dataset shows the boundaries of fire response plan areas and provides the...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Ontario Land Cover Version 1.0

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Ontario Land Cover (OLC) is a primary data layer. It provides a comprehensive, standardized, landscape level inventory of Ontario’s natural, rural and anthropogenic (human made)...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Forest resources inventory packaged products

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    This dataset covers Forest Resource Inventories between 2001 and 2004. It includes: stand regeneration harvested trees trees lost to wildfire, insects, disease or wind damage...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Aquatic invasive species

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    This dataset includes ecological information for non-indigenous aquatic species (fish, invertebrates and plants) that were identified as current or potential invaders to Ontario...

    Resource formats:

    • CSV

  • Aquatic ecosystems in the Great Lakes Basin

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    The dataset has been used for the Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint Project for Aquatic Biodiversity. It can be used for: research and aquatic species inventories...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP

  • Stewardship Zone, Council Area and Location

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    The Ontario Stewardship Program has established Stewardship Councils across Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources staff no longer directly administer and support Ontario...

    Resource formats:

    • ZIP

  • Ontario Road Network (ORN) Composite

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    The Ontario Road Network (ORN) Composite product is a segmented derivative of the ORN Road Net Element (ORNELEM) data class. You can use it for mapping and general spatial...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Carbon cycle study—White River and Big Creek wetlands

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    The goal of this carbon cycle study is to: better understand wetland carbon uptake and losses to the atmosphere across watersheds evaluate wetland carbon’s usefulness as a...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Snow Survey measurement locations

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    This dataset contains location information for 2 of Ontario’s snow monitoring networks: Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC) Snow Network for Ontario Wildlife (SNOW),...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB
    • XLSX

  • Bait Management Zones

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Ontario is divided into 4 Bait Management Zones (BMZs) that regulate the movement, possession and use of baitfish and leeches: Southern BMZ Central BMZ Northeastern BMZ...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Beech regeneration control in stands affected by beech bark disease

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Evaluates the effects of silvicultural activities (tending, harvest intensity) and timing (pre, during and post-harvest) on forest productivity and regeneration of beech and...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Woodlands Improvement Act areas

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Data from the former Kemptville, Midhurst and Aylmer Districts were compiled in this dataset to show forest areas on private land, managed by the landowner in cooperation with...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Ministry of Natural Resources area, district and region administrative boundaries (1997-2022)

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    This data represents the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative boundaries from 1997-2022. Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative areas divide Ontario...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP

  • Ontario Public Service Region

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    The OPS has adopted these boundaries for administrative and functional purposes which will facilitate enterprise initiatives and enhance customer service. We are no longer...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP
    • DOCX
    • PDF
    • WEB

  • Provincial Watersheds, Historical

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Note: This data has been replaced by the Ontario Watershed Boundaries (OWB). We are no longer updating this data. It is best suited for historical research and analysis. A...

    Resource formats:

    • ZIP
    • PDF

  • Historic bathymetry maps

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    Bathymetry is the measurement of water depth in lakes. From the 1940s to the 1990s, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry produced bathymetry maps for over 11,000 lakes...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Agreement Forest Area

    Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry

    An Agreement Forest Area is a polygon feature that identifies an area of forested private land governed by a Forest Management Agreement. Private companies have agreed, through...

    Resource formats:

    • SHP
    • PDF
    • DOCX
    • dBase