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Standardized Precipitation Index
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was generated for certain Environment Canada long-term climate stations in Ontario. The SPI quantifies the precipitation deficit and...Resource formats:
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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Note: This data has been replaced by the Ontario Watershed Boundaries (OWB).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:
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Forest Management Unit
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Ontario's Crown forest is divided into geographic planning areas, known as forest management units. Most of these units are managed by individual forest companies under a...Resource formats:
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Oak Ridges Moraine: land use designations
Ministry: Municipal Affairs and Housing
This dataset was created to provide land use information on the Oak Ridges Moraine and is the basis for Ontario Regulation 140/02. The data was digitized at 1:10,000 or better...Resource formats:
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Forest resource processing facilities
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This data is used for referencing spatial and tabular Forest Resource Processing Facility information. Each facility has one or more processing sites, each dedicated to...Resource formats:
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Lake Water Quality at Drinking Water Intakes
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This data set includes information on sampling locations, water chemistry and chlorophyll collected at 18 locations in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River and 4 locations in Lake...Resource formats:
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Cadastral Location
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Often these parcels were surveyed before township surveys in their area. They may also be supplemental to them (as is the case with some Cadastral Islands). Sometimes these were...Resource formats:
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Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem inventory
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This dataset contains the Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem (GLSE) inventory, which is a geospatial digital inventory of: ecosite polygon mapping field survey calibration points...Resource formats:
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Historical Fire Management Zone
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This dataset shows the boundaries of the province's six fire management zones that existed prior to 2014 in which most forest fires received the same type of response. These...Resource formats:
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Landform conservation area
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Landform conservation areas represent areas of significant landform features such as: steep slopes kames kettles ravines ridges This dataset identifies Category 1 and...Resource formats:
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Kawarthas, Naturally Connected: A natural heritage system for the Kawartha Lakes region
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Get data on the results of a community led planning process to sustain the natural environment for the Kawartha Lakes region. This dataset represents the results of a community...Resource formats:
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Ecological land classification
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
The Ministry of Natural Resources defines ecological units on the basis of bedrock, climate (temperature, precipitation), physiography (soils, slope, aspect) and corresponding...Resource formats:
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Niagara Escarpment Commission expenses
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Get data on travel expenses for Niagara Escarpment Commissioners and the Commission Chair This dataset shows detailed quarterly travel expenses for 17 Niagara Escarpment...Resource formats:
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Miscellaneous line
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
The dataset represents prominent linear (man-made or natural) features including: cliffs dykes fences walls hedgerows feature outlines racetrack centre lines racetrack...Resource formats:
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Natural heritage system areas
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This dataset shows the boundaries of systems of natural heritage features and areas, lands and waters that support connectivity and have significant ecological value. It...Resource formats:
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Flood flow statistics
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Statistics include the flood magnitude with the following recurrence intervals: 1:2 years 1:2.33 years 1: 5 years 1:10 years 1:20 years 1:25 years 1:50 years 1:100 years 1:200...Resource formats:
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Wolf and coyote hunting activity and harvests
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This data breaks down estimated hunter and harvest numbers by: wildlife management unit (WMU) calendar year Harvest and active hunter numbers are estimates based on replies...Resource formats:
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Ecozones
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This dataset is used for national and coarse-scale provincial reporting such as analyses of climate, demographics and watersheds.Resource formats:
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Borehole
Ministry: Mines
A borehole is a general term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. A borehole may be constructed for many different purposes, including:...Resource formats:
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Major river systems in the Far North
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Rivers included in this map series include: Albany Winisk Severn Moose Ekwana Attawapiskat The maps display gauging systems such as cost share agreement gauges, Water Survey...Resource formats:
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