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Environmental Compliance Reports
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Every year, the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks publicly releases the Environmental Compliance Report on the Ontario Data Catalogue. In Ontario, all...Resource formats:
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Ontario Cage Aquaculture Water and Sediment Quality
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset contains measurements of water (chemistry and algal pigments) and sediment (chemistry and size fraction) quality in nearshore areas of Lake Huron surrounding cage...Resource formats:
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Environmental Occurrences and Spills
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset consists of information from reports received by the Spills Action Centre (SAC). They are generated and completed by SAC following the initial report of a spill....Resource formats:
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Multi-Watershed Nutrient Study
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The Multi-Watershed Nutrient Study collected stream water samples from 11 small agricultural watersheds between 2014 and 2020. Samples were collected during flow events like...Resource formats:
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Water systems that sought regulatory relief due to COVID-19 pandemic
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks allowed temporary system-specific regulatory relief to address challenges posed by the pandemic such as operational...Resource formats:
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Permit to Take Water
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Companies or organizations who take over 50,000 litres of water/day from a lake, river, stream or groundwater source, must obtain a Permit to Take Water from the Ministry of the...Resource formats:
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Industrial Wastewater Discharges
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Industrial wastewater monitoring data submitted quarterly to the Ministry of the Environment. This reporting is required by the Effluent Monitoring and Effluent Limits...Resource formats:
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Air Quality Stations
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The air monitoring stations measure up to 6 common pollutants like: ground-level ozone fine particulate matter nitrogen dioxide carbon monoxide sulphur dioxide total reduced...Resource formats:
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Lake St Clair Water Quality
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset provides water quality analyses of lake surface samples and river samples collected throughout the ice-free season (May/June to October) from 2016 to 2019 from the...Resource formats:
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Water Taking
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Volumes of water taken daily and annually under a Permit-to-Take-Water, as reported to the ministry under the Water Taking and Transfer Regulation 387/04. The Ontario Water...Resource formats:
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Smog Advisory Statistics (Ambient Air Quality Network)
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The ministry monitors air pollution levels and issues smog advisories when there is strong likelihood that widespread, elevated, and persistent smog levels are expected. This...Resource formats:
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List of Licensed Laboratories
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This is a list of licensed and out-of-province eligible laboratories that can test Ontario drinking water. Prior to submitting samples, please contact the licensed laboratory to...Resource formats:
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Ontario’s Emissions Trading Program Data
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This historic dataset includes data reported under Ontario’s now revoked Emissions Trading Program regulations (O. Reg. 397/01: Emissions Trading and O. Reg. 194/05: Industry...Resource formats:
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Bumble Bee Diversity and Abundance Survey
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks started a project to characterize the number of species of bumble bees and the relative abundances of these species in...Resource formats:
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Pesticide Concentrations in Stream Water
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset contains measurements of pesticide concentrations in stream water samples collected at selected streams in Ontario. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation...Resource formats:
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Inland Waters Lakes and Streams – Biological Communities
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset includes information on biological communities in lakes and streams across Ontario since 1976. Biological communities sampled include: crayfish Data were...Resource formats:
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Ontario Lake Partner
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Get data about the water quality for Ontario's inland lakes. The data is collected through volunteer monitoring efforts – citizen science. The Lake Partner environment map...Resource formats:
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Prescribed Substances under the Toxics Reduction Act
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The Toxics Reduction Act aims to protect the health of people and the environment by reducing the use and emission of the toxic substances prescribed in this list. The Toxics...Resource formats:
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Toxics Reduction Act – Living List Status of Nominations
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The Toxics Reduction Act requires the ministry to consult with experts and the public at least once every five years about possible changes to the lists of substances that are...Resource formats:
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Ambient Air Quality Criteria
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Access the List of Ambient Air Quality Criteria (AAQC) set by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. An AAQC is not a regulatory value. It is a concentration...Resource formats:
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