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Topics: Environment and Natural Resources (134) Lake Ontario (3) and Update frequency: As required (135)

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  • Aquatic ecosystems in the Great Lakes Basin

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    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

  • Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    The dataset identifies the location and types of Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSIs) that are commonly used in maps for resource management purposes. Official GEO...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Forest Miscellaneous Damage Event

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Miscellaneous events are often the result of the cumulative impact of a combination of abiotic, insect and disease agents or events. For example, Aspen decline where repeated...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Forest resources inventory status

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This dataset provides various Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry business areas with fundamental forest inventory information needed to meet their program mandates.

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Crown Game Preserves

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Crown Game Preserves were established to prohibit or regulate the hunting and trapping of wildlife in specific areas to restore local populations.

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Multiple species inventory and monitoring summaries

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This data set summarises the results of multiple species inventory and monitoring efforts conducted across Crown lands managed for commercial forestry in Ontario from 2013 to...

    Resource formats:

    • XLSX

  • Fish Culture Operation, Ministry of Natural Resources

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Fish Culture Operation MNR identifies the locations of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) fish culture stations (or hatcheries) and sub- stations. The data set...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Aquatic resource area survey point

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This spatial dataset represents the locations of aquatic resource area (ARA) survey points. ARA survey points may represent a portion of a water body or an entire water body...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Niagara Escarpment Plan policy area

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    The Niagara Escarpment Special Policy Area is comprised of the North Aldershot Policy Area and the Waterdown Policy Area. More information

    Resource formats:

    • WEB
    • DOCX
    • PDF

  • Abandoned airports

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This layer is derived from data provided by Nav Canada. This layer should not be used for navigation purposes. Official GEO title: Airport Other

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Petroleum Crown Lake Grid

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This information is used  to manage oil and gas rights on offshore Crown lands in Ontario. A grid system of blocks and tracts is used to divide the area. 1 block =  5 minute...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB
    • DOCX
    • PDF

  • Forest Disease Damage Event

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Data show where pathogens - fungal, bacillial or viral - have caused damage by reducing growth rates, tree vigor or have killed trees. Examples of forest diseases include White...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Minor urban centres in the Niagara Escarpment Plan

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Minor urban center is one of the 7 Niagara Escarpment Plan land use designations. This designation includes rural settlements, villages and hamlets. The boundaries of minor...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Forest Management Unit

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    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:

    • WEB

  • 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:

    • DOCX
    • PDF

  • Cadastral Location

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    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:

    • WEB

  • Aggregate Site Authorized

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This dataset represents the locations of licenced and permitted pits and quarries regulated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry under the Aggregate Resources Act,...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Wildlife habitat matrices and habitat descriptions for rare vascular plants

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This highly specialized publication Appendix G: Wildlife habitat matrices and habitat descriptions for rare vascular plants is available in English only in accordance with...

    Resource formats:

    • CSV

  • Far North land cover

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    This data covers the entire Far North from 2005-2011. The data is provided in both grid and vector formats. It is broken into layers that cover UTM zones 15, 16 and 17. Layers...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB

  • Federal protected areas

    Ministry: Natural Resources

    Includes: National Parks National Marine Conservation Areas heritage canals National Wildlife Areas Other Federal Protected areas This dataset is provided by the federal...

    Resource formats:

    • WEB