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Forest Abiotic Damage Event
Ministry: Natural Resources
An abiotic damage event is a non-biological event -- such as wind or an ice storm -- that has damaged areas of forested land. Abiotic damage event information is mainly used to:...Resource formats:
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Tables of Drinking Water Threats
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
We've made tables that include the 21 drinking water quality threat activities, set out in O. Reg. 287/07, which may pose a risk to a municipal drinking water supply. The...Resource formats:
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Ontario Hydro Network - Watercourse
Ministry: Natural Resources
Watercourses are line features - natural or manmade - that represent the location of flowing surface water. This product requires the use of geographic information system (GIS)...Resource formats:
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Lake Simcoe shoreline inventory
Ministry: Natural Resources
This dataset was created to: better understand the state of the shoreline track changes over time identify priority areas for restoration The dataset provides important...Resource formats:
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Lake Ontario Downstream Tributary Water Chemistry Monitoring
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
From 2018 to 2023, ministry staff collected water quality samples year-round from seven rivers that flow into Lake Ontario in the Greater Toronto Area. They did this to...Resource formats:
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Beech regeneration control in stands affected by beech bark disease
Ministry: Natural Resources
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:
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Ontario Typical Range Soil Chemistry
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Concentration levels from soil sampled in urban and rural parklands in the province. Data includes: station name and location (rounded to 1 km precision) sample date results...Resource formats:
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Ministry of Natural Resources area, district and region administrative boundaries (1997-2022)
Ministry: Natural Resources
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:
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Aggregate Designated Area
Ministry: Natural Resources
This spatial dataset represents the boundaries of areas designated under the Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O 1990 where a licence or permit is required for aggregate extraction....Resource formats:
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Transport Point
Ministry: Natural Resources
This dataset consists of man-made point features in a transportation network. Transport point features include: Culvert Railway Symbolized - a enclosed drain under a railway...Resource formats:
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Ontario water and weather monitoring stations
Ministry: Natural Resources
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:
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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:
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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:
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Ontario Vector Topographic Data Cache
Ministry: Natural Resources
The Ontario Vector Topographic Data Cache is a collection of topographic data, that has been preprocessed for fast, seamless display at predefined scales. The topographic data...Resource formats:
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Crown land use policy area (overlay)
Ministry: Natural Resources
The Guide to Crown Land Use Planning Atlas (CLUPA) is the authoritative source for information on overlays. The dataset maintains a spatial record for all geographic areas of...Resource formats:
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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:
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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:
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Provincial digital elevation model
Ministry: Natural Resources
The Provincial Digital Elevation Model (PDEM) is a general purpose dataset designed to represent true ground elevation and is based on best-available data across the province....Resource formats:
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Ministry of Natural Resources Sign Site
Ministry: Natural Resources
These signs serve a variety of purposes ranging from providing general information and safety warnings, to enforcement and land management notices to the general public....Resource formats:
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Wooded areas
Ministry: Natural Resources
This dataset is often used by users without access to the Provincial Forest Resource Inventory data, which contains information like municipalities and non-profit groups not...Resource formats:
- WEB