AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
BC Student Outcomes Program Data Viewer File

Each year, tens of thousands of former post-secondary students are asked about their educational experiences, subsequent employment, and further studies. Find out what former students are doing one to two years after their B.C. post-secondary education.

Tags: BC student outcomes, BC student outcomes data viewer, BC student outcomes program, BC student outcomes surveys, alumni, apprenticeship, associate degree, baccalaureate graduates, certificate, diploma, education, former students, graduates, higher education, higher education outcomes, post-secondary, post-secondary education system, post-secondary survey results, public post-secondary institutions, student outcomes, survey, survey results, trades, trades foundation, trades-related vocational
Organization: BC Stats
Country Trade App Data

Data published to the BC Stats Country Trade application: https://bcstats.shinyapps.io/CountryTradeApp/.

For immigration data, all values between 0 and 5 are shown as “0”. This is done to prevent individuals from being identified when IRCC data is compiled and compared to other publicly available statistics. All other values are rounded to the closest multiple of 5 for the same reason.

Data from the International Trade Centre is rounded to the nearest trillion. 

Investment data that is suppressed or unavailable for a specific time period will appear as zero.

If you need help with this dataset, you can reach BC Stats at the email below; however, submitting a support request is recommended.

Data sourced from Statistics Canada, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Trade Centre (ITC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the United States Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S.), and the International Trade Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce), and is current as of February 23, 2026.

Tags: BC Stats, Country Trade App, Country Trade Profiles
Organization: BC Stats
Vulnerable Aquifer Recharge and Phosphorus-Affected Areas in B.C.

The Vulnerable Aquifer and Phosphorus-Affected Areas in B.C. data shows the geographic vulnerable aquifer recharge areas and phosphorus-affected areas of B.C.

Tags: AEMCode, AWCR, Agricultural Waste, Nutrient Management Plan, Phosphorus-affected areas, Vulnerable aquifer
Organization: Environmental Protection Division
Vulnerable Aquifer Recharge and Phosphorus Affected Areas Map Tool

This Vulnerable Aquifer Recharge and Phosphorus Affected Areas Map Tool is an interactive mapping application that provides easy access to the geographic vulnerable aquifer recharge areas and phosphorus-affected areas of B.C. The goal of this tool is to help users determine if they are located in a high-risk area and to understand when they may need a nutrient management plan.  

Tags: AEMCode, AGO, AWCR, Agricultural Waste, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Nutrient Management Plan, Phosphorus-affected areas, Vulnerable aquifer
Organization: Environmental Protection Division
White Sturgeon - Fraser River Drainage Mark-Recapture PIT Tag Data

This dataset includes White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) mark-recapture data collected in the Fraser River drainage. Users can use a Passive Integrated Responder (PIT) tag serial number to look up if the fish has been recaptured before and any associated data at last capture (e.g. fish length, girth, location, etc.).

This dataset is maintained by the Reconciliation, Lands, Policy and Data Division within the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS). Data and information housed within the database is collected by both government biologists and partners such as First Nations, scientific fish collection permit holders, and participating fishery organizations.

The [Fraser River drainage White Sturgeon PIT tag lookup app] (https://bcgov-env.shinyapps.io/sturgeon-pit-tag-lookup/) is also available as a tool to access this dataset.

Tags: Acipenser, Capture, Capture Date, Fish, Fraser River, Girth, Length, Mark-Recapture, PIT Tag, White Sturgeon, transmontanus
Organization: Knowledge Management
Aquatic Life Marine Ammonia WQG Acute

The water quality guidelines (WQGs) for the protection of marine aquatic life were published by the Province in 2001 in pdf overview report available online.  This dataset provides the acute marine WQGs for various concentrations of temperature, pH, and salinity in a machine readable format. 

Tags: long-term water quality, water quality, water quality guidelines
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquatic Life Nickel WQG Acute

The B.C. nickel water quality guideline (WQG) for the protection of aquatic life was derived in 2024 and uses a biotic ligand model (BLM) to account for site specific toxicity modifying factors such as temperature, pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and hardness. The B.C. nickel BLM software, available on the B.C. WQG website can be used to calculate the nickel WQG if site specific concentrations of the toxicity modifying factors are known. This dataset provides acute WQGs for various concentrations of temperature, pH, DOC and hardness that can be used to look-up WQGs without needing to run the BLM software.

Tags: Nickel, Water Quality, nickel, water quality, water quality guidelines
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquatic Life Nickel WQG Chronic

The B.C. nickel water quality guideline (WQG) for the protection of aquatic life was derived in 2024 and uses a biotic ligand model (BLM) to account for site specific toxicity modifying factors such as temperature, pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and hardness. The B.C. nickel BLM software, available on the B.C. WQG website can be used to calculate the nickel WQG if site specific concentrations of the toxicity modifying factors are known. This dataset provides acute WQGs for various concentrations of temperature, pH, DOC and hardness that can be used to look-up WQGs without needing to run the BLM software.


Tags: Nickel, Water Quality, Water quality, nickel, water quality guidelines
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquatic Life Copper WQG Chronic

The B.C. copper water quality guideline (WQG) for the protection of aquatic life was updated in 2019 and now uses a biotic ligand model (BLM) to account for site specific toxicity modifying factors such as pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and hardness. The B.C. copper BLM software, available on the B.C. WQG website can be used to calculate the copper WQG if site specific concentrations of the toxicity modifying factors are known. This dataset provides acute WQGs for various concentrations of pH, DOC and hardness that can be used to look-up WQGs without needing to run the BLM software.

Tags: Copper, Water Quality, Water quality, aquatic life, copper, water quality, water quality guidelines
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquatic Life Copper WQG Acute

The B.C. copper water quality guideline (WQG) for the protection of aquatic life was updated in 2019 and now uses a biotic ligand model (BLM) to account for site specific toxicity modifying factors such as pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and hardness.  The B.C. copper BLM software, available on the B.C. WQG website can be used to calculate the copper WQG if site specific concentrations of the toxicity modifying factors are known.  This dataset provides acute WQGs for various concentrations of pH, DOC and hardness that can be used to look-up WQGs without needing to run the BLM software.  

Tags: Copper, Water Quality, aquatic life, guidelines, water quality guidelines
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquifer Vulnerability to Saltwater Intrusion – Pumping hazard

A newer dataset developed in 2021, called Aquifer Vulnerability to Sea Water Intrusion, has replaced this version. This dataset remains available for download for comparison purposes. 
This dataset was developed as part of the Risk Assessment Framework for Coastal Bedrock Aquifers project completed by Simon Fraser University, for the BC Ministry of Environment and the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Features in the dataset show the vulnerability of coastal aquifers on the Gulf Islands to salt water intrusion, based on their intrinsic susceptibility (aquifer properties such as distance from the coast and topography) and groundwater pumping (well density and type of use).

This [link](http://summit.sfu.ca/item/15778) refers to the Master of Science Thesis Report prepared by Jeanette Klassen in 2015 as a component of the collaborative study between Simon Fraser University and the Province of British Columbia.


Tags: Aquifer, Hazard, Intrusion, Salt Water, Saltwater, Vulnerability, Water Well
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Aquifer Vulnerability to Saltwater Intrusion – Pumping and Coastal hazard

A newer dataset developed in 2021, called Aquifer Vulnerability to Sea Water Intrusion, has replaced this version. This dataset remains available for download for comparison purposes. 

This dataset was developed as part of the Risk Assessment Framework for Coastal Bedrock Aquifers project completed by Simon Fraser University, for the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Features in the dataset show the vulnerability of coastal aquifers on Salt Spring Island to salt water intrusion, based on their intrinsic susceptibility (aquifer properties such as distance from the coast and topography), groundwater pumping (well density and type of use) and coastal hazard (coastal morphology and vulnerability to flooding from storm surges).

This [link](http://summit.sfu.ca/item/15778) refers to the Master of Science Thesis Report prepared by Jeanette Klassen in 2015 as a component of the collaborative study between Simon Fraser University and the Province of British Columbia.

Tags: Aquifer, Hazard, Intrusion, Saltwater, Vulnerability, Water well
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
DRASTIC Aquifer Intrinsic Vulnerability Reports Index

Spatial dataset of DRASTIC Aquifer Intrinsic Vulnerability study areas in BC, and which also serves as an index containing links to the technical summary reports stored in the BC Government's Ecological Reports Catalogue (EcoCat).  
For the DRASTIC Aquifer Intrinsic Vulnerability mapping data related to each report, please see https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/33bcf95c-6742-419d-a898-9b26109d6504    
  
For more information (including an explanation of the DRASTIC method) please see "A Guide to the Use of Intrinsic Aquifer Vulnerability Mapping" at https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=23346 

Tags: EcoCat, aquifer, drastic, intrinsic vulnerability, vulnerable
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
DRASTIC Aquifer Intrinsic Vulnerability

Spatial dataset of DRASTIC aquifer intrinsic vulnerability of groundwater for specific study areas in BC, as reported in technical summary reports which are made available through the BC government's Ecological Reports Catalogue (EcoCat).  
For the study areas covered by each report and a link to each report in EcoCat, please see the EcoCat Reports Index spatial dataset: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/386396c7-befe-4357-8088-21f1834a2e76  
  
For more information (including an explanation of the DRASTIC method) please see "A Guide to the Use of Intrinsic Aquifer Vulnerability Mapping" at https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=23346 

Tags: aquifer, drastic, intrinsic vulnerability, vulnerable
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Connectivity Infrastructure Projects

This data highlights communities with connectivity infrastructure projects funded by the Connecting British Columbia program. The program, which is funded by the BC Government and administered through Northern Development Initiative trust, supports the expansion of connectivity in rural, remote and Indigenous communities in B.C. The data contains publicly-announced projects.



Tags: Communities, Connecting Communities, Connectivity, Indigenous, Internet, broadband, broadband connectivity, high speed, infrastructure, projects, rural, rural broadband, telecommunications
Organization: Connected Communities Branch
Aquatic Life Manganese WQG Chronic

The B.C. manganese water quality guideline (WQG) for the protection of aquatic life was updated in 2026 and now account for site specific toxicity modifying factors such as pH and hardness. This dataset provides chronic WQGs for various  pH and hardness values that can be used to look-up WQGs without needing to use the BC Manganese WQG Calculator. 

Tags: Aquatic Life, Water Quality, Water Quality Guidelines, manganese
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
University of Victoria Aquifer Stress Evaluation

The scope of this project is to derive aquifer-scale estimates of annual volumes for groundwater withdrawal, recharge, and groundwater’s contribution to environmental flows as a means to provide screening level estimates of aquifer-scale stress using the groundwater footprint. The groundwater footprint (GF) is calculated for unconfined aquifers from aquifer-scale, steady-state estimates.
For more information see:

Forstner, T., Gleeson, T., Borrett, L., Allen, D.M., Wei, M., and Baye, A. 2018. Mapping aquifer stress, groundwater recharge, groundwater use, and the contribution of groundwater to environmental flows for unconfined aquifers across British Columbia. Water Science Series, WSS2018-04. Prov. B.C., Victoria B.C. 

Tags: Aquifer, EFN, UVic, University of Victoria, groundwater, groundwater abstraction, recharge, stress, withdrawal
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Water Sustainability Temporary Protection Orders - Public

Temporary Protection Orders (TPOs) are ministerial orders that can be implemented to curtail water users during times of water scarcity to protect streamflow availability fish populations and the aquatic ecosystem. TPOs were implemented under Section 9 of the Fish Protection Act prior to 2016, but are now implemented under Section 86, 87 and 88 of the Water Sustainability Act. This dataset is a compilation of data hosted on TPOs to date across British Columbia and is maintained by the Watershed Stewardship and Security Branch within the Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship. The purpose of the dataset is to communicate to water users when and where TPOs are/were in effect at the watershed scale. For specific details on which water users are affected by a TPO, please refer to the official Ministerial Order document referenced in the dataset. 

Tags: Groundwater, Section 86, Section 87, Section 88, Surface Water, Sustainability, TPO, TPOs, Temporary Protection Order, Water, Water Sustainability Act, Water licensing, Well
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Natural Resource Compliance and Enforcement Database

A free, searchable database that includes a wide variety of environmental and natural resource compliance and enforcement actions taken by government staff and enforcement officers. It includes orders, administrative sanctions, tickets and court convictions, covering hunting and fishing, open burning, mud bogging, dam safety, pesticide and pollution violations, etc. Users can search by names, dates or types of violation, dating back to 2006 when the Ministry of Environment began public reporting violations in the Quarterly Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Summary.

Tags: compliance, enforcement, environment, violation
Organization: Regulatory Effectiveness & Sector Integration
Non Legal Planning Features - All - Line

A spatially identified line on land and/or water that has been mapped for specific land and/or resource uses as determined through a strategic land and resource planning process. This layer represents non-legalized planning lines only, thus the direction given within the planning designation is policy only and is not legally enforceable.  This layer contains line geometries.

All SLRP non-legal line features are included in this layer (retired and current). For current SLRP non-legal line features, please see the layer [Non Legal Planning Features - Current - Line](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/9f6fcf56-e491-4972-961a-e34a480e78b2).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, nonlegal, planning features, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Non Legal Planning Features - Current - Line

A spatially identified line on land and/or water that has been mapped for specific land and/or resource uses as determined through a strategic land and resource planning process. This layer represents non-legalized planning lines only, thus the direction given within the planning designation is policy only and is not legally enforceable.  This layer contains line geometries.

Current SLRP non-legal line features are included in this layer. For all SLRP non-legal line features (retired and current), please see the layer [Non Legal Planning Features - All - Line](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f72a0619-0a7a-4ade-bf1a-946339aedfd1).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, nonlegal, planning features, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Legal Planning Objectives - All - Line

Spatially identified and mapped legal objective lines as determined from strategic land and resource planning processes in the province of British Columbia.  Legal objectives can encompass objectives developed and grandfathered under now repealed Forest Practices Code legislation (including Higher level Plans), as well as new and existing objectives developed through the Land Use Objectives Regulation and the Land Act to support FRPA implementation.  This layer contains line features. The Strategic Land and Resource Planning documents can be accessed [here](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/crown-land-water/land-use-planning/regions).

All SLRP legal objective lines (retired and current) are included in this layer. For current SLRP legal objective lines, please see the layer [Legal Planning Objectives - Current - Line](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/c887b499-a985-4af3-90cb-887a0e215e28).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, legal objective, legal planning objective, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Legal Planning Objectives - Current - Line

Spatially identified and mapped legal objective lines as determined from strategic land and resource planning processes in the province of British Columbia.  Legal objectives can encompass objectives developed and grandfathered under now repealed Forest Practices Code legislation (including Higher level Plans), as well as new and existing objectives developed through the Land Use Objectives Regulation and the Land Act to support FRPA implementation.  This layer contains line features. The Strategic Land and Resource Planning documents can be accessed [here](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/crown-land-water/land-use-planning/regions).

Current SLRP legal objective lines are included in this layer. For all SLRP legal objective points (retired and current), please see the layer [Legal Planning Objectives - All - Line](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/b648ac2d-6a9a-426c-9dcd-39ec188d7f36).



Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, legal objective, legal planning objective, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Legal Planning Objectives - All - Point

Spatially identified and mapped legal objective points as determined from strategic land and resource planning processes in the province of British Columbia.  Legal objectives can encompass objectives developed and grandfathered under now repealed Forest Practices Code legislation (including Higher level Plans), as well as new and existing objectives developed through the Land Use Objectives Regulation and the Land Act to support FRPA implementation.  This layer contains point features. The Strategic Land and Resource Planning documents can be accessed [here](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/crown-land-water/land-use-planning/regions).

All SLRP legal objective points (retired and current) are included in this layer. For current SLRP legal objective points, please see the layer [Legal Planning Objectives - Current - Point](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/b7ca71fa-6265-46e7-a73c-344ded9212b0).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, legal objective, legal planning objective, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Non Legal Planning Features - Current - Point

A spatially identified point on land and/or water that has been mapped for specific land and/or resource uses as determined through a strategic land and resource planning process. This layer represents non-legalized planning lines only, thus the direction given within the planning designation is policy only and is not legally enforceable.  This layer contains point geometries.

Current SLRP non-legal point features are included in this layer. For all SLRP non-legal point features (retired and current), please see the layer [Non Legal Planning Features - All - Point](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5f4afb95-4ecf-4c39-83d5-1e6644df8c95).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, nonlegal, planning features, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Non Legal Planning Features - All - Point

A spatially identified point on land and/or water that has been mapped for specific land and/or resource uses as determined through a strategic land and resource planning process. This layer represents non-legalized planning lines only, thus the direction given within the planning designation is policy only and is not legally enforceable.  This layer contains point geometries.

All SLRP non-legal point features (retired and current) are included in this layer. For current SLRP non-legal point features, please see the layer [Non Legal Planning Features - Current - Point](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/168885d9-ed13-4dea-9126-dd11e667c01f).

Tags: SLRP, land use plan, landuse Plan, nonlegal, planning features, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management
Legal Planning Objectives - Current - Point

Spatially identified and mapped legal objective points as determined from Strategic Land and Resource Planning (SLRP) processes in the province of British Columbia.  Legal objectives can encompass objectives developed and grandfathered under now repealed Forest Practices Code legislation (including Higher level Plans), as well as new and existing objectives developed through the Land Use Objectives Regulation and the Land Act to support FRPA implementation.  This layer contains point features. The Strategic Land and Resource Planning documents can be accessed [here](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/crown-land-water/land-use-planning/regions).

Current SLRP legal objective points are included in this layer. For all SLRP legal objective points (retired and current), please see the layer [Legal Planning Objectives - All - Point](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/8eb6e90e-8241-4215-8bb3-a204333a8625).

Tags: Landuse Plan, SLRP, land use plan, legal objective, legal planning objective, strategic land and resource plan
Organization: Collaborative Stewardship and Cumulative Effects Management