AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Forest Visual Quality - Data - Howe Sound Cumulative Effects

This data was used for the Howe Sound Cumulative Effects Project to thematically display indicator maps showing the condition of Forest Visual Quality. The data includes results for the Forest Visual Condition indicator.

Data and data dictionary can be downloaded from the "Data and Resources" section.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, CSV, Canada, Cumulative Effects, Data, Howe Sound, VQO, Visual Quality, file geodatabase, json
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast
Offshore Schools data layer

This layer shows locations and contact information for schools certified to teach BC’s Curriculum outside British Columbia. The layer information is gathered from the Education Policy Branch of the Ministry of Education, and is updated on an as-needed basis.

See also the [Offshore Schools application page](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1ddf63fd-47ba-4818-816f-0563a7ef3d69).

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, offshore program, offshore schools, schools
Organization: Education Analytics Office
Mount Polley Sampling Sites - Data

This dataset is an ArcGIS Online hosted feature service containing the Ministry of Environment's Mount Polley sampling locations for Drinking Water Quality, Aquatic Life Quality, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Benthic, Sediment, Mussel Veligers and Fish.

The application using this data can be found [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/mount-polley-sampling-sites-app)

Tags: Aquatic Life Quality, Benthic, Fish, Mount Polley, Mt Polley, Mussel, Phytoplankton, Polley, Sediment, Water Quality, Zooplankton
Organization: Environmental Protection Division
1986 Federal Census Enumeration Area population centroids for BC

Contains one point for each Federal Census Enumeration Area, located at approximate population centroids.  423 areas with &lt; 40 people set to 0 for privacy; this reduces the BC total by 5,552 75 Indian Reserves not counted, missing about 5,840 people and 1,884 dwellings Populations do not include adjustments for undercount that StatsCan usually uses.

Tags: Population, demography, statistics
Organization: BC Stats
1:250 000 Raster Base Map - BC Albers - PDF

A Province-wide series of 1:250 000 digital raster maps derived originally from scanned lithographic layers associated with the paper maps published at a scale of 1:250 000 by the Canadian Government in the 1970s and 1980s.  The map is considered a static product and is not updated.  The map data is considered positionally accurate to 125M to 500M.  A 10 metre pixel  size is used for the map detail which is present against a shaded relief; grayscale background created from a TRIM derived 25 metre  elevation grid.  Each mapsheet is produced in the BC Albers projection.

Tags: BC Albers, TRIM, UTM, base map, cartographic, raster
Organization: GeoBC Branch
MTA - Mineral and Placer Claims History Layer

Historical Mineral and Placer Titles: Holds historic data for all terminated/changed mineral and placer titles within the Province of British Columbia. Data is created/removed by the Mineral Titles Online (MTO) application.

Please refer to the following spatial representations of the data:
**MTA - Mineral, Placer and Coal History Tenure SP** and **MTA - Mineral, Placer and Coal Tenure SVW**
(see More Information below)

Tags: MTA, MTO, Mineral Titles Online, claim cost, claim history, historical claims, history, mineral, mineral title, placer, tenure
Organization: Mineral Titles
Regional Geochemical MineMatch Anomaly Clusters

Anomaly cluster outlines produced for the British Columbia 'Rocks To Riches' program (2003/2004), Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. See papers by C.P. Smyth in Geological Fieldwork 2004 and 2005.

Tags: MineMatch, RGS, anomaly, clusters, exploration, geochemistry, rocks to riches
Organization: BC Geological Survey
Guide to Indigenous Organizations and Services in BC

The Guide is a provincial resource listing of approximately 800 community-based services and organizations referenced in approximately 1,000 entries, most of which are Indigenous/Aboriginal controlled and operate on a not-for-profit basis. It is based on the most current information available at the time of publication, with the information provided by the organizations listed. The Guide is also a means by which other community service organizations, government ministries and agencies, and non-Aboriginal citizens may become knowledgeable about the scope of Indigenous/Aboriginal services and organizations.

Tags: BCAAFC, Indian, Metis, ORAAP, aboriginal, child, economic, education, family, first nation, health, housing, indigenous, justice, organization, restorative justice, service, treaty, violence, women, youth
Organization: Socio-Economic Partnerships
Saltwater Finfish Tenures - Coastal Resource Information Management System

DEPRICATED: The distribution of saltwater finfish farm and hatchery sites in British Columbia. Information includes company name and license information. CRIMS is a legacy dataset of BC coastal resource data that was acquired in a systematic and synoptic manner from 1979 and was intermittently updated throughout the years. Resource information was collected in nine study areas using a peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee consisting of DFO Fishery Officers, First Nations, and other subject matter experts. There are currently no plans to update this legacy data. 

Tags: Canada, aquaculture, fish, saltwater finfish, saltwater fish, tenure
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Rock Properties Database

The Rock Properties Database is a collaborative Geoscience BC project among Mira Geoscience, the Geological Survey of Canada and CAMIRO. This database brings together geophysical and geological information into a common format, facilitating interpretation of rock properties and corresponding geological descriptions across the geological areas of British Columbia. This fully operative web-based system provides a single database for all rock property data allowing aggregation of large amounts of data and in-depth analysis of rock property relationships. 

The rock property data for 13,555 sites (and continuously growing) are available as three layers on MapPlace and MapPlace 2. The layers display magnetic susceptibility, density, and electrical conductivity measurements. The sites are also linked to detailed reports and downloads as well as metadata, publications about the data, and the Mira Geoscience website.

A 2018 version of the Canadian Rock Physical Property Database is available from GSC Open File 8460: https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=313389.

Tags: Rock, geology, geophysics, property, rock properties
Organization: BC Geological Survey
Property Transfer Tax Data 2018

The automation of the monthly PTT Open Data reports has been delayed until June due to system enhancements.

Property transfer tax data relating to market transactions within the province. For more information regarding Property Transfer Tax see our [website](http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/taxes/property-taxes/property-transfer-tax). This data-set contains the information obtained from the 2018 market transactions.

The PTT Data for 2018 has been updated as of June 2017. This update includes the addition of data relating to all municipalities in the province. We have also adjusted Municipality to better reflect the location of the properties transferred. Municipalities with one to four transactions will be noted as Not Releasable (nr) as they do not meet the minimum amount of five transactions within the geographic location. If a Regional District has municipalities with fewer than five transactions those numbers for all affected municipalities will also be Not Releasable. 

Tags: Additional Transfer Tax, BC, British Columbia, Housing, PTT, Property Transfer Tax, Tax, additional tax, foreign buyers tax, foreign ownership, taxation
Organization: Property Taxation
Property Transfer Tax Data 2019

Property transfer tax data relating to market transactions within the province. For more information regarding Property Transfer Tax see our [website](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/taxes/property-taxes/property-transfer-tax). This data-set contains the information obtained from the 2019 market transactions.

The PTT Data for 2019 has been updated as of June 2019. We have made further adjustments to the Municipalities to align with BC Assessment. Municipalities with one to four transactions will be noted as Not Releasable (nr) as they do not meet the minimum amount of five transactions within the geographic location. If a Regional District has municipalities with fewer than five transactions those numbers for all affected municipalities will also be Not Releasable.

Tags: Additional Transfer Tax, BC, British Columbia, PTT, Property Transfer Tax, additional tax, foreign buyers tax, foreign ownership, housing, tax, taxation
Organization: Property Taxation
Property Transfer Tax Data 2020

Property transfer tax data relating to market transactions within the province. For more information regarding Property Transfer Tax see our [website](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/taxes/property-taxes/property-transfer-tax). This data-set contains the information obtained from the 2020 market transactions.

Municipalities with one to four transactions will be noted as Not Releasable (nr) as they do not meet the minimum amount of five transactions within the geographic location. If a Regional District has municipalities with fewer than five transactions those numbers for all affected municipalities will also be Not Releasable.

Tags: Additional Transfer Tax, BC, British Columbia, Housing, PTT, Property Transfer Tax, Tax, additional tax, foreign buyers tax, foreign ownership, taxation
Organization: Property Taxation
Summary Data: Long-term Change in Growing Degree Days and Heating and Cooling Degree Days in BC

This tabular dataset contains the results reported in the indicators 'Long-term Change in Heat Energy Available for Plant Growth in B.C. (1900-2013)' and 'Long-term Change in Energy Requirements for Heating & Cooling Buildings in B.C. (1900-2013)' published in [Indicators of Climate Change in British Columbia (2015-16 Update)](http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/download/216DBDF5B9504E6B9B29D8E6C0CD2849) and by [Environmental Reporting BC](http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=3C233B4F802A4FE186297EC52311E40C). The analyses used climate monitoring data for B.C. available from the [BC Provincial Climate Data Set](https://www.pacificclimate.org/data/bc-station-data). The dataset includes estimates of long-term change in growing degree days (GDD per century), heating degree days (HDD per century) and cooling degree days (CDD per century). Data are provided for British Columbia as well as for each of the nine terrestrial [ecoprovinces of British Columbia](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=80F98E32A7FC45B2AC8F838041CB98A9).

Tags: climate change, environmental reporting, growing degree days, heating and cooling degree days, indicator, stateofenvironment
Organization: Climate Action Secretariat
British Columbia Air Zones

A spatial file of polygons representing the seven "air zones" of British Columbia. Air zones are the basis for monitoring, reporting and taking action on air quality. Air zones are areas that typically exhibit similar air quality characteristics, issues and trends. It is the responsibility of each province and territory to delineate and manage their air zones based on local conditions. The spatial data are provided as a shapefile, geojson, and KML.

Tags: Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standard, air quality, air zones, stateofenvironment
Organization: Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Branch
Grizzly Bear Habitat Capability for the Cariboo Region

Habitat capability mapping for grizzly bears in the Cariboo Region.  The areas included in the capability rating data reflect current knowledge about adult female grizzly bear occupancy; individual grizzly bears may occur outside these areas, and this data will be updated in the future as better information on the distribution of adult females is collected; for more information regarding this dataset please contact Ministry of Environment Large Carnivore Specialist (Tony.Hamilton@gov.bc.ca)

Tags: BC, CCLUP, Canada, Cariboo, SLRP, Williams Lake, capability, griz cap, grizzly bear, habitat, habitat capability
Organization: Regional Operations - Cariboo
BC Ideas Exchange - Economic Development Success Stories

Are you looking for economic development ideas and inspiration for your community? The BC Ideas Exchange showcases B.C. communities and their innovative approaches to economic development.

The best economic development practices are usually developed through community experience, lessons learned and innovation. B.C. communities, even small without sufficient funds, are finding innovative ways to initiate and promote economic development in their communities.

Tags: BRE, Business Attraction, Business Retention and Expansion, Community Economic Development, Ideas Exchange, Marketing, Success Stories, Technology Sector, Tourism
Organization: Regional and Indigenous Economic Policy
Grizzly Bear Population Estimates

This record contains Grizzly Bear population estimates for British Columbia for multiple years: 2012, 2015 and 2018.

The 2012 Grizzly Bear population estimate report for British Columbia report is available here: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/docs/Grizzly_Bear_Pop_Est_Report_Final_2012.pdf. The 2018 Grizzly Bear population estimate report for British Columbia report is available here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/plants-animals-and-ecosystems/wildlife-wildlife-habitat/grizzly-bears/grizzly_bear_pop_est_report_2018_final.pdf 

Grizzly Bear population estimates for 2015 & 2018 are provided below in tabular comma separated value (.csv) file format, as well as a zipped (.zip) Esri file geodatabase (.gdb) spatial data file format. There is no spatial difference between the 2015 & 2018 spatial data polygons, as only the population estimate numbers in the spatial data's attribute table were updated (and only if a change in population estimates occurred from 2015 to 2018). 2015 population estimates are based on 2012 numbers, but adjusted to the revised GBPU sub-units.

The 2015 & 2018 population estimates in the comma separated value (.csv) tables are provided in two units: 1. Grizzly Bear Population Unit (GBPU) and 2. GBPU sub-unit. The sub-units are composed of Grizzly Bear Population Unit (GBPU), Wildlife Management Unit (WMU), Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) and National Park boundaries, taken at the time of this data's creation.

_Note that that these boundaries are not coincident. Slight adjustments have been made to some polygons where needed to align the original linework to create the GBPU sub-units._ _Therefore, do not dissolve the GBPU sub-units to replicate the source data._

Bear density is given in number of bears per 1,000 square kilometers, based on the net polygon area. The net polygon area excludes ice and water features from the Baseline Thematic Mapping dataset (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/134fdc69-7b0c-4c50-b77c-e8f2553a1d40). Ice and water features can be identified by using this selection criteria: PRESENT_LAND_USE_LABEL IN ('Fresh Water', 'Salt Water', 'Glaciers and Snow').

Please view the PDF file below for more information on the data change history, and for a description of the spatial data attribute fields: BC_Grizzly_population_estimates_2015_and_2018_by_GBPU_population_sub_units_metadata.pdf

Grizzly Bear population units are available here: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/caa22f7a-87df-4f31-89e0-d5295ec5c725

Grizzly Bear Conservation Ranking results table is available here: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/e08876a1-3f9c-46bf-b69a-3d88de1da725

Grizzly Bear reports are available here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/plants-animals-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife-conservation/grizzly-bear

Tags: Grizzly, environmental reporting, grizzly bear, grizzly bear population, population, population estimate, stateofenvironment
Organization: Wildlife
History of Grizzly Bear Mortalities

This data set, from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Compulsory Inspection Database, is a summary of known human-caused grizzly bear mortalities by management unit and grizzly bear population unit in British Columbia from 1976 to 2017.

Tags: environmental reporting, grizzly bear, hunting, management, mortality, stateofenvironment
Organization: Wildlife
Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) Detailed Polygons with Short Attribute Table - 50,000 Spatial View

This dataset is not currently available in the BCGW but may be downloaded in geodatabase format. Please refer to: Terrestrial Ecosystem Information (TEI) Data Distribution Packages 

PEM_50K contains 1 to 50,000 PEM polygons with key and amalgamated (concatenated) attributes derived from the Resource Inventory Standards Committee (RISC) standard attributes. PEM divides the landscape into units according to a variety of ecological features including climate, physiography, surficial material, bedrock geology, soils and vegetation. PEM uses a modeling approach to ecosystem mapping, whereby existing knowledge of ecosystem attributes and relationships are used to predict ecosystem representation in the landscape. This layer is derived from the STE_TEI_ATTRIBUTE_POLYS_SP layer by filtering on the PROJECT_TYPE and PROJECT_MAP_SCALE attributes.

Tags: BGC, Canada, DTEIF, Drainage, PEM, SEI, STE, STEWI, TEIS, TEM, TER, TSM, WHR, biogeoclimatic, bioterrain, bioterrain mapping, describing terrestrial ecosystems, ecology, ecosystem, ecosystem mapping, ecosystem modelling, erosion, landslide, predictive ecosystem mapping, sedimentation, sensitive ecosystem, sensitive ecosystems inventory, slope stability, soil, terrain, terrain and ecosystems, terrain mapping, terrain stability, terrain stability mapping, terrestrial ecosystem mapping, wildlife habitat rating, wildlife inventory
Organization: Knowledge Management
Williston Wetland Explorer Tool (WWET) Data

Spatial data layers distributed via the [Williston Wetland Explorer Tool (WWET).]
[Williston Wetland Explorer Tool (WWET).]: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1d174499-72af-41d5-ad5e-19460b1e6fb1

The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) Peace supported program was a multi-year initiative (model run 1 in 2018 - BAPID 6492 and run 2 in 2019/2020 - BAPID 6538) designed to predict wetland and riparian habitat in the Williston Drainage Basin. These layers were developed as a result of the FWCP Peace initiative and include model training data, field observations for model validation, field photographs (2018 and 2019), FWCP Peace Region boundary, and model results for 3 and 10 category wetland and riparian predictions. 

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, NBEC, Riparian, Wetland Riparian, at risk ecosystem, biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification, classification, ecosystem management, ecosystem mapping, ecosystem modelling, high value wetlands, predictive ecosystem mapping, wetland, wetland classification, wetland management, wetland modelling, wetland riparian management, wetlands, williston
Organization: Knowledge Management
BC Finance - Statement of Financial Position, 1999-2000 to 2010-11, Table A2.3; Changes in Financial Position, 2000-01 to 2010-11, Table A2.4

Table A2.3 a tabular presentation summarizing British Columbia financial position statements, actual values, 1999-2000 through 2010-2011, including average annual change; Table A2.4 A tabular presentation summarizing British Columbia changes in financial position, actual values, 2000-2001 through 2010-2011, including 11-year totals.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff
BC 2013-14 Second Quarterly Report - 2013-14 Forecast Changes from June Update 2013 and First Quarterly Report Table 1.2

A tabular presentation of changes from budgeted 2013-14 revenue and expenditure for the British Columbia government for the first 2013-14 quarterly report.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff
BC Finance - 2013 Financial and Economic Review - BC GDP - Income Based - 2007 to 2012 with annual percentage changes - Table A1.4

A tabular presentation of British Columbia real GDP components showing employee compensation, operating surpluses, and business incomes, 2007 to 2012 with annual percentage changes.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff
BC Finance - Provincial Debt, 1999-2000 to 2010-11, Table A2.11; Provincial Debt Supplementary Information, 1999-2000 to 2010-11, Table A2.12

Table A2.11 - A tabular presentation summarizing British Columbia taxpayer-supported and self-supported provincial debt, actual values, 1999-2000 through 2010-2011, including percent of average annual change; Table A2.12 A tabular presentation of British Columbia provincial debt supplementary information, actual values, 2000-2001 through 2010-2011, including percent of average annual change, with values for percent of Nominal GDP, growth rates and per capita expenditure.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff
BC Finance - 2013 Financial and Economic Review - Supply and Consumption of Electrical Energy in BC - 1989 to 2012 - Table A1.13

A tabular presentation of British Columbia supply and consumption of electrical energy 1989 to 2012.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff
BC Finance - 2013 Financial and Economic Review - BC Real GDP at Market Prices - Expenditure Based - 2007 to 2012 with annual percentage changes - Table A1.2

A tabular presentation of British Columbia real GDP components showing household and general government expenditures, residential and non-residential structures, machinery and equipment, intellectual property, fixed capital, imports, and exports, 2007 to 2012 with annual percentage changes.

Tags: GDP, Ministry, agency, balance, budget, capital, credit, debt, deficit, earning, employment, expenditure, expense, export, financial, income, indicator, industry, labour, liability, price, program, revenue, spending, statement, statistics, surplus, table, tax, value
Organization: Treasury Board Staff