AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Great Bear Rainforest - Landscape Reserve Design

This layer contains current Landscape Reserve Design (LRD) polygons associated the Great Bear Rainforest. The spatial data layer excludes sensitive information and is publicly viewable and downloadable.
This data represents legally established and spatially defined LRD areas and are designed to meet Great Bear Rainforest requirements for Old Forest representation, Indigenous features and resources, wildlife values, and rare and endangered ecosystems that are identified during landscape unit planning or operational planning processes. Forest licensees are required to implement Ecosystem Based Management during operational planning processes to concurrently maintain ecosystem integrity and improve human well-being. This spatial view displays the current legal polygons, with more to be added as LRDs are established. This data is viewable in iMapBC by adding this layer name: ***Landscape Reserve Design – GBRO - legal***.

Tags: EBM, Ecosystem Based Management, GBR, GBRO, Great Bear Rainforest, Great Bear Rainforest Order, LRD, Landscape Reserve Design
Organization: Regional Operations - West Coast
Forest Tenure Timber License Elimination

DEPRECATED - Layers prefaced with FTEN are updated and maintained on an on-going and continuous basis as tenures are issued. This is the spatial layer reflecting operational activities. The spatial representation for the areas that have been eliminated from a timber licence. The file type is Timber Licence Eliminations(A06).

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_TL_ELIMINATION_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/e15e0543-830f-43b8-b824-ed9a8ed7eeca)


Tags: Canada, FTA, forest, forest tenure
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
BEC Map - Historic Versions

Superseded versions of the provincial biogeoclimatic zone/subzone/variant (BGC) maps replaced by finer resolution - excludes the current version. Each subsequent version of the biogeoclimatic subzone variant map of British Columbia is a result of refinements to either the mapping or definitions of the BGC units. The various versions of the BGC map are NOT a result of the BGC units having changed their spatial location over time.

Tags: BEC, BGC, biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification, climate, ecological land classification, vegetation
Organization: Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch
Historic Trails of British Columbia

This dataset contains spatial and tabular data on non-archaeological historic trails in B.C. Some of these trails, or sections of trail, are defined or protected under provincial legislation such as the Heritage Conservation Act. Other trails or trail segments are recorded but not legally protected. This dataset represents line feature data (e.g. trail routes).

Tags: BC, British Columbia, Environment, Heritage, Recreation, heritage, heritage trail, historic, trail
Organization: Heritage Branch
Historic Trails of British Columbia - Internal

This dataset contains spatial and tabular data on non-archaeological historic trails in B.C. Some of these trails, or sections of trail, are defined or protected under provincial legislation such as the Heritage Conservation Act. Other trails or trail segments are recorded but not legally protected. This dataset represents line feature data (e.g. trail routes).

Tags: BC, British Columbia, Environment, Heritage, Recreation, heritage, heritage trail, historic, trail
Organization: Heritage Branch
Historical DriveBC Events

This annually updated dataset provides all of the previously published road conditions, traffic incidents, and current and planned road construction activities 
as published on [DriveBC web site](http://drivebc.ca/) beginning with 2006. 

Current information on DriveBC road events is available via the [Open511-DriveBC API](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/open511-drivebc-api).

Tags: HWY, MOT, TRAN, event, highway, incident, road, road conditions, traffic
Organization: Transportation Services
BC Population Projections

A population projection is a forecast of future population growth.  BC Stats applies the Component/Cohort-Survival method to project the population.  This method "grows" the population from the latest base year estimate by forecasting births, deaths and migration by age.  These forecasts are based on past trends modified to account for possible future changes and, consequently, should be viewed as only one possible scenario of future population.

B.C. level projections are updated annually. All population estimates and projections are as of July 1st.

More information can be found on BC Stats' [Population Projections page](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=BB4112D90F38414984C25A75CC4F029B).

Tags: bc stats, population
Organization: BC Stats
BC Parks Data API Access

BC Parks data is available through the BC Parks API. The data contains information on provincial parks, conservation areas, and ecological reserves. This includes detailed descriptions of protected areas, available activities, amenities, park status, etc.

BC Parks API is an open REST and GraphQL API web service providing access to a centralized compilation of current data related to provincial parks in B.C.

The data are accessible via the BC Parks API are licensed under the Open Government License - BC. The API itself is licensed under the API Terms of Use (see related links, API Terms of Use).

For more information, please see the [BC Parks API console](https://openapi.apps.gov.bc.ca/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcgov/bcparks.ca/main/infrastructure/kong/public-documentation.json) or [GraphQL Playground](https://bcparks.api.gov.bc.ca/graphql).

Tags: API, Access Restrictions, Activities, Advisories, BC Open Government License, BC Parks, BC Parks Closures, Campfire bans, Conservancy, Ecological Reserves, Facilities, GraphQL, Protected Area, REST, Recreation Areas, open data
Organization: BC Parks
Local Trust Areas - Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC

Legally defined __Local Trust Area__ polygons were drawn from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for the Local Trust Areas in the province of British Columbia.

A polygon dataset that includes all of the administrative areas currently in the __Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS)__ is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

A complimentary point dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

Other individual datasets are available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc  

Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, islands trust, local trust area, metes and bounds, salish sea
Organization: Governance and Structure
Provincial Site Productivity Layer

The Provincial Site Productivity Layer (PSPL) is the primary provincial dataset for strategic-level site productivity information. It provides species-specific site index estimates for 14 commercial tree species at a 1 ha resolution across British Columbia. The PSPL v.9.0 was developed using species-specific Random Forest models trained on over 13,000 ground-based site index observations sourced from SIBEC ground sample data, non-Young Stand Monitoring (YSM) ground sample data from FAIB, and government-funded site index adjustment projects.

For species with insufficient ground observations to support direct modelling, site index estimates from a reference species are recommended as substitutes for minor species not included in the layer. Refer to the technical report for the full substitution table and species conversion equations.

Tags: growth and yield, site index, site productivity
Organization: Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch
Province of British Columbia - Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC

This polygon representing the __Province of British Columbia__ was derived from a variety of sources with variable accuracy (e.g. transformed coordinates, old and current representations of natural boundaries, historic surveys, etc.).

This boundary may be updated periodically, as more accurate data becomes available.

A polygon dataset that includes all of the administrative areas currently in the __Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS)__ is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

A complimentary point dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

Other individual datasets are available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc


Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, British Columbia, Province of British Columbia, province
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC - Internal

Legally defined __Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS)__ polygons were drawn from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for the following administrative boundaries:

* Province of BC	

* Regional Districts

* Municipalities

* Electoral Areas

* Islands Trust

* Local Trust Areas

This is an internal only dataset. The data has an attribute called PUBLIC_IND which indicates whether the record is public (Y) or not public (N).  Only records which are public appear in the publicly accessible version, which is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

A complimentary point dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available  [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

Individual datasets are also available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc



Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, Islands Trust, Local Trust Area, Province of British Columbia, UTM coordinates, electoral areas, electoral boundaries, latitude, longitude, metes and bounds, municipal boundaries, municipality, regional district, regional district boundaries
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Indian Reserves - Administrative Boundaries

Provide the administrative boundaries (extent) of Canada Lands which includes Indian Reserves.   Administrative boundaries were compiled from Legal Surveys Division's cadastral datasets and survey records archived in the Canada Lands Survey Records. See the Natural Resource Canada's GeoGratis website, Aboriginal Lands.

Tags: Boundaries, Canada Lands, Cree Naskapi, First Nations lands, Indian Reserve, Kanesatake, LSD, Yukon First Nations, aboriginal lands, marine parks, property rights, settlement area
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC

This dataset is a provincial compilation of the following administrative areas: regional districts, municipalities, electoral areas, islands trust areas, local trusts areas, counties, Sechelt Indian Government District, and the provincial boundary. Some of these boundaries overlap (although municipalities and electoral areas are mutually exclusive of one another, and each fit within a single regional district).   It has been provided in its compiled state for users who which to source a single layer and then deconstruct it into its individual components.  It was constructed from the following primary datasets:
 
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/counties-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/sh-sh-lh-nation-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

The boundaries of these primary datasets were drawn based on the legal metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent, but may differ from how regional districts and their member municipalities and electoral areas currently view and/or manage their boundaries. Where discrepancies are noted, the data custodian enters into discussion with the local governments whose boundaries are affected. In order to effect a change to the boundary, Cabinet approval is required.  This is done through an Order in Council (OIC). While discrepancies to administrative boundaries are being resolved, boundaries may be adjusted on an ongoing basis until the requested changes are completed.
 
The OIC_YEAR and OIC_NUMBER fields indicate the year that the boundary was passed under OIC and its associated number. The AFFECTED_ADMIN_AREA_ABRVN identifies the administrative areas that are affected by the OIC.

A complimentary point dataset used to define the boundaries of the administrative areas is also available from this record https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations.

Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, Islands Trust, Local Trust Area, UTM coordinates, electoral areas, electoral boundaries, latitude, longitude, metes and bounds, municipal boundaries, municipality, regional district, regional district boundaries
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Counties of British Columbia - Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC

The __Counties of British Columbia__ contains areas of land within the Province of British Columbia representing legally defined administrative areas described in the County Boundary Act. The purpose of this division is for the administration of justice.

The counties were delineated using provincial base mapping features, following the metes and bounds descriptions in the Letters Patent.

A polygon dataset that includes all of the administrative areas currently in the __Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS)__ is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

A complimentary point dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

The Legal document which divides the province of British Columbia into counties is available [here](http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96075_01).

Other individual datasets are available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc  

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
 
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/sh-sh-lh-nation-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc


Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, British Columbia, Counties, Counties of British Columbia
Organization: Policy and Legislation
Electoral Areas - Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC

Legally defined __Electoral Area__ polygons were drawn from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for Regional District Electoral Areas in the province of British Columbia. In the event of a discrepancy in the data, the metes and bounds description will prevail.

Although the boundaries were drawn based on the legal metes and bounds descriptions, they may differ from how regional districts and their member municipalities and electoral areas currently view and/or manage their boundaries. Where discrepancies are noted, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (the custodian) enters into discussion with the local governments whose boundaries are affected. In order to effect a change to the boundary, Cabinet approval is required.  This is done through an Order in Council (OIC). While discrepancies to administrative boundaries are being resolved, boundaries may be adjusted on an ongoing basis until the requested changes are completed.
 
The OIC_YEAR and OIC_NUMBER fields indicate the year that the boundary was passed under OIC and its associated number. The AFFECTED_ADMIN_AREA_ABRVN identifies the administrative areas that are affected by the OIC.

A polygon dataset that includes all of the administrative areas currently in the __Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS)__ is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

A complimentary point dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

Other individual datasets are available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc 

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc


Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, electoral areas, electoral boundaries, metes and bounds
Organization: Governance and Structure
Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC Boundary Locations

These point locations were determined from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for the following administrative boundaries:

* Province of BC	

* Regional Districts

* Municipalities

* Electoral Areas

* Islands Trust

* Local Trust Areas

Point locations often represent the beginning or end of a segment defined by a metes and bounds descriptor. Point locations may also represent the intersection of two boundary line segments if it is not a surveyed point (e.g., the boundary switches from following height of land to the centerline of a river).

A complimentary polygonal dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

Individual datasets are also available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, Islands Trust, Local Trust Area, UTM coordinates, electoral areas, electoral boundaries, latitude, longitude, metes and bounds, municipal boundaries, municipality, regional district, regional district boundaries
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Legally Defined Administrative Areas of BC Boundary Locations - Internal

These point locations were determined from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for the following administrative boundaries:

* Province of BC	

* Regional Districts

* Municipalities

* Electoral Areas

* Islands Trust

* Local Trust Areas

Point locations often represent the beginning or end of a segment defined by a metes and bounds descriptor. Point locations may also represent the intersection of two boundary line segments if it is not a surveyed point (e.g., the boundary switches from following height of land to the centerline of a river).

This is an internal only dataset. The data has an attribute called PUBLIC_IND which indicates whether the record is public (Y) or not public (N).  Only records which are public appear in the publicly accessible version, which is available [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc-boundary-locations).

A complimentary polygonal dataset that defines the administrative areas is also available  [here](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc).

Individual datasets are also available from the following records:

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/municipalities-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/electoral-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/regional-districts-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/province-of-british-columbia-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/islands-trust-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/local-trust-areas-legally-defined-administrative-areas-of-bc

Tags: ABMS, Administrative boundaries, Islands Trust, Local Trust Area, UTM coordinates, electoral areas, electoral boundaries, latitude, longitude, metes and bounds, municipal boundaries, municipality, regional district, regional district boundaries
Organization: GeoBC Branch