AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Regional Geochemical Survey Areas

The joint federal-provincial Regional Geochemical Surveys (RGS) have been carried out in British Columbia since 1976 as part of the National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) program to aid exploration and development of mineral resources. The British Columbia Geological Survey maintains provincial geochemical databases capturing information from multi-media surveys. This 2017 release is the most current index of 73 regional geochemical survey areas, represented by 112 publications, covering about 80 percent of the province. Results of the surveys are presented in the 2017 RGS Database, with 64,828 samples and about 5 million determinations analyzed using 18 methods in 18 laboratories. This database is published as BCGS GeoFile 2017-11.

Tags: GeoFile, digital data, geochemistry, geology, mineral exploration, mineral potential, regional geochemical survey, stream geochemistry, survey index, water geochemistry
Organization: BC Geological Survey
BC Historical Fish Distribution - Zones (50,000)

Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS) layer of Historic (pre 2001) Fish Distribution Zones of BC streams. Includes salmonid rearing and spawning zones. Georeferenced to the stream centreline network layer of the 1:50,000 scale BC Watershed Atlas.

Tags: FISS, fish distribution zones, historic fish distributions, spawning, zones
Organization: Knowledge Management
BC Historical Fish Distribution - Points (50,000)

Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS) layer of Historic (pre 2001) Fish Distribution Points of BC Streams. Points represent site locations where a fish species  is rearing, spawning or observed or where a point is located at the mouth of a stream it indicates the presence of a fish species somewhere in the stream as a whole. Georeferenced to the stream centreline network layer of the 1:50,000 scale BC Watershed Atlas.

Tags: FISS, fish distribution points, historic fish distributions, rearing, spawning
Organization: Knowledge Management
Regional Geochemical Survey Data

2020 DATABASE (Excel):  The joint federal-provincial Regional Geochemical Surveys (RGS) have been carried out in British Columbia since 1976 as part of the National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) program to aid exploration and development of mineral resources. The British Columbia Geological Survey (BCGS) maintains provincial geochemical databases capturing information from multi-media surveys. This 2020 release of the most current and complete province-wide geochemical data set collected under the (RGS) program. The database was compiled from 116 original sources with 65,429 samples and about 5 million determinations analyzed using 18 methods in 18 laboratories. This release augments the database with new RGS data compiled from BCGS and Geoscience BC publications between 2016 and 2019.  Compared with the data in the last release, data in this release have been given further quality control treatment and revision. For the ease of use and consistency with previously published data, the data set was generated from the RGS database in a flat tabular format. The 2020 data set, released as BCGS GeoGile 2020-08, is presented in two MS Excel files, ‘RGS2020_ data.xlsx’ and ‘RGS2020_metadata.xlsx’. The data tables capture locations, field observations, analytical results and laboratories, and geology underlying sample sites for stream-, lake- and moss-sediment, water and lake samples, heavy mineral concentrates, tree twig, and needle ash. The analytical determinations include up to 63 analytes from sediment samples and up to 78 analytes from water samples. These samples, collected at an average density of about 1 site per 7–13 km2, provide representative geochemical data for the catchment basin upstream from the sample site. The RGS currently covers approximately 80 percent of the province.


Tags: RGS, RGS database, digital data, geochemistry, geology, lake sediment, mineral exploration, mineral potential, moss mat-trapped drainage sediment, regional geochemical survey, regional geochemical survey database, stream geochemistry, stream sediment, water geochemistry
Organization: BC Geological Survey
Provincial Fish Ranges - Generalized

This file contains a generalized representation of watersheds developed from the 1:50,000 BC Watershed Atlas with each region coded for occurrence of freshwater fish species (including anadromous salmon in their freshwater stages). The initial fish species codes for presence/absence in each watershed were derived from an GIS overlay of fish species occurrences within broadly defined fish regions for BC. This overlay of fish ranges describes the occurrences of fish species in 30 regions throughout the province. These broad species ranges were derived from McPhail and Carveth's 'Key to Freshwater Fish of BC' and refined further based on the most current expert opinion. Coding for watershed polygons based on this expert opinion was originally: 0= out of species range; 4 = core range; 5= introduced range; 6= peripheral range; 9= estuarine polygons only. A further refinement of watershed fish species coding was developed from actual observations of fish species in the lakes and rivers of British Columbia. This data comes from a number of fish inventory sources. Watersheds with known records of occurrence for each fish species were consequently recoded as such: 4, 5, 6, 9 now equal '1' if a museum record, and, 4, 5, 6, 9 now equal '2' for a less reliable record, and, 0 now equals '8'. for an out-of range record

Tags: BC, atlas, distribution, fish range, freshwater, presence, watershed
Organization: Knowledge Management
Geology Quaternary Alluvium and Cover

Quaternary Alluvium and Cover is a data set that is represented as a cover layer on the maps of MapPlace. It is part of the British Columbia Digital Geology, which is the data source used for the seamless province-wide, up-to-date, and detailed bedrock geology. The bedrock geology integrates all details of compilations from 1:50,000 to 1:250,000. The data is maintained by a geospatial frame data model with techniques used to simplify the integration process and shorten the time frame from field mapping, compilation, integration, to data delivery. Quaternary Alluvium and Cover with the related data sets, Bedrock Geology and Quaternary Alluvium and Cover, are displayed on MapPlace and MapPlace 2 and is available for download in shapefile and GeoPackage formats.

Tags: alluvium, bedrock geology, digital geology, geology, quaternary
Organization: BC Geological Survey
DEPRECATED - Notice of Work (NOW) Spatial Locations

All Notice of Work (NOW) applications are entered into the Mine Management System (MMS) using geographic coordinates.  A NOW depicts a point location of proposed exploration work to be done at a prospective mine site. Themes are displayed by year and Notice of Work type i) Mineral & Coal; ii) Sand & Gravel; iii) Placer,  duration of work, property name and the proponent's contact details are also entered into MMS. New NOWs are entered into MMS as soon as they are received by the regional office.

**This spatial dataset has since been replaced by the following:
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fab53209-63be-4c61-8de4-3e3fceec4227**

Tags: Mine Management System, Notice of Work, aggregate, exploration, mineral and coal, placer, referral and permitting process, sand and gravel
Organization: Regional Operations
BC Wildfire Wildland Urban Interface 1km Buffer

The 1km Buffer dataset denotes the eligible area of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), for the purpose of the FireSmart Community Funding & Supports program (FCFS), that qualifies for the criteria for funding activities. It is defined as a maximum of one kilometer from the structure density class greater than 6.

As defined in the FireSmart manual, the WUI is any area where combustible forest fuel is found adjacent to homes, farm structures or other outbuildings. This may occur at the interface, where development and forest fuel (vegetation) meet at a well-defined boundary, or in the intermix, where development and forest fuel intermingle with no clearly defined boundary. Historically in BC, structure densities are used to define the human structure interface boundary of the WUI for fire and risk management planning purposes. It identifies the zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. A two-kilometre buffer distance is then applied to represent a reasonable maximum distance that embers can travel from a wildfire to ignite a structure.

This layer is re-created on an annual basis and the current version is from 2020.

Tags: BCWS, WUI, WUI 1km, Wildland Urban Interface, forest fire, wildfire
Organization: BC Wildfire Service
Hydro: Related Features - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Obstacles such as sand/Gravel Bar, sinkhole, falls, rapids, dam or Penstock spillway. TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, TRIM, basemap, navigation, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Watercourses - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Double line rivers and canals have been restructured to form polygons.TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, Drainage, Hydrology, TRIM, basemap, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Caribou Habitat Model for the Western Cariboo Region (2001)

Summer, Winter Alpine, and Winter Forest-Dwelling habitat model for caribou in the Itcha, Ilgachuz, and Rainbow Mountains of West-Central BC. This habitat model was developed using telemetry from the Itcha-Ilgachuz, Rainbow, and Charlotte Alplands Herds. 

[Season] field should be used to split the data out into separate summer, winter alpine, and winter forest-dwelling habitat models.

Model development is detailed in _Apps, C. D., T. A. Kinley, and J. A. Young. 2001. Multi-scale habitat modeling for woodland caribou in the Itcha, Ilgachuz, and Rainbow mountains of west-central British Columbia.Wildlife Section, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada_.

See also: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/caribou-habitat-model-for-the-western-cariboo-region-2017-. __Note: The 2017 habitat model covers a similar area, but does not supersede the 2001 habitat model.__


Tags: Charlotte Alplands, Itcha Ilgachuz, Northern Caribou, Rainbow Mountain, Western Cariboo, caribou habitat, woodland caribou
Organization: Regional Operations - Cariboo
Seed Planning Units (Spatial View)

Seed Planning Units SVW is a spatial view designed to provide enhanced attribution that joins:
Seed Planning Unit (SPU) Geometry WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.SEED_PLAN_UNIT_GEOMETRY, comprised of Seed Planning Zone (SPZ) geometry delineated by elevation ranges, with
Seed Planning Unit View WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.V_SEED_PLAN_UNIT, comprised of valid combinations of Seed Planning Zones and elevation ranges.

Tags: forest, planning, seed, seedlot
Organization: Forest Improvement and Research Management Branch
(7.5M) Drainage Polygons  - The Atlas of Canada Base Maps for BC

Features representing rivers and lakes.

Tags: Alberta, Canada, DRAINAGE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, HYDROLOGY, LAND USE, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland And Labrador, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, RIVER, Saskatchewan, TRANSPORTATION, hydrography, national parks, planimetry
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Petroleum Survey Index of Geological and Geophysical Reports

These datasets provide geographic references for geological/geophysical reports submitted by petroleum exploration companies as work requirements to hold tenure on exploration permits. The first report indexed here represent the early years of petroleum exploration from the early 1900s to approximately the mid 1960s. This index provides details on what type of information is contained in the reports stored in Victoria. it displays the geographic location of the exploration permits relating to the reports.   These historically and geologically significant reports have not been published and can only be viewed at the offices of the Ministry of Natural Gas Development.  A significant portion of the seismic lines contained in the reports have now been scanned and can be accessed remotely from Seismic Lines Georeports 2016.

Tags: Petroleum Resources
Organization: Tenure and Resource Stewardship
Terrestrial Ecosystem Information Project Scanned Map Boundary

STE_PRJ_SCANNED_MAP_BNDRY_SVW includes an index of the mapsheet grid location of Soils, Terrain, and Ecosystems projects. These maps are intended for on-screen viewing or printing. The majority of the maps have been geo-referenced. Project mapping may not cover the whole map grid area. Some maps are interim or draft and may have been superseded. Some files are of related legends and map project text. Associated scanned map boundary attributes describe the project map (project level metadata) and provide a link for downloading the map, plus links to related reports, geo-referenced maps, and GIS digital data available from other sources. ATTENTION - The IMAGE_URL link is only useable by BC government staff. Public users can download the scanned maps by using the ECOCAT_URL link. There is no charge for the scanned map files. Note that some maps and more recent mapping may also be available in digital GIS format. See - Ecosystem and Terrain Mapping Data Inventory.

Tags: Canada, Drainage, STE, TEI, TER, TSM, agriculture capability, climate capability, ecology, ecosystem, ecosystem mapping, effluent absorption, erosion, landslide, slope, soil, soil capability, soil classification, soil suitability, terrain, terrain and ecosystems, terrain inventory, terrain mapping, terrain stability, terrestrial ecosystem mapping
Organization: Knowledge Management
Terrain Stability Mapping (TSM) Detailed Polygons with Short Attribute Table Spatial View

Terrain Stability Mapping (TSM) contains  polygons with key and amalgamated (concatenated) attributes derived from the RISC (Resource Inventory Standards Committee) standard attributes. TSM uses air photo interpretation and select field checking to divides the landscape into units using the Terrain Classification System for British Columbia and stability criteria. Polygon attributes include (but are not limited to) surficial material, surface expression, geomorphological processes, drainage class, slope range and stability class. TSM methods include manual air photo interpretation and setting stability criteria supported by selective field checking. This layer is derived from the STE_TEI_ATTRIBUTE_POLYS_SP layer by filtering on the PROJECT_TYPE attribute. Project types include: TEMSET, TEMTSM, TSM, TSMREC, TSMDET, TBW, and TBS.

Current version:

v11 (published on 2024-10-03)

Previous versions:

v10 (published on 2023-11-14), v9 (published on 2023-03-01), v8 (published on 2016-09-01)


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
Current Census Division Boundaries

A census division is an administrative area, which is a component of the Standard Geographical Classification and comprised of census subdivisions. Census division is the general term for provincially legislated areas (such as regional municipality and regional district) or their equivalents. Census divisions are intermediate geographic areas between the province or territorial level and the municipality (census subdivision). 

Source: Statistics Canada, Census divisions, 2016. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

Tags: BC, Boundaries, Demographics, Division, Statistics Canada, census, division, profiles, statistics
Organization: BC Stats
Buildings - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Barn, greenhouse, communications, library, school, university, customs office, city hall, courthouse, penitentiary, fire/police station, post office, hospital, church, tollgate, weigh scale, ferry terminal, silo, college, unspecified. TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Buildings, Canada, TRIM, basemap, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Hydro: Navigational Barriers - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Barriers to navigation such as: Seawall, breakwater, dyke, lighthouse, beacon, ferry dock, marina dock, pier/wharf, dry dock, beaver dam, flumes. Polygons replace symbols. TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, TRIM, basemap, navigation, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Landmark Structures - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

A generic term for: Tank, conveyor, permanent crane, gas or oil well, smokestack/chimney, fire lookout tower, tower, microwave tower, pile. Polygons replace symbol. TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, TRIM, basemap, landmark, structure, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Broad Ecosystem Inventory Classification Spatial Layer

The Broad Ecosystem Inventory (BEI) Classification provides broad regional information about the distribution of ecosystems throughout the province and the value of these ecosystems to wildlife. This is done in order to facilitate the use of wildlife information in broad regional land and resource planning initiatives. Broad Ecosystem Units are mapped based on imagery of the provincial land base generally captured at a scale of 1:250,000.

Tags: Canada, ecology, ecosystem
Organization: Ecosystems
BCGS 1:2,500 Mapsheet Grid - NAD 83

BCGS 1:2,500 scale grid, North Amercian Datum 1983. The British Columbia Geographic System is a geographic system in which the coverage in minutes and seconds of longitude is double the coverage in minutes and seconds of latitude for sheets at all scales

Tags: BCGS, Canada, NTS, basemap, geoscientific map, mapsheet grid, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Ecoprovinces - Ecoregion Ecosystem Classification of British Columbia

An ecoprovince is an area with consistent climatic or oceanography, relief and regional landforms. There one oceanic, two marine / terrestrial and seven terrestrial ecoprovinces occurring within British Columbia. Ecoprovinces are meant to be mapped at 1:2,000,000 for use in provincial state of the environment reporting

Tags: BEI, BGC, Canada, Hydrology, biogeoclimatic, broad ecosystem inventory, climate, ecology, ecoprovince, ecosystem, ecosystem mapping, oceanography, physiography, vegetation, wildlife potential
Organization: Knowledge Management
Census Profiles for BC Census Divisions - 2021 Census

Comprehensive set of census profile attributes for census divisions, including attributes describing population age, housing and shelter, spoken languages, occupations and labour, industry, commuting, education, and industry. 

Data elements in this view will be populated as data becomes available from Stats Canada (see [Release Schedule - 2021 Census dissemination planning](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/prodserv/release-diffusion-eng.cfm)

Tags: census division, census profiles
Organization: BC Stats
(7.5M) Drainage Lines  - The Atlas of Canada Base Maps for BC

Features representing rivers and lakes.

Tags: Alberta, Canada, DRAINAGE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, HYDROLOGY, LAND USE, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland And Labrador, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, RIVER, Saskatchewan, TRANSPORTATION, hydrography, national parks, planimetry
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Kokanee Shore Spawner Data - Okanagan Region

The Okanagan Lake kokanee shore spawner data set is comprised of multiple combined data sets.  The historical data sets for the years 1974, 77, 78, 79 and 80 and more recent data sets collected from 2001 to 2016, and 2018. The historical data was derived from information collected in the field and hand drawn onto air photographs.  Ministry staff circled Okanagan Lake in a boat one time each year and recorded fish numbers and spawner locations onto air photographs that were digitized in 2006 to make up the historical data set.  This data set may not capture the peak reach count for these years. The data collected from 2001 to 2018 was derived from boat counts undertaken along the shoreline of Okanagan, Wood and Kalamalka Lakes.  A GPS was used to record shore spawner locations and numbers.  Multiple counts were undertaken over the entire spawning cycle and covered the peak spawning period for each year of data provided. The data collected for Christina Lake began in 2003 and ended in 2006.  Christina Lake kokanee spawn at night in late December and early January.  Kokanee spawning redd locations are available for the 2003/2004 count.  Kokanee enumerations were undertaken at night for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 seasons and spawning redds were counted at the end of spawning cycle.  For these two years there is both spawning and redd count data available.

Tags: Kokanee, fish count, shore spawning
Organization: Regional Operations - Thompson Okanagan
Landforms - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Geological formations such as a: Dry river bed, cliff/scarp, esker, lava bed, moraine, scree, slide, volcanic crater, cliff/drop-off, ridge rock bluff, or rock outcrop. TTRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, TRIM, basemap, geomorphology, topographic map
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Areas

Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data, Hydrology - Drainage Areas (WSC sub-sub drainage areas) from the Natural Resources Canada GeoGratis website. The dataset has been clipped to drainage areas within or adjacent to B.C. 

Tags: WSC, basins, drainage areas, drainages, hydrology, water survey of canada, watersheds
Organization: Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Branch
Wetlands - TRIM Enhanced Base Map (EBM)

Swamps, marshes and other inundated lands. TRIM-EBM is a 2D product containing TRIM 1 features excluding toponoymy, contours and DEM for which area based features have been closed to form polygons, symbol points have been replaced with polygons and vertical integration of streams has been removed.

Tags: Canada, Hydrology, TRIM, basemap, topographic map, wetland
Organization: GeoBC Branch