AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
BC Laws API

BC Laws is an electronic library providing free public access to the laws of British Columbia. BC Laws is hosted by the Queen’s Printer of British Columbia and published in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and the Law Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.

BC Laws contains a comprehensive collection of BC legislation and related materials. It is available on the internet in two forms:
First: The library is available as a web site in which users can browse and search the laws of British Columbia.
Second: The library is available as a portal to legislation in raw XML data format, accessible via the BC Laws API.

 This direct access to raw data is intended to enable third parties to build or add their own custom applications based on the structure of the data and all the associated search functionality inherent in that structure. The BC Laws website itself is an example of one such application of the BC Laws API.

The BC Laws API is available according to the [Queen's Printer License – British Columbia] (https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/standards/QP-License.html).

Tags: API, BCDevExchange, LAWS, OpenAPI spec
Organization: King's Printer
Housing Values (2006-2023)

__INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:__
_Historic data and 2023 data now available._ 

__For 2022 and 2023 Data:__

 1. Log into http://www.bcassessment.ca using BCeID credentials as __business client__
 2. Navigate to __Roll Reports__ on the Dashboard
 3. Select file named "2023 Revised Roll Housing Needs Report" 
 4. _Municipalities_ tabs - sort by "jurisdiction"
 5. _Regional Districts_ tabs - sort by "electoral area"

Note: see _Information_ and _Column Name Legend_ tabs for important information. 

__For 2006-2021 Data:__

BC Assessment can provide the archived files. Please contact: bcacustomer.services@bcassessment.ca

Tags: Assessed Value, BC Housing, Housing, Housing Needs Reports, housing sale price, housing units
Organization: Planning and Land Use Management
BC Housing - Homeless Counts

BC Housing summarizes findings from homeless counts conducted in communities across BC, as well as shelter data from communities that were not involved in a homeless count.  

Note that individual homeless counts often encompass parts/all of multiple neighbouring local governments. 

In 2023, information was available for 20 homeless counts:
•	Campbell River
•	Comox Valley
•	Cranbrook
•	Dawson Creek
•	Fort St. John
•	Kitimat
•	Merritt
•	Parksville and Qualicum
•	Penticton
•	Port Alberni
•	Powell River
•	Prince Rupert
•	Quesnel
•	Salmon Arm
•	Sechelt and Gibsons
•	Smithers
•	Squamish
•	Terrace
•	Vernon
•	Williams Lake


In 2020/2021, information was available for 16 homeless counts:
•	Campbell River
•	Comox Valley
•	Cranbrook
•	Duncan and Cowichan Valley
•	Fort St. John
•	Merritt
•	Parksville and Qualicum
•	Penticton
•	Port Alberni
•	Prince Rupert
•	Quesnel
•	Sechelt and Gibsons
•	Smithers
•	Squamish
•	Vernon
•	Williams Lake

In 2018, information was available for 24 homeless counts:
•	Campbell River
•	Comox Valley
•	Cranbrook
•	Duncan
•	Fort St. John
•	Fraser Valley
•	Kamloops
•	Kelowna
•	Merritt
•	Metro Vancouver
•	Nanaimo
•	Nelson
•	Parksville & Qualicum
•	Penticton
•	Port Alberni
•	Prince George
•	Prince Rupert
•	Salt Spring Island
•	Sechelt & Gibsons
•	Smithers
•	Terrace
•	Vernon
•	Victoria (region)
•	Williams Lake



URL: https://www.bchousing.org/research-centre/housing-data/homeless-counts

For local governments interested, the Homelessness Community Action Grants program https://www.sparc.bc.ca/partnerships/provincial-homelessness-grants/  provides funding for various actions, including data collection.

Tags: BC Housing, Housing Needs Reports, homeless, homeless count
Organization: Planning and Land Use Management
Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) Detailed Polygons with Short Attribute Table Spatial View

STE_TEM_ATTRIBUTE_POLYS_SVW contains Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) polygons with key and amalgamated (concatenated) attributes derived from the RISC (Resource Inventory Standards Committee) standard attributes. TEM divides the landscape into units according to a variety of ecological features including climate, physiography, surficial material, bedrock geology, soils and vegetation. TEM methods include manual air photo interpretation 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: TEM, NEM, TEMNSS, NEMNSS, TEMPRE, NEMPRE, TEMSEI, TEMSET, TEMTSM, TEMWHR, TEMSDM, TEMPRW, NEMPRW, and TEMSEW.

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
Adult Education Institutions

This out-of-date dataset lists adult education programs offered at public post-secondary institutions and school district education centres in 2018. The data is accurate as of February 2018, and is not maintained or updated.

Adult education programs are offered tuition-free for domestic students at public post-secondary institutions and school district education centres in British Columbia (BC). Adult education programs and courses can help with various educational paths, including improving literacy and numeracy skills, working towards high school graduation, and upgrading for employment or for entrance into a post-secondary program.

Refer to Related Links below for current information about adult education programs in BC. 


Tags: Adult basic education, adult education, adult learning, adult upgrading, continuing education, courses, literacy, post-secondary institutions, pre-employment, school district
Organization: Post-Secondary Programs Branch
Broad Ecosystem Inventory Wildlife Habitat Ratings Interpretations for Mammals

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 work is done in order to facilitate the use of wildlife information in broad provincial and 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. BEI mapping represents forest conditions from approximately 1995 to 2000.

The BEI Classification was used to produce wildlife habitat capability and suitability mapping following Provincial Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) Standards (Resource Inventory Committee 1999). Habitat classifications were based on BEI units. BEI units were evaluated and rated to determine the habitat potential (capability) and current habitat conditions (suitability) for selected wild ungulates and furbearers within each seral stage within each Broad Ecosystem Unit (and related site modifier variation) within the framework of Ecosections and Biogeoclimatic Sub-zone/Variants for their ability to supply the species’ necessary life requisites. Regional Wildlife and Habitat biologists, technicians, Forest Ecosystem Specialists, and consulting species experts provided species habitat ratings for each region of the province.

Wildlife habitat capability and suitability mapping was completed for the following wild ungulates and furbearers: Northwestern Moose, Alaskan Moose, Shiras' Moose, Bison, Rocky Mountain Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, Sitka Black-tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer, Dakota White-tailed Deer, Northwestern White-tailed Deer, Boreal Woodland Caribou, Mountain Woodland Caribou, Northern Woodland Caribou, Lynx, Bobcat, and American Badger. Habitat mapping followed Provincial Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) Standards (Resource Inventory Committee 1999).

Tags: BEI, Broad Ecosystem Inventory, Ecosystem Classification, Ecosystem Mapping, WHR, Wildlife Habitat Ratings, badger, bison, bobcat, caribou, deer, elk, furbearer, habitat capability, habitat modelling, habitat suitability, lynx, moose, ungulates
Organization: Ecosystems
Metadata for Mental Health Services - E01

Apr 1986 to Mar 2012 - Minimum Reporting Requirement (MRR) tables from the Mental Health Data Warehouse.  All Health Authorities in BC are required to report MRR data on all patient/clients receiving mental health services in the community.

If you are a researcher and want to work with us to help make BC programs and services better, apply to use this dataset and don't hesitate to ask questions here: https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2

Tags: MRR, Mental Health
Organization: Data Innovation Program (DIP)
Metadata for ICBC Driver Licensing - E02

Jan 2010 to Dec 2021 - metadata for records processed by ICBC's Driver Licensing System.

If you are a researcher and want to work with us to help make BC programs and services better, apply to use this dataset and don't hesitate to ask questions here: https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2

Tags: DIP, Driver, License, Licensing
Organization: Data Innovation Program (DIP)
Broad Ecosystem Inventory Wildlife Habitat Ratings Interpretations for Birds

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 provincial and 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. BEI mapping represents forest conditions from approximately 1995 to 2000.

The BEI Classification was used to produce wildlife habitat capability and suitability mapping following Provincial Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) Standards (Resource Inventory Committee 1999). Habitat classifications were based on BEI units. BEI units were evaluated and rated to determine the habitat potential (capability) and current habitat conditions (suitability) for selected dry forests and grassland birds within each seral stage within each Broad Ecosystem Unit (and related site modifier variation) within the framework of Ecosections and Biogeoclimatic Sub-zone/Variants for their ability to supply the species’ necessary life requisites. The data represented by the habitat capability and suitability maps for this project was obtained from a team consisting of a bird species expert, a habitat expert, and a data manager. A regional expert review was conducted in September 2002 involving Species at Risk Biologists, Habitat Biologists, and Wildlife Biologists from the Cariboo, Thompson, Okanagan Regions.

Tags: BEI, Barrows Goldeneye, Bobolink, Brewers Sparrow, Broad Ecosystem Inventory, Cassins Finch, Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse, Common Poorwill, Ecosystem Classification, Ecosystem Mapping, Flammulated Owl, Grasshopper Sparrow, Gray Flycatcher, Lark Sparrow, Lewiss Woodpecker, Long-billed Curlew, Long-eared Owl, Mountain Bluebird, Nashville Warbler, Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse, Pygmy Nuthatch, Rough-legged Hawk, Sage Thrasher, Sharp-Tailed Grouse, Short-eared Owl, Swainsons Hawk, Timberline Sparrow, WHR, Western Bluebird, Western Meadowlark, Western Screech-Owl, Wildlife Habitat Ratings, Williamsons Sapsucker, birds, dry forests, grasslands, habitat capability, habitat modelling, habitat suitability
Organization: Ecosystems
Natural Range Barriers - Vegetation

Natural Range Barriers are TOPOLOGICAL, VEGETATION &amp;/or WATER BARRIERS. Barriers may function to ensure livestock containment within legal (Tenure) grazing boundaries. Vegetation and Water barrier data have special access restrictions. Specifically, Water and Vegetation natural barriers may be temporally effective as barriers against cattle movement because changes to the barrier (eg. water - levels rise and fall; vegetation - areas are logged) occur. Please follow-up directly with the District Range Officer. There is a list of contacts available at: https://dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?searchString=range+officer




Tags: Canada, grazing tenure, natural range barrier, range development, range infrastructure, range tenure, rangeland management
Organization: Range Branch
Old Growth - Web Viewer - South Coast SBOT

Published by the Ministry of Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship - Regional Operations - South Coast
Licensed under Access Only

The Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool (SBOT) is a visualization and assessment tool to clarify and communicate baseline information and stewardship objectives for priority resource values. Currently, the tool is developed for the South Coast Region. The intent of the tool is to assess the current, past and future state of stewardship objectives to support operational, tactical and strategic management decisions for these priority resource values.

The Old Growth Forest SBOT provides provincially available data and information to understand the condition of old and mature forests in the South Coast Region. Assessment results are based on GIS-desktop analysis and may not be fully field-verified. Results provide a course estimate of the status of old forests in the region, and at various levels of assessment.

The tool is being developed to help support regional operation decisions, cumulative effects assessment, and strategic decisions related to the management of old forest and other old and mature forests dependent species. 

For specific advice to support decisions, interpret results, or for any questions or feedback related to the information provided here, please send an email to sbot@gov.bc.ca.

## Data used in the Old Growth SBOT:  
BEC Zones - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f358a53b-ffde-4830-a325-a5a03ff672c3  
Forest Cover - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/b6181452-ec12-47e8-af07-be1c6d926bdd
Forest Tenure Harvesting Authority Polygons - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/cff7b8f7-6897-444f-8c53-4bb93c7e9f8b  
Landscape Units - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/11277e35-d8be-47e4-bb1f-c38e393179c6  
Natural Resource (NR) Districts - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/0bc73892-e41f-41d0-8d8e-828c16139337  
Old Growth Management Areas (Legal) - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1b30f3bd-0ad0-4128-916b-66c6dd91dea4  
Old Growth Management Areas (Non Legal) - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f063bff2-d8dd-4cc3-b3a4-00165aba58e1  
Resource Report - TBA
Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Publicly Available Occurrences - CDC - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/0e035e55-f257-458f-9a96-80c01c69d389  
VRI - Forest Vegetation Composite Polygons and Rank 1 Layer - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/2ebb35d8-c82f-4a17-9c96-612ac3532d55

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Old Growth, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool, Web Viewer
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast
Property Transfer Tax Data 2023

Property transfer tax (PTT) data relating to market transactions within the province. For more information regarding Property Transfer Tax (PTT) see our [website](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=B6F43B3AAE394299B03B1F777747A36F). This data-set contains the information obtained from the 2023 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
BC Liquor Store Locator

This application allows you to easily search the locations of BC Liquor Stores by city or postal code and to refine the returned list by distance. You can identify stores that feature a product consultant, that are open Sundays and that are designated as Signature Stores. Other features include comprehensive product lists and guides, suggested recipe pairings, in-store specials, gift card balance check, and links to TASTE MAGAZINE.

Tags: BC, Taste magazine, beer, cider, cooler, liquor, product list, recipe pairing, special, spirits, store, wine
Organization: Liquor Distribution
Growth and Yield  Samples - All Status

**NOTE** This dataset is going to be replaced by the Data Catalogue layer: [Forest Inventory Ground Plots - Public Access](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/6d6d115f-4cc2-4141-909e-3344b3a72bcf)

This new layer links to the updated database for all Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch ground sample plots. 

Growth and Yield dataset is a provincial data set that comprised of Permanent Sample Plots (PSP).  Researchers such as GY modellers and those wanting to know the position of all samples will use the all status view to better understand the spatial distribution of historic measurement data including samples that are currently destroyed or inactive

Tags: Forest Stewardship Plans, GRY sample, GYS, Land Use Plans, PSP, PSP tile, TSP, growth and yield, growth and yield sample, land status, permanent sample plot, sample tile
Organization: Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch
MTA - Mineral, Placer and Coal History Tenure SP - operational database

This dataset is specific to the Mineral Titles Online IMF2 map viewer. While this version is not available, a public version of the data is accessible here: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/355a32d7-4b26-42bb-aea4-da373619dfe3

Holds historical data for mineral, placer claims and leases, as well as, coal license applications, licenses and leases within the Province of British Columbia. This layer is utilized by Mineral Titles Online tenure history on the mineral, placer and coal viewers, respectively.

Tags: MTO, Mineral Titles Branch, Mineral Titles Online, coal, mineral tenure, placer
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Mineral and Coal Land Reserve History SP - Operational database

This dataset is specific to the Mineral Titles Online IMF2 map viewer. While this version is not available for download, a public version of the data is accessible here: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/c2b811c4-dddc-41b4-ac07-5fdc2b555d84



Defines areas within the province of British Columbia where mineral, placer and coal titles are restricted and placer titles are permitted. This business view contains a detailed set of attributes.



Tags: Mineral Titles Branch, Mineral Titles Online, conditional reserve, no registration reserve
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Mineral Reserve Sites Business View - Operational Database

This dataset is specific to the Mineral Titles Online IMF2 map viewer. While this version is not available, a public version of the data is accessible here: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fef4b3ac-2cfc-4d30-afa7-2f29d9d25a10

Defines areas within the province of British Columbia where mineral, placer and coal titles are restricted and placer titles are permitted. This business view contains a detailed set of attributes. In addition, the placer designated claim and placer designated lease areas are also included in this dataset.



Tags: MTO, Mineral Titles Branch, Mineral Titles Online, conditional reserve, mining, no registration reserve
Organization: Mineral Titles
Accumulative AOS in the Omineca Region

Multi year aerial accumulative aerial overview for spruce beetle infestations

This data is used in the [Spruce Beetle Attack in the Omineca Region](https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=27707c3e6d29477386b0a55aec96fb49) application.  
A description of the application can be found in the following metadata record:  
[Spruce Beetle Investation in the Omineca Region](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1b23aa9e-bd92-4627-b9f2-c3b52cb9c994)  

Tags: spruce beetle omineca
Organization: Regional Operations - Omineca
MTA - Coal Grid, Unit

Determines the location of Coal Titles within the Province of British Columbia. It is established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Grid Regulation. It is defined by a set of UTM coordinates which approximate NAD 27 latitude and longitude positions. Units are the finest level of the Coal Grid. They are defined by UTM coordinates for their corners and the mid points of the four sides. A unit is the base building block for creating the Coal Grid. In a block there are 100 units, 10 rows by 10 columns, and numbered consecutively, starting in the southeast corner. The units are numbered 1 to 10, 11 - 20 etc. always reading from right to left. E.G. 082E05D007

Tags: MTA, coal, coal grid, coal tenure, coal title, grid, mineral title, title, unit
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Coal Grid, Block

Determines the location of Coal Titles within the Province of British Columbia. It is established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Grid Regulation. It is defined by a set of UTM coordinates which approximate NAD 27 latitude and longitude positions. Blocks are the second finest level of the coal grid. A block consists of 100 units divided into 10 rows by 10 columns. There are also 12 blocks in a group, comprising 3 rows by 4 columns and labelled A to L. E.G. 084E05L

Tags: MTA, block, coal, coal grid, coal tenure, coal title, grid, mineral title, title
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Coal Grid, Mapsheet

Determines the location of Coal Titles within the Province of British Columbia. It is established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Grid Regulation. It is defined by a set of UTM coordinates which approximate NAD 27 latitude and longitude positions. Mapsheets are the coarsest component of the grid and approximate 1:250,000 NTS map sheets. E.G.  093A

Tags: MTA, coal, coal grid, coal tenure, coal title, grid, mapsheet, mineral title, title
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Coal Grid, Group

Determines the location of Coal Titles within the Province of British Columbia. It is established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Grid Regulation. It is defined by a set of UTM coordinates which approximate NAD 27 latitude and longitude positions. Groups are the second coarsest level of the Coal Grid and approximate 1:50,000 NTS map sheets. E.G.  103J08

Tags: MTA, coal, coal grid, coal tenure, coal title, grid, group, mineral title, title
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Mineral Placer Grid

The grid system used in Mineral Titles Online (MTO). This grid is used to determine the location of mineral and placer cell titles in B.C.  The grid is designed based on the Mineral Title Online Grid Regulation.  The mineral-placer grid does not show current cell availability status. The dataset is very large and cannot be downloaded for the entire province. Try selecting specific mapsheet grids or selecting by an area of interest to download in sections.

Tags: MTA, MTO, Mineral Titles Online, grid, mineral, mineral title, placer
Organization: Mineral Titles
MTA - Mineral, Placer and Coal Tenure Spatial View - Operational database

This dataset is specific to the Mineral Titles Online IMF2 map viewer.  A public version of the data is accessible here:  https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/923c5330-c798-4276-82c1-705000c5caac

Contains sub-surface title data in British Columbia for:

- mineral claims, mining leases
- placer claims, placer leases
- coal license applications, coal licenses, coal leases

Tags: Mineral, Mineral Titles Branch, Mineral Titles Online, coal, coal lease, coal licence, mineral claim, placer, placer claim
Organization: Mineral Titles