AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Grizzly Bear - Density Units - Data - South Coast SBOT

Grizzly Bear summary of population density code units. Units are combination of Grizzly Bear Population Units (GBPU) and Wildlife Management Units (WMU).

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, Bear Density, British Columbia, Canada, Density Code Unit, Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear Population Unit, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool, Wildlife Management Unit
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Grizzly Bear - Grizzly Bear Population Units - Data - South Coast SBOT

Grizzly Bear Population Units (GBPU). For management purposes the province is divided into GBPUs which is a mix of bear biology and management need.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Core Areas, Grizzly Bear, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Grizzly Bear - Land Designation - Data - South Coast SBOT

Land Designations are spatially-defined areas established through legislation or purchased for the protection of nature and cultural values, the conservation of biological diversity and ecosystem services and the management of natural resources. Land designations that contribute to conservation are summarized in three categories: Protected Lands, Resource Exclusion Areas and Spatially Managed Areas. The three categories span a considerable range in contribution to conservation, with variation in purpose, scope and strength - with respect to intended conservation outcomes - and length of the term of the designations.

Protected Lands: includes all Parks & Protected Areas and Other Protected Lands with the primary purpose of the long-term conservation of nature and cultural values.  
Resource Exclusion Areas: includes all designations that fully exclude one or two resource activities for the purpose of conservation.  
Spatially Managed Areas: includes spatial designations managing development or a resource activity for the purpose of conservation—but where conservation is not the sole or primary objective—and resource activity is still allowed to occur. The designations within this category vary significantly in purpose and scope of management.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Designated Land, Land Designation, Protected Areas, Protected Land, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Grizzly Bear - Number of Bears by Density Code Unit - Data - South Coast SBOT

Total number of Bears by Density Code unit. Density Code Unit are areas identified by Wildlife Management Unit and Grizzly Bear Population Unit.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, Bear Density, British Columbia, Canada, Grizzly Bear, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Grizzly Bear - Road Density Open Roads and Utilities - Data - South Coast SBOT

Road Density is the total length of roads divided by the total WMU area (km/km2). It is identified as a supplemental indicator for Population Status in the interim assessment protocol for Grizzly Bear in BC. Studies have found that most known grizzly bear deaths lie within 500 m of a road or other corridor. 

Road density classes are defined to determine between very high to low road density and roadless areas within the South Coast Region.   

Class 0 are areas that are roadless (0 km/km2),   
Class 1 are low density areas (>0 - 0.3 km/km2),   
Class 2 are moderate density areas (0.31 - 0.6 km/km2),   
Class 3 are high density areas (0.61 - 0.75 km/km2),   
Class 4 to Class 7 are very high density areas (>0.75 km/km2).

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear Population Unit, Road Density, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Land Base - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

Spotted Owl Habitat summarized by land base type. 

The extended Northern Spotted Owl range was divided up by landscape unit and type (conservancy areas, crown tenures/leases, ecological reserves, federal lands, municipal parks, NGO conservation areas, protected areas, provincial parks, private lands, recreation areas, regional parks, UWR (conditional harvest), UWR (no harvest), unknown ownership / exceptions, WHA - LTOH, WHA - MFHA, WHA - Other - Conditional Harvest, WHA - Other - No Harvest, wildlife managment areas, watershed). The land base layer was flattened to remove overlaps between land base types with the highest level of protection preserved. The hectares of nesting, foraging, dispersal, and recruitment Northern Spotted Owl habitat were then summarized for each area. This layer drives most of the widgets in the Spotted Owl Web Viewer.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Habitat Quality and Quantity Index, Land Base Type, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Suitable Habitat Model - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

__See the Spotted Owl SBOT Web Viewer for detailed tables of the model criteria.__  

Throughout its range, the Spotted Owl is strongly associated with mature and old, late successional coniferous and mixed-coniferous forests. These forests are typically characterized by an uneven-aged cohort of trees; a multi-layered, relatively closed canopy; numerous large trees with broken tops, deformed limbs, and large cavities; and numerous large snags and accumulations of logs and downed woody debris. In moist parts of the range, these habitat characteristics are found naturally in late seral and old forests. In drier parts of their range (i.e., east of the Cascade Mountain Range), owls have been observed in younger forest stands where similar structural complexity was created by fire, wind events, selective logging, or disease factors such as root rot or mistletoe infections. For more information, please refer to the Recovery Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl in Canada.

For the purposes of Spotted Owl habitat management, habitat has been divided into 4 habitat types based on the function and life requisites it provides.

__Nesting Habitat__  
Nesting Habitat is the preferred habitat of Spotted Owls, and is chosen for use by the owl typically in greater proportion than its availability in the landscape. Nesting habitat provides for all of the owl’s life requisites that include the abilities for nesting, foraging and dispersal.

__Foraging Habitat__  
Foraging habitat is used by Spotted Owls typically in the same proportion as its availability in the landscape. Foraging habitat provides for foraging and dispersal, but may lack structures to provide for nesting.

__Dispersal Habitat__  
Dispersal habitat is used by Spotted Owls typically less proportion than its availability in the landscape. Dispersal habitat provide for dispersal (understory and cover), but may not support foraging opportunities and lacks structures for nesting.

__Recruitment Habitat__  
Recruitment habitat is typically not used by Spotted Owls, but possesses the potential to grow into dispersal, foraging and nesting habitat in the future.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, Arc GIs Online, British Columbia, Canada, Critical Habitats, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool, Suitable Habitat Model
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Roosevelt Elk - 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 the Roosevelt Elk population (population stability trend and both short and long term population sustainability risk). The seven key Roosevelt Elk population and habitat indicators: forage cover interspersion, winter range requirement, winter range availability and quality, forage cover availability, population resiliency, predation risk and unregulated hunting.

Data and data dictionary can be downloaded from the "Data and Resources" section.

Tags: Cumulative Effects, Data, Howe Sound, Roosevelt Elk, file geodatabase, json
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Habitat Zones - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

Spotted Owl habitat zones. Maritime, Submaritime, and Continental habitat zones boundaries as defined by the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Habitat Zones, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Landscape Units HQQI - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

Landscape units with habitat quality and quantity index values.

The Habitat Quality and Quantity Index (HQQI) was calculated for each Landscape Unit and Spotted Owl Population Unit. The HQQI is used to provide a standardize score from 0 to 100 (lowest to highest score) that can be used to rank habitats for recovery actions and to assess potential habitat impacts. See the Spotted Owl Web Viewer for more information.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, HQQI, Habitat Quality and Quantity Index, Landscape Units, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Range - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

Known Range of the Northern Spotted Owl. 

The known range represents the landscape units that are recently known to have Spotted Owl occurrences and includes historic records.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Range, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Habitat Model by Land Base Type - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

The Northern Spotted Owl suitable habitat model including the land base type information. See More Information section below for links to additional details about the suitable habitat model and land base type datasets.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Habitat Model, Land Base Type, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Colour Code Segments - FREMP - Lower Mainland

Shorelines which include intertidal and nearshore riparian areas within FREMP have been classified.  Areas include: Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (from Kanaka Creek and the outlet of Pitt Lake downstream to Georgia Strait including the outer banks from Point Grey to the U.S. border and Boundary Bay).  Original mapping: 1984 - 1989; updated: 1996.

Tags: FREMP, Fraser River, Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Surrey, estuary, inventory, management, natural resource, planning
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Area Designations - FREMP - Lower Mainland

Area designations describe potential foreshore use - Fraser River Estuary Management Plan.  Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (from Kanaka Creek and the outlet of Pitt Lake downstream to Georgia Strait including the outer banks from Point Grey to the U.S. border and Boundary Bay).

Tags: FREMP, Fraser River, Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Surrey, inventory, management, natural resource, planning
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Surface Water - District of Pitt Meadows

Surface Water for the District of Pitt Meadows.  This dataset includes Fresh water (Surface Water) areas - including lakes, rivers, slough, and some wetlands.  Dataset was obtained from the District of Pitt Meadows in October 2001.

Tags: Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, inventory, management, natural resource, planning, surface water, water
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Oregon Spotted Frog - Range - Data - South Coast SBOT

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.

Map showing geographic area that has the habitat and climate conditions known to be suitable for the Oregon Spotted Frog.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, OSF, Oregon Spotted Frog, Range, SBOT, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Spotted Owl - Extended Range - Data - South Coast SBOT

SBOT = Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool

Extended range of the Spotted Owl. The extended range boundary is derived by adding a one landscape unit buffer to landscape units known to have been occupied by Northern Spotted Owls.


Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, British Columbia, Canada, Extended Range, SBOT, SPOW, Spotted Owl, Stewardship Baseline Objectives Tool
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Draft Ungulate Winter Range - Cariboo Region

A draft mapped area of ungulate winter range habitat within the Cariboo Region. These areas exhibit habitat characteristics that support mountain ungulate winter range classification, in most cases specific ungulates have been observed or verified to be on these sites.  

Tags: BC, Canada, Cariboo, Williams Lake, habitat, mountain goat, ungulate, ungulate winter range draft cariboo, winter range
Organization: Regional Operations - Cariboo
Discovery Islands Tourism - Forestry Working Group Map

This Web Map Service holds Discovery Islands Tourism - Forestry Working Group (DITG) information that allows for discussion, consultation and visual assessment of planned forestry development within the Area of Interest.  It is published to the public in the DITG Web Application.  The source data for this map has been compiled from various sources  which will be reviewed and updated as determined by the Working Group.
This web map has been last updated and  published in 2022 and will be reviewed and updated as determined by the Working Group.
To view, please see https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1ab5434e591f454886fc501cba7c3dec


Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, BC Coast, British Columbia, Canada, DITG, Discovery Islands, Discovery Islands Education, Discovery Islands Map, Discovery Islands Tourism
Organization: Regional Operations - West Coast
Approximate Floodplain - Lower Fraser & Squamish Rivers

Approximate floodplain boundary for Lower Mainland Region (Lower Fraser and Squamish Rivers).  Data was created in March 1998 with last update in March 1999.

Tags: Land Use, Lower Fraser River, Lower Mainland Region, Squamish River, Surrey, floodplain, inventory, management, natural resource, planning
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast
Flood Control Points (pumpstation, floodbox) - Lower Mainland

Flood control points (pumpstation/floodbox/staff gauge/special features) for the Lower Mainland Region.  Preliminary data, not all inclusive.  Created March 1998.  Updated September 2004. Last updated May 2007.

Tags: Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Surrey, flood box, flood control, inventory, management, natural resource, planning, pumpstation
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast
Unreviewed Site Record Updates

The Unreviewed Site Record Updates (USRU) dataset contains spatial updates to previously recorded archaeological site boundaries that have been submitted to the BC Archaeology Branch (Branch) but remain unreviewed, unapproved, and absent from other archaeological datasets. The polygons in this layer represent areas where a change to a previously recorded archaeological site boundary has been submitted but has not been confirmed by the Branch or added to the Provincial Heritage Register (PHR). 

When an area of interest overlaps with an USRU polygon, assume an archaeological site is present and contact the Branch’s Archaeological Site Inventory Section at ArchSiteForm@gov.bc.ca for confirmation and access to the unreviewed site record information. To help the Branch locate the correct record, use the Identify tool to find the USRU polygon's Message ID, e.g., __20150213_121839_122257__. 

Tags: archaeology, backlog, updates
Organization: Archaeology
Metadata for Income Bands - Standard by FSA - E03

Jan 2000 to Dec 2014 - this aggregate data is a static dataset and will not be updated further. It is provisioned at the same time as the customized dataset. The standard set has been linked with the population directory by postal code. The customized version includes the Census Sub-Division (CSD) variable which can be used to associate this set across to other datasets that also include the CSD variable.   Description: Summary census family income table - Table F-1 Family data; Annual Income Estimates for Census Families, Individuals and Seniors; Data on income of census families, individuals and seniors are derived from income tax returns.   The data for the products associated with this release are derived from the T1 file that Statistics Canada receives from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) thirteen months after the end of the taxation year.

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: CRA, DIP, Data Innovation Program, Stats Canada, income
Organization: Data Innovation Program (DIP)
Itcha Ilgachuz Caribou Habitat Area 5-086 Quadrants

The Itcha Ilgachuz Caribou Habitat Area (IICHA) and associated quadrants were developed as a part of the 2002 Northern Caribou Strategy, with revisions in 2011. The boundary is based on caribou telemetry to 2011, and is used to form the outer boundary of the quadrants that are used to help determine the rate of cut within WHA 5-086.

Tags: 5-086, IICHA, Itcha Ilgachuz, Northern Caribou Strategy, Wildlife Habitat Area, caribou habitat
Organization: Regional Operations - Cariboo
BC Public Libraries Statistics 2002-Present

This multi-year dataset has been compiled to provide users with a single, compact source of reliable BC public library data.  For better cross-year comparisons, we have used the current* question wording and numbering for all included years. The full data is available in both XLS and CSV format.
 
*The Annual Survey question list was last modified in 2021. A list of question definitions as of 2021 is available.

Version Notes: 

24.0 Initial release of the 2024 survey results

Tags: annual survey, library, library statistics, public library
Organization: Public Libraries
FADM - Region Compartment

The spatial representation for an Inventory Region or Compartment. Established by the Resource Inventory Branch, Inventory Regions are large drainages encompassing groups of small drainages also known as compartments. These were once used for planning purposes, similar to the current Planning Cells. They are now maintained in the files as reference for many administration boundaries

Tags: Boundaries, Canada, administrative division, forest, forestry
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
FADM - Public Sustained Yield Units

The spatial representation for a Public Sustained Yield Unit, which is an area of Crown land, usually a natural topographic unit determined by drainage areas, managed for sustained yield by the Crown through the Ministry of Forests. It includes all Crown lands within the currently established boundaries of the unit and excludes federal lands, provincial parks, experimental forest reserves, gazetted watersheds and tree farm licences. Crown land designated as a public sustained yield unit under Section 6 of the Forest Act. A portion of a TSA

Tags: Boundaries, Canada, PSYU, administrative division, forest, forestry
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
FADM - Tree Farm License (TFL) Addition

The spatial representation for a Tree Farm Licence Addition, which is forest land designated by the Ministry to be added to an established Tree Farm Licence Schedule A or B

For further information on Tree Farm Licenses please visit this website: 
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A93E6DFD8C164AD19CD17880450289A3

Tags: Boundaries, Canada, administrative division, forest, forestry, license, tenure
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Sub-provincial Estimates and Projection for the Indigenous Population of B.C. (Health Geographies)

Estimated and projected population counts of the Indigenous population in the province by year, indigenous identity, age, gender for sub-provincial areas of B.C. according to the boundaries defined by the Ministry of Health. 

Estimates are based on the Census and adjusted for net undercoverage and incomplete unenumerated Indian reserves. Population counts by Indigenous identity from 2011 to 2021 are estimates, from 2022 to 2046 are projections. The geographies included in this data set are Health Authorities (HA) and Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDA) as defined by the Ministry of Health of B.C.

Tags: Health Authority, Health Service Delivery Area, Indigenous identity, population estimate, population projections
Organization: BC Stats
FADM - Pulpwood Agreement

The spatial representation for a Pulpwood Agreement, which is a 25 year term agreement, replaceable every ten years, that allows the holder of a wood-fibre processing facility to harvest Crown pulp timber if sufficient quantities of raw material are not available to the holder from other sources. Covers a large area in one or more Timber Supply Areas or TFLs.

Tags: Boundaries, Canada, administrative division, forest, forestry, lumber, pulpwood
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Fibre Recovery Zones

The Fibre Recovery Zones (FRZ) define areas where increased waste rates may apply to avoidable waste left on a cutting authority as detailed in the Provincial Logging Residue and Waste Measurement Procedure Manual. The boundaries have been approved by the Director of the Forest Tenures Branch, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

Current extent of the data is for the Coast Fibre Recovery Zones only.

Tags: FRZ, Fibre Recovery, Providers, Waste Assessment
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Habitat Inventories - FREMP - Lower Mainland

Fraser river estuarine habitat classified into five habitat types: estuarine marsh; riparian vegetation (trees); riparian vegetation (grassy or shrubby banks); intertidal mudflat; and intertidal sandflat.  The habitat inventory data were mapped onto the original FREMP paper maps from September 1986 and June 1989 air photos, and summer 1988 and 1990 fieldwork. These data were digitized directly from the paper maps.

FREMP related data can be accessed at the Community Mapping Network at https://cmnmaps.ca/dfo_fremp/

Tags: FREMP, Fraser River, Fraser River Estuary Management Plan, Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Surrey, estuarine habitat, inventory, management, natural resource, planning
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast
Habitat Compensation Sites - FREMP - Lower Mainland

FREMP maintains a database of habitat compensation sites in the Fraser River. These sites have been digitized and are linked to the database. The locational information for many of these sites comes from the FREMP Coordinated Project Review (CPR) files. Most of the CPR files do not contain specific geographic coordinates indicating the location of a site. Some files contain detailed maps, others do not. As such, the sites digitized from these files are approximate, and should not be taken as definite or final. 

FREMP related data can be accessed at the Community Mapping Network at https://cmnmaps.ca/dfo_fremp/

DESCRIPTION OF GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT: Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (from Kanaka Creek and the outlet of Pitt Lake downstream to Georgia Strait including the outer banks from Point Grey to the U.S. border and Boundary Bay)

Tags: FREMP, Fraser River, Fraser River Estuary Management Plan, Land Use, Lower Mainland Region, Surrey, habitat compensation sites, inventory, management, natural resource, planning
Organization: Regional Operations - South Coast