AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WorkBC Employment Services by Region

The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction reports the breakdown of the WorkBC Employment Services data each month by economic development region. This data is from April 2019 onwards and includes counts for monthly case managed and self service client starts and the number of case managed employments.

Tags: ELMSD, Economic Development Region, Employment and Labour Market Services Division, Labour Market Programs, SDPR, WorkBC, elmsd, employment, jobs, labour, sdpr, work
Organization: Employment and Labour Market Services Division
Lobbyists Registry Open Datasets

The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists has oversight over the administration of the Lobbyists Transparency Act, which supports transparent, accountable lobbying in British Columbia. Here you will find open data sets on Lobbying Registration Returns and Lobbying Activity Reports in British Columbia as entered into the publicly searchable Lobbyists Registry. The use of the data sets on this website is subject to the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia (ORL)

Both datasets provide primary compressed files containing secondary files in xlsx format. Also available for both are data dictionary files, which provide definitions for all data elements contained within the dataset.

Lobbying Registration Returns:
Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to file a Registration Return within 10 days of beginning to lobby a public office holder. This dataset contains all lobbying Registration Returns filed with the ORL since 2010 and is updated monthly. 

Lobbying Activity Reports:
Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to disclose specific instances of lobbying communications with senior public office holders in British Columbia. These Lobbying Activity Reports must be filed no later than 15 days after the end of the month in which the lobbying activity occurred. The requirement to file Lobbying Activity Reports came into effect on May 4, 2020. This dataset contains all Lobbying Activity Reports filed with the ORL since that time and is updated monthly. 



Tags: Lobbying, Transparency
Organization: The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia
BC Seafood Production, 2023 - 2024

Annual BC seafood harvest, landed value of harvest, and wholesale value of processed products, by species/product, source (wild commercial fisheries or aquaculture), and year.

Tags: aquaculture, bioeconomics, clams, crabs, economics, finfish, groundfish, hake, halibut, herring, invertebrates, other seafood species, oysters, salmon, sea food, seafood, seafood production, shellfish, tuna, wild commercial fisheries
Organization: Corporate Policy and Priorities
DriveBC HighwayCams

A list of the locations, web addresses and attributes regarding Ministry owned highway web cameras. 

Attributes include:
 *DriveBC camera page, image, image thumbnail, Replay-the-Day, camera identifier, highway number, highway description, name, caption, credit/extra information, compass orientation, location (latitude, longitude)*.

**PLEASE NOTE:**
The source URL for highway camera images has changed, which will cause previously used links to break. The dataset has been updated to reflect this change; some columns are no longer available as a result.


Tags: DriveBC, HWY, MOTT, Open511, TRAN, cameras, event, highway, image, incident, road, road conditions, traffic
Organization: Transportation Services
Migration by Development Region and Regional District

Mobility refers to the movement of individuals on a geographic basis, whether it’s international migration between B.C. and the rest of the world or inter-provincial migration between B.C. and other Canadian jurisdictions. The term mobility encompasses those statistics that show the number of migrants, where they’re going to and where they’re coming from.

Note: As part of the May 2024 update, Statistics Canada revised its calculation methods for estimating the numbers of emigrants and returning emigrants going back to census year 2016-17. Before 2016-17, short-term emigrants and short-term returning emigrants are included in the “Net Temporary Emigrants” component. From 2016-17 and after, they are included in the "Emigrants" and "Returning Emigrants" components using a different estimation methodology than previously. Due to this change, the "Net Temporary Emigrants" component is not calculated from 2016-17 onwards. Emigrant and returning emigrant estimates for periods before 2016-17 are not entirely comparable to subsequent estimates.

**Sources**

**Regional Districts:**
Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0153-01 Components of population change by census division, 2021 boundaries
https://doi.org/10.25318/1710015301-eng

**Development Regions:**
Statistics Canada. Table 17-10-0151-01 Components of population change by economic region, 2021 boundaries
https://doi.org/10.25318/1710015101-eng

Tags: emigration, immigration, migration
Organization: BC Stats
Pest Infestation Points - Historic

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons or spots (point data). This data set represents the spot (point) data. Each spot is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class, area, numbers of trees estimated in the spot, and host. Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.

This dataset contains historic point data, which is all data except for the most current year. The **[Pest Infestation Points - Current](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1f885327-eb89-4905-84be-8d9710641648)** dataset contains all previous years data and **[Pest Infestation Points](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/4a83ec61-31a4-4134-9204-af47ff26ed78)** contains all point data for both current and historic years.

Tags: Canada, Forest, forest health, pest, pest infestation
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Pest Infestation Points - Current

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons or spots (point data). This data set represents the spot (point) data. Each spot is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class, area, numbers of trees estimated in the spot, and host. Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.

This dataset contains only the most current year point data. The **[Pest Infestation Points - Historic](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3a7b4e9d-2761-4e8f-a8ec-a79265288e7b)** dataset contains all previous years data and **[Pest Infestation Points](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/4a83ec61-31a4-4134-9204-af47ff26ed78)** contains all point data for both current and historic years.

Tags: Canada, Forest, forest health, pest, pest infestation
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Pest Infestation Polygons - Current

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons.  Each polygon is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class and host.  Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.  

This dataset contains only the most current year polygon data. The **[Pest Infestation Polygons - Historic](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/b6592d4d-1802-469e-840f-347baae24726)** dataset contains all previous years data and **[Pest Infestation Polygons]( https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/450b67bb-02d5-4526-8bc0-ac7924125a1e)** contains all polygon data for both current and historic years.

Tags: Canada, Forest, forest health, pest, pest infestation
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Pest Infestation Polygons - Historic

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons.  Each polygon is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class and host.  Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.  

This dataset contains historic polygon data, which is all data except for the most current year. The **[Pest Infestation Polygons - Current]( https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/967c4d29-817a-418d-b933-359c311a30a8)** dataset contains the most current year data and **[Pest Infestation Polygons]( https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/450b67bb-02d5-4526-8bc0-ac7924125a1e)** contains all polygon data for both current and historic years.


Tags: Canada, Forest, forest health, pest, pest infestation
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Pest Infestation Polygons (Generalized)

This dataset is a spatially generalized version of Pest Infestation Polygons, created for viewing and presentation purposes only. For the non-generalized dataset download please refer to [Pest Infestation Polygons](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/450b67bb-02d5-4526-8bc0-ac7924125a1e).

Tags: Canada, forest, forest health, pest
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Diagnostic Facilities (Internal Access)

This dataset represents approved Diagnostic Facilities in BC.  There are nine types of facilities defined within the dataset, also referred to as modalities: Diagnostic Ultrasound, Electroencephalography, Electromyography, Laboratory Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Polysomnography, Pulmonary Function, Radiology, Specimen Collection Station.

The difference between this secure dataset and the public dataset is the inclusion of the Facility ID.

Tags: diagnostic facilities
Organization: Beneficiary and Diagnostic Services
Pest Infestation Polygons

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons.  Each polygon is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class and host.  Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.  

Tags: Canada, forest, forest health, pest
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Pest Infestation Points

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons or spots (point data).  This data set represents the spot (point) data.   Each spot is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class, area, numbers of trees estimated in the spot, and host. Aerial survey data standards are provided on the web at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/forest-health/aerial-overview-surveys/methods.

Tags: Canada, forest, forest health, pest
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
BC Gazetteer

The Gazetteer of British Columbia is a spreadsheet of all official place names, including feature type, feature code, mapsheet, and latitude & longitude. The Gazetteer is extracted from the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS), the master database of British Columbia place names. The BC Gazetteer is available as a zipped SHP file, CSV or XLSX. See also BC Geographical Names (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/43805524-4add-4474-ad53-1a985930f352) dataset for other formats and download options.

**Some software (including MS Excel) may assume the wrong encoding when the .csv file is opened**, and this can cause names with special characters to be presented incorrectly. With whatever software you use to open the .csv file, it is recommended to open the file in a way that explicitly acknowledges the UTF-8 character encoding.  Alternatively, **the Gazetteer is also available in .xlsx format which is recommended for MS Excel users** because it will automatically recognize the correct character encoding.

Tags: Canada, gazetteer, geographical name, place names, toponymy
Organization: Heritage Branch
Timing Windows for Work in and About Waterbodies in the Cariboo Natural Resource Region - Web App

The intent of this web app is to provide information on the period(s) during the year when work may be carried out in and about water bodies with the lowest risk to fish and wildlife species and habitat. Timing windows and terms and conditions vary based on regional differences in fish and wildlife species and habitat, and geography. The timing window of least risk to fish and fish habitat must be applied to all activities in water bodies, as well as tributaries that have a risk of depositing sediment into water bodies. Windows of least risk are designed to protect all fish species known to occur in a water body. This web application and associated map and data is strictly for the Cariboo Natural Resource Region.

Tags: 100 Mile Natural Resource District, Cariboo Chilcotin Natural Resource District, Cariboo Natural Resource Region, Quesnel Natural Resource District, changes in and about a stream, freshwater, timing windows, web map
Organization: GeoBC – Geospatial Services
Drinking Water Sources - Protection Zones

Polygon features showing various zones of protection around drinking water system intakes/wellheads. A drinking water system is any domestic system servicing anything other than a single-family dwelling, as defined in the Drinking Water Protection Act. Zone of protection is a broad term that represents a wide variety of areas as they have been delineated in their corresponding report. The methods and processes used to delineate these zones vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, population, vulnerability, hydrologic/hydrogeologic parameters, etc.
For the use of this dataset, the term Protection Zone means that protection measures should be considered and/or implemented in these areas due to the importance of these areas supplying drinking water to their water system users. Protection Zone does not mean that protection measures have been implemented in these areas, nor that protection measures are not required beyond the boundary of these areas.

This is one of three Drinking Water Sources datasets (along with the DWS - Intakes/Wellheads points dataset, and DWS - Source Areas polygons dataset). Note: these polygons have unique Protection Zone IDs used to relate them to the Intakes/Wellhead points. 

Tags: Drinking water, Protection, Protection zone, Source water, Water system, water
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Drinking Water Sources - Source Areas

Polygon features representing the geographical extent of a source area that contributes water to a drinking water system. A drinking water system is any domestic system servicing anything other than a single-family dwelling, as defined in the Drinking Water Protection Act. Source Area is a broad term used to describe any area that could potentially contribute water to the drinking water system; it does not mean that hydrologic analyses have been completed to determine likelihood of connectivity. These source areas most often represent the entire aquifer extent (for ground water systems) or the watershed upstream from the intake (for surface water systems).

This is one of three Drinking Water Sources datasets (along with the DWS - Intakes/Wellheads points dataset, and DWS - Protection Zones polygons dataset). Note: these polygons have unique Source Areas IDs used to relate them to the Intakes/Wellhead points. 

Tags: Drinking water, Protection, Source Area, Source water, Water, Water system
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Drinking Water Sources - Intakes/Wellheads

Point features showing the location of intakes and/or wellheads for drinking water systems. A drinking water system is any domestic system servicing anything other than a single-family dwelling, as defined in the Drinking Water Protection Act. These locations are updated as more information is received and is therefore continually being updated and may or may not match the corresponding Point of Diversion locations available through the Water Rights dataset and application.

This is one of three Drinking Water Sources datasets (along with the DWS - Source Areas polygons dataset, and DWS - Protection Zones polygons dataset). Note: the polygons all have unique polygon IDs used to relate them to these points. 

Tags: Drinking water, Intake, Source water, Water, Water system, Well, Wellhead, protection
Organization: Watershed Stewardship and Security
Local and Regional Greenspaces

This dataset contains spatial and attribute information for local and regional greenspaces in British Columbia. Local and regional greenspaces are municipal or regional district lands designated by local government agencies and managed for public enjoyment, ecosystem or wildlife values. Spatial boundaries were sourced from municipal and regional district web sites, which in some cases provide datasets under Open Government Licence, and in other cases, publicize parks and greenspaces on web maps or pdf maps. Boundaries were edge-matched to the ParcelMap BC cadastre.  This spatial layer contains multipart polygons.

Tags: Greenspaces, Local Park, Park, Regional Park, Trail Corridor
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Limited Entry Hunting Zone Polygons - All Years - Internal - 1:20,000

Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) Zones polygons are hunting opportunities created via a lottery, and the details are found in the LEH Synopsis. Participation in the LEH draw is available to any resident of BC who legally possesses a BC Resident Hunter Number. The purpose of Limited Entry Hunting is to achieve wildlife management objectives without resorting to such measures as shortening seasons or completely closing areas. It is only introduced where it has become necessary to limit the number of hunters, limit the number of animals that may be taken, or limit the harvest to a certain class of animal. The Zones are valid during the hunting season, and changes are made effective July 1st of each year. Some zones change frequently, some change rarely. 

This layer includes expired LEH polygons that may not be valid for the current hunting license year. Refer to the Expiry Date field for current status.  This is for internal BC Government use.  

See the link below for the 'Current Opportunities'.

Tags: LEH, biology, hunting, wildlife
Organization: Wildlife
Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) Zones - Current Opportunities Polygon

Current Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) Zones polygons are hunting opportunities created via a lottery, and the details are found in the LEH Synopsis. Participation in the LEH draw is available to any resident of BC who legally possesses a BC Resident Hunter Number. The purpose of Limited Entry Hunting is to achieve wildlife management objectives without resorting to such measures as shortening seasons or completely closing areas. It is only introduced where it has become necessary to limit the number of hunters, limit the number of animals that may be taken, or limit the harvest to a certain class of animal. The Zones are valid during the LEH hunting season, and changes are made effective July 1st of each yearly. Some zones change frequently, some change rarely.

Tags: LEH, LEH zone, LEH zones polygon, biology, hunting, hunting opportunity, limited entry hunt, wildlife
Organization: Wildlife
BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations - Historical

Wildfire historic incident point locations for all fire seasons before the current season.  Supplied through various sources.  Not to be used for legal purposes.  This data includes all incidents tracked by BC Wildfire Service, ie. actual fires, suspected fires, nusiance fires, smoke chases, etc.  On April 1 of each year this layer is updated with the previous fire season's data

Tags: emergency management, fire location, fire point, incident location, incident points, wildfire
Organization: BC Wildfire Service
Number of Businesses

This dataset contains the business counts in British Columbia. Business location counts details are available by size and industry, as well as sub-provincial geographies. Geographic delimitations available are Regional District (RD) and Economic Region (DR), Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA), and 
Census Subdivision (municipalities and non-incorporated areas). Data is available annually. Data by industry is available according to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)  categories. 
To download CSV files, right click on the link in the resource page and then choose ‘Save link as…’.


Tags: CA, CMA, Census Agglomeration, Census Metropolitan Area, Census Subdivision, Economic Region, NAICS, Regional District, business counts, business locations, counts by industry, counts by size, municipalities and non-incorporated areas
Organization: BC Stats
BC Assessment - Permits

The Service (Permit) is a written licence or warrant [e.g. document] issued by a person with authority empowering the grantee to do some act not forbidden by law, but not allowable without such authority. (Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed).
 
Permits are typically issued for a short-term and generally deal with rights to use land. Examples of permits are: park use permits, special use permits, land use permits, resource use permits, etc. (BC Assessment)

<b/>Who can have Access:</b>
Use of these data is restricted to internal BC Government named users and some B.C. Post Secondary institutions. If you fall outside these parameters, please address your concerns directly with B.C. Assessment.

<b/>How to get Access:</b>
All users of these data are required to enter into an End User License Agreement (EULA) under the authority of their Ministry or the B.C. Electronic Librarian Network (BCELN).

To initiate this process as a member of Government, the EULA can be signed and access requested by the Expense Authority for your Branch/Division (e.g., Director or Executive Director), please open a ticket with the [Data Systems & Services request system](https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/4/create/24).

The following information is to be included in the request for BC Government employees:

* Ministry
* Division
* Branch
* List of names and IDIR's for each person that will be accessing and/or using the data
* Short description of intended data use


 <br>

To initiate this process as a member of the BCELN, please contact your school's Data Librarian.

Tags: BC Assessment, BCA, land use permits, park use permits, permit, resource use permits, special use permits
Organization: BC Assessment Authority
BC Schools - Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA)

The results of the Grades 4 and 7 BC Foundation Skills Assessments in Numeracy, Reading and Writing from 2007/2008 to 2020/2021, and in Numeracy and Literacy for 2021/2022 onward.

The results are considered a new dataset for 2021/2022 since the assessment combines reading and writing skills to form the Literacy component, and because a new vendor administered the assessment resulting in a different user experience.



Tags: FSA, assessments, foundation skill, numeracy, reading, writing
Organization: Education Analytics Office
Weather Forecast Regions Interactive Map

An interactive map that displays Weather Forecast Regions as defined by Environment Canada and Climate Change. This application is part of Air Quality Subscription Service, BC Air Quality and displays the Weather Forecast Regions in order to aid citizens to select which notification list to subscribe to based on geographic area.

Tags: AGO, AGOL, ArcGIS Online, Environment Canada, air, air quality, weather, weather forecast
Organization: Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Branch