AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Invasive plants - Jasper

Invasive plants can reduce biodiversity and compromise ecosystem function by out-competing native species, altering nutrient cycling, destabilizing soils and causing erosion, among other impacts. Prevention of colonization by weedy invaders is achieved through rapid restoration and reduced disturbance, both providing an advantage to native species to resist future invasions by non-natives. Jasper National Park monitors non-native species and carry outs control measures where non-native species have the potential to threaten vulnerable habitats and ecosystem in the Park.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Amount leveraged per dollar by WD in community projects

Funds leveraged means that communities have partnered with various sources of funds to realize their projects and therefore are addressing their communities’ needs through these investment opportunities. The leverage ratio represents total financial contributions by WD’s partners in relation to WD’s contribution.  For example, a leverage ratio of 2 means that for every $1 contributed by WD, partner organizations are contributing a combined amount of $2 to the program.

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada | Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest Canada
Percentage of professional jobs (including science & technology) in western Canada

Professional, science and technology-related jobs – Based on an OECD definition of ‘science and technology-related jobs’ that includes occupations beyond those typically associated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or merely the natural sciences. It includes physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals, life science and health professionals, teaching professionals, and other professionals in fields such as business, legal, information, social science, creative, religious, and public service administration.

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada | Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest Canada
Ecological Integrity of National Parks

Ecosystems present ecological integrity when their native species and communities, landscapes and functions are intact and likely to persist. The ecological integrity of national parks is assessed by monitoring major park ecosystems, such as forest, freshwater and wetlands. It is a key measure of the condition of our national parks. The Ecological integrity of national parks indicator summarizes the state (good, fair, poor) and trend (improving, stable, declining) of ecosystems within national parks. Complete methods information is available from the Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation Directorate, Parks Canada. Further information is available on the Environmental Indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Stream Temperature - Forillon

This dataset contains temperature data taken from 11 streams or rivers in Forillon National Park since 2008. Temperature data are collected hourly by a HOBO probe installed on the watercourse’s bottom in June and removed in September or October. For each watercourse studied, the temperature probe is installed at the benthic invertebrate community sampling site (CABIN) close to the site at which the electrofishing is carried out. Temperature data are particularly useful for assessing the quality of brook trout aquatic ecosystems in Forillon National Park.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Direction on Enabling Access to Web Services - Survey Results

This dataset is the result of two surveys, conducted in August and November 2018. Departments and Agencies were asked to indicate whether they were compliant with the [Direction on Enabling Access to Web Services]( https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32588). This Policy Implementation Notice instructs departments to enable access to web services on GC electronic networks for unclassified information. 

The dataset contains a list of departments and their self-assessed compliance with the Direction. The dataset also includes information on the availability of specific social media and productivity websites within each department. This list is a set of examples based on popular service providers; all websites that do not present a security or other risk are open by default, according to the Direction. Site restrictions are determined by the [Policy on Acceptable Network and Device Usage]( https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=27122#appC)

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Condition of Built Heritage Assets 

In 2018-2019, this indicator was measured as the “percentage of heritage structures in poor condition that have improved”. However, Parks Canada has since adapted this indicator’s baseline and target. The new Departmental Result Indicator is measured as the “percentage of built heritage assets in good or fair condition”. For more information on these indicators and their results, please visit [Parks Canada Departmental Results Reports - Home (pc.gc.ca)](https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pc.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fdocs%2Fpc%2Frpts%2Frmr-dpr&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.arsenault%40pc.gc.ca%7Cdfa43c34dcd74b4d6daf08dadea8dcc1%7C6f45dd51039e4566bcc55b700537cb87%7C0%7C0%7C638067114078289547%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E6ROB%2B28MJ89%2F5GpA5f81BLGG0bYKYlM0w78TxzRbU8%3D&reserved=0)

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Condition of Contemporary Assets

In 2018-2019, this indicator was measured as the “percentage of contemporary infrastructure that facilitates visitor access and/or use of Parks Canada places in poor condition that have improved”. However, Parks Canada has since adapted this indicator’s baseline and target. The new Departmental Result Indicator is measured as the “percentage of contemporary assets in good or fair condition”. For more information on these indicators and their results, please visit [Parks Canada Departmental Results Reports - Home (pc.gc.ca)](https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pc.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fdocs%2Fpc%2Frpts%2Frmr-dpr&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.arsenault%40pc.gc.ca%7Cdfa43c34dcd74b4d6daf08dadea8dcc1%7C6f45dd51039e4566bcc55b700537cb87%7C0%7C0%7C638067114078289547%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E6ROB%2B28MJ89%2F5GpA5f81BLGG0bYKYlM0w78TxzRbU8%3D&reserved=0).

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Suggested Dataset Submissions

The Government of Canada is interested in what data Canadians think should be made available to the public.  This dataset is a collection of the submissions that we have received from users from the [Suggest a Dataset Form](https://open.canada.ca/en/forms/suggest-dataset "Title"). These suggestions are currently being reviewed by the Government of Canada departments for release.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises that are majority-owned by Indigenous people, youth, visible minorities and persons with disabilities in western Canada

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Small enterprises are defined as having 1-99 employees.  Medium sized enterprises have 100-499 employees. So small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are all firms with less than 500 employees. 

Majority-owned / Majority ownership – Majority ownership for each of the designated groups is based on the following parameters: between 51 and 100 percent owned by one or more females; Indigenous persons; youth; visible minorities; people with disabilities. 50:50 ownership, which in the instance of male and female, may include married couples, would not be included in these totals.

Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada | Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest Canada
Screening and Class-Screening Assessments under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992

This collection of data consists of projects assessed by class-screening or screening-type environmental assessments carried out under the *Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992*.

These assessments were previously archived on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry. Both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and other authorities had the responsibility to post certain information on the Registry.

A screening was the most common type of assessment for projects subject to a federal environmental assessment. The process was managed by other authorities in order to determine the significance of adverse environmental effects from the project. 

The class-screening process streamlined the environmental assessments of certain types of projects. The Agency determined if these types of projects were not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects as long as the design standards and mitigation measures described in the class screening report were applied. 

Information about other types of assessments is available on the [Canadian Impact Assessment Registry](https://www.iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/?culture=en-CA). 


Organization: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada
Percentage of Canadian Armed Forces families who feel they meet the challenges of military life

The Departmental Results Framework (DRF) is the strategic view of Defence’s mandate, displaying its Core Responsibilities and key performance information. It represents the corporate framework used to demonstrate plans, achievements, expenditures and performance results. This helps Canadians and parliamentarians understand what we do, what we seek to achieve, and how we will determine if we have achieved it. 

This dataset presents DRF 3.4 entitled “Military families are supported and resilient” and its indicator 3.4.1 entitled “% of Canadian Armed Forces families who feel they meet the challenges of military life”. This indicator measures the extent to which the families of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members feel that programmes help them cope with the unique challenges of military life.

Organization: National Defence | Défense nationale
Crude Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force Male Suicide Rates

This dataset shows the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) rate for suicide per 100,000 for Regular Force males. As the number of events was less than 20 in most years, rates were not calculated annually as these would not have been statistically reliable. Regular Force female rates were not calculated because female suicides were uncommon. This dataset is taken from the yearly Report on Suicide Mortality in the Canadian Armed Forces released on the Canada.ca platform at the homepage link provided down below.

Organization: National Defence | Défense nationale
Shape Your Learning

The Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) Digital Academy is committed to creating learning products and experiences that meet the needs of public servants and their organizations, and help them acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to be successful in a modern age.

In order to plan our future learning products, we’ve recently conducted a user study "Shape Your Learning" to help us gain insights into public servants’ knowledge and skills levels in areas related to digital, as well as into learning habits, preferences and interests. We received responses from 4,775 public servants, and we have great insights to share!

The results are helping us better understand the digital literacy level of various organizations, identify specific learning needs, and make important decisions on how we can best support public servants. We strongly believe that the results and insights gained from this questionnaire will benefit not only the CSPS Digital Academy, but other teams across the Government of Canada. With this in mind, we are be happy to share the results of the research, so that you can use them to inform your own strategic planning.

Should you have any questions or require an alternate format, please contact csps.digitalacademy-academiedunumerique.efpc@canada.ca


Organization: Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
High Priority Requisition Supply Records for the West Coast Royal Canadian Navy Fleet

A sanitized data set on how the Royal Canadian Navy tracks high priority requisitions.  The movement of parts between multiple private (ie DRMIS, CGCS) and public (ie Purolator) information systems necessitates the creation of a tracking spreadsheet manually maintained by dedicated naval supply technicians. This dataset will no longer be updated as the data is no longer collected.

Organization: National Defence | Défense nationale
Examining Time to Security Reclassification for Black Offenders

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has a responsibility to ensure that offenders are classified at an appropriate security level while using the least restrictive measures that are consistent with the protection of society, staff members, and offenders. The 2020-21 Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) Annual Report included an investigation into security classification among federally incarcerated Black individuals and found that Black persons were overrepresented in maximum security and underrepresented in minimum security compared to those identifying as White.This study was undertaken to provide additional context to these data and to examine time spent by Black individuals before reclassification and cascading to lower levels of security. Please note that this report is a one page summary. If you wish to have a copy of the full report, please send a request comment via the Open Government Portal or email the OG team: opengovernmentgen-nhq@csc-scc.gc.ca.


Organization: Correctional Service of Canada | Service correctionnel du Canada
Canada Child Benefit (CCB) Statistics by Federal Electoral District – 2019-2020 Benefit Year

The Canada child benefit (CCB) statistics are based on information that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) collected and processed for all individual recipients for the 2019–2020 benefit year which covers the period from July 2019 to June 2020. In addition to regular CCB payments, there was one-time emergency payment to increase the CCB for those individuals who received the CCB in April 2020, in their May 2020 instalment. This table presents CCB data broken down by Federal Electoral District for each province or territory, as well as for all Canada. 

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
2020-21 Survey of Canadians on Privacy-Related Issues

Phoenix Strategic Perspectives Inc. (Phoenix SPI) was commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) to conduct a telephone survey of Canadians on privacy-related issues.

The OPC’s mandate to protect and promote privacy rights includes promoting awareness and understanding of privacy issues by the Canadian public. In support of this, the OPC conducts public opinion research with the general population every two years. The purpose of this research is to better understand the extent to which Canadians are aware, understand, and perceive privacy-related issues.

The objective of the research was to explore Canadians’ attitudes and opinions of privacy issues that fall under the OPC’s four strategic privacy priorities: economics of personal information; government surveillance; reputation and privacy; and the body as information. In addition, this year, the OPC wanted the survey to address how, if at all, the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has influenced Canadians’ views and concerns over their privacy.

The findings will be used to learn more about Canadians’ concerns and attitudes toward privacy, their awareness of privacy institutions, and views on personal information management as a whole.

A 14-minute random digit dialling (RDD) telephone survey was administered to 1,502 Canadian residents, 16 years of age or older between November 21st and December 20th, 2020. An overlapping dual-frame (landline and cell phone) sample was used to minimize coverage error. The results can be considered representative of the population of Canadians aged 16 and older. Based on a sample of this size, the overall results can be considered accurate within ±2.5%, 19 times out of 20. The margin of error is greater for results pertaining to subgroups of the total sample. Data were weighted to reflect the population in terms of age, gender, and region.

Organization: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada | Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada
Goods and Services/Harmonized Sales Tax Credit Top Up Entitlement Data by Federal Electoral District - April 2020

The Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) credit statistics are based on information that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) collected and processed for all individual recipients for the 2019–2020 benefit year which covers the period from July 2019 to June 2020. This table presents the one-time GST/HST credit top-up statistics broken down by Federal Electoral District for each province or territory, as well as for all Canada.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Number of employees who do not meet the language requirements of their bilingual positions within the timelines

The Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order sets out the situations whereby, for non-imperative appointments,  public servants may be exempted from the obligation of meeting the official language requirements of their bilingual positions within a specific timeline. 
On a yearly basis, deputy heads of federal departments and agencies governed by the Public Service Employment Act must report to the Public Service Commission of Canada on the use of the order and the Public Service Official Languages Appointment Regulations. 
As a result of the reporting from deputy heads, cases of employees who do not meet the language requirements of their bilingual positions within the timelines are identified as non-compliant. 

The Public Service Commission supports organizations in resolving these situations.
Overall, the management of exclusions provided by the order has considerably improved from year to year and results have stabilized in the last few years. This decrease in the number of non-compliant cases is attributable to a number of factors: these cases have been monitored more closely by organizations, and the number of non-imperative appointments, which are a prerequisite for people to be excluded, has also decreased.

The Public Service Commission follows up with departments and agencies on situations that have reached the end of the maximum period prescribed by the order to ensure that incumbents obtain second language evaluation results that correspond to the linguistic profile of the position and meet merit with respect to official language proficiency.

Organization: Public Service Commission of Canada | Commission de la fonction publique du Canada
CABIN - Benthic Invertebrates - Kouchibouguac

The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is a national aquatic biomonitoring program, established and maintained by Environment and Climate Change Canada, to provide a standardized protocol for the ecological assessment of freshwater ecosystems with the use of benthic macroinvertebrate communities as biological indicators for stream or river conditions. The purpose of the benthic invertebrates monitoring program at Kouchibouguac National Park is to assess the status of freshwater benthic invertebrate assemblages over time and detect trends in order to provide an early warning of deterioration through reductions in total taxa richness, EPT index (i.e., pollution-sensitive taxa richness), or an increase in the Hilsenhoff Biotic Index (HBI) for organic pollution. All field and laboratory procedures follow standard CABIN protocols. A total of 13 sites are monitored; 6 located within KNP boundaries and are sampled annually (PRT01, FNT01, PLY01, BLK01, RNK01, MKL01); while 7 sites are located outside KNP but within the zone of influence and cooperation; 3 of which are also sampled annually (KCC03, KCS03, RTB01-02) while the remaining 4 are sampled in alternate years (KCC01, KCC02, KCS01, KCS02). The data collection for each site includes: general information (e.g., site code, name of sampling crew members, date, site description, geographical notes, surrounding land use, location, site drawing, pictures); reach characteristics (e.g., habitat types, canopy coverage, macrophyte coverage, streamside vegetation, periphyton coverage); water chemistry and quality measurements (in situ or laboratory analysis); substrate characteristics (e.g., pebble count, embeddedness, surrounding material); as well as channel measurements (e.g., bankfull width, wetted width, bankfull-wetted depth, velocity, mean depth, slope). Invertebrates are collected using a kick-net and preserved samples are sent to a laboratory for analysis, where they are mixed then randomly selected for sorting and identification. Taxonomic identification for CABIN purposes requires identification to family level however, where possible, invertebrates are identified to genus or species. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Red-breasted Merganser - Kouchibouguac

Red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator) are colonial birds found on Tern Islands, a set of three small barrier islands separated by water at high tide located within Kouchibouguac National Park. These piscivorous sea ducks are indicators for the state of the breeding islands and associated marine or estuarine ecosystems, since nest distribution and productivity is closely related to habitat conditions such as the presence of marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata) in addition to sometimes sea lyme grass (Leymus mollis) or common yarrow (Achillea millefolium); while the occurrence of the species is also linked to the scope and abundance of fish resources. The purpose of the red-breasted merganser monitoring program is to determine the annual number of nesting attempts and to measure nest success, as these are important parameters that contribute to breeding population dynamics. The methods for this measure involve an annual census in mid-August where nests (i.e., a bowl with at least one egg) are located by systematically searching the vegetated regions on Tern Islands immediately following the completion of the breeding season. Nests are marked with an unpainted wooden stake placed 1 m north of the nest and location coordinates are obtained with a global positioning system. The number of successful, abandoned, or predated nests is recorded along with clutch size and nest stage assessed from egg temperatures.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Canadian Vehicle Specifications (CVS)

The CVS Database provides a catalogue of original vehicle dimensions, for use in vehicle safety research and collision investigation. The purpose of this database is to provide users with a comprehensive listing of vehicle dimensions commonly used in the field of collision investigation and reconstruction, for the North American fleet of passenger cars, light trucks, vans and SUV’s. The database includes model years dating back to 2011 and is comprised of both commonly available dimensions such as overall length, wheelbase and track widths, and also several dimensions which are not typically readily available from the manufacturers, nor from automotive publications.

Note – To obtain database of model years dating back to 1971, please contact Transport Canada.


Organization: Transport Canada | Transports Canada