AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Canada’s Energy Future 2023: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050

Canada’s Energy Future 2023: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 (EF2023) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The Canada’s Energy Future series explores how possible energy futures might unfold for Canadians over the long term. We use economic and energy models to explore how supply and demand for energy could evolve. EF2023 is the CER’s first long-term outlook that models scenarios where Canada reaches net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. To model net-zero we begin with the end goal in mind: net-zero GHG emissions in 2050, and use our models to identify pathways to that point. This is a different approach compared to past versions of the report where we ran our models without restrictions, giving us insights into what a given premise meant for the future.
EF2023 contains three scenarios. Two of these scenarios explore pathways where Canada achieves net-zero emissions by 2050. In the Global Net-zero Scenario, we assume Canada achieves net-zero emissions by 2050. We also assume the rest of the world reduces emissions enough to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius (°C). In the Canada Net-zero Scenario, Canada also achieves net-zero emissions by 2050 but the rest of the world moves more slowly to reduce GHG emissions. The third scenario, the Current Measures Scenario, assumes limited action to reduce GHG emissions beyond measures in place today. In this scenario, we do not require our modeling results achieve net-zero GHG emissions in Canada by 2050. We also assume limited future global climate action. 

Organization: Canada Energy Regulator | La Régie de l’énergie du Canada
Departmental Results Report 2020-21

Departmental Results Reports (DRRs) are individual department and agency accounts of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and results set out in their respective Departmental Plans (DPs). DPs and DRRs make up Part III (the Departmental Expenditure Plans) of the Estimates publications.

Through DRRs, individual departments and agencies provide information on how they are progressing toward their strategic goals. DRRs cover the most recently completed fiscal year and are normally tabled in Parliament in the fall.

Organization: Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | Service canadien d'appui aux tribunaux administratifs
Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) - Auditor General Reports 7 and 8

- Opening Statement
    - Delivering Digital Together
- OAG Audit of Modernization of Information Technology Systems – SSC Management Action Plan
- Auditor General’s Report on Modernizing Information Technology (IT) Systems
- Benefits Delivery Modernization
- Tools capable of extracting data from Government of Canada devices
- Diversity and inclusion in procurement
- Shared Services Canada’s involvement in ArriveCAN
- Supply chain integrity
- Blocking TikTok, WeChat and Kaspersky
- Cyber security overview
- Auditor General’s Report on Cybersecurity of Personal Information in the Cloud
- Cloud overview and way forward
-Next Generation Human Resources and Pay initiative

Organization: Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
Departmental Results Report 2021-22

Departmental Results Reports (DRRs) are individual department and agency accounts of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and results set out in their respective Departmental Plans (DPs). DPs and DRRs make up Part III (the Departmental Expenditure Plans) of the Estimates publications.

Through DRRs, individual departments and agencies provide information on how they are progressing toward their strategic goals. DRRs cover the most recently completed fiscal year and are normally tabled in Parliament in the fall.

Organization: Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | Service canadien d'appui aux tribunaux administratifs
Annual sub-pixel Landsat surface water maps of the Hudson Bay Lowlands from 1985-2021

The Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) is the wettest ecozone in Canada with 80% of its area covered by wetlands. It forms the third largest wetland in the world and is composed almost entirely of permafrost and non-frozen subarctic peatlands that store more carbon in the first 2 m of soil than the total carbon stored in any other ecozone in Canada. The HBL is also home to large mammals including polar bears, caribou, moose, and provides important breeding habitat for migratory birds. Surface water dynamics in the HBL are both a consequence and a driver of climate change, impacting evapotranspiration, permafrost thaw and carbon budgets under wetting / drying conditions as well as wildlife habitat.

Previously, dynamic surface water products were generated from historical Landsat data to inform surface water trends in the HBL based on binary classifications of land versus water at 30 m spatial resolution (Olthof and Rainville, 2022). However, the HBL contains many water features smaller than 30 m, including streams and patterned fens that require a sub-pixel mapping approach to depict these small features as the percent water fraction within each pixel footprint.

The annual surface water products in this dataset were created by leveraging an existing binary dynamic surface water product (Olthof and Rainville, 2022) to implement adaptive physical linear spectral unmixing models. The result is a spatially and temporally comprehensive Landsat sub-30m surface water time-series over the HBL from 1985 to 2021 that can be used to help researchers and policymakers address issues around climate change and wildlife.

Following the Government of Canada Open Data initiative, these original dynamic surface water maps are available to the public. More information on the creation of this dataset can be found in the associated research paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425723004467?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=84402791cff87154.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Baker Creek Research Watershed Ecohydrology Data 2018 to 2020

Climate warming and permafrost thaw induced land cover change are well documented in much of the circumpolar north. The frequent exposure of Precambrian continental crust in Canada’s Taiga Shield ecoregion could mean impacts of land cover change documented in other regions without this feature are not transferable. These meteorological, eddy covariance, stable isotope, soil temperature and soil moisture data were used to examine energy partitioning, vegetation water use and soil water state in conifer stands of different canopy density in a Taiga Shield research watershed 5 km north of Yellowknife, NWT. The goal was to determine how changes to canopy density with climate warming could influence water budget response and soil water state. Paired measurements of sensible and latent heat imply evaporative processes in denser canopies are controlled more by radiative than the aerodynamic factors predominant in sparser canopies. As denser canopies become more prevalent on the landscape, the switch in relative importance of radiative or aerodynamic factors will lead to a reduction in inter-annual variability of evapotranspiration. The three dominant tree species (black spruce, tamarack and jack pine) are all quick to draw water after spring thaw and rainfall events and they tend to draw water from shallow soils. More of these trees leads to differences in stable isotope signatures of water that remains in the soil, with older, more evaporatively enriched water prevalent in soils below dense canopies. The land cover distribution in this landscape, dominated by lakes and exposed bedrock that restricts widespread expansion of forested land covers, and the insufficient difference between sparse and dense canopy ET suggest a fundamental change in how water cycles in Taiga Shield catchments is unlikely, which is notably different than previously investigated landscapes in Alaska and the Canadian Taiga Plains.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Silver nanoparticles in Canadian municipal wastewater effluents

The purpose of this study was to assess the release and characterization of forms of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in urban effluents across Canada. Samples were collected from various wastewater treatment plants and were measured and analyzed using the single particle ICP-MS technique (SP-ICP-MS).


All data are a part subject of a publication containing method details, full QA/QC, interpretations and conclusions: Gagnon, Christian & Turcotte, Patrice & Gagné, François & Smyth, Shirley Anne. (2021). Occurrence and size distribution of silver nanoparticles in wastewater effluents from various treatment processes in Canada. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28. 1-8. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15486-x


Supplemental Information


The Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) is a Government of Canada initiative aimed at reducing the risks posed by chemicals to Canadians and their environment. A key element of the Chemicals Management Plan is the monitoring and surveillance of levels of harmful chemicals in Canadians and their environment. Monitoring and surveillance are essential to identify and track exposure to hazards in the environment and associated health implications. Monitoring and surveillance programs provide the basis for making sound and effective public health and environmental health policies and interventions, as well as measuring the efficacy of control measures. 


In support of the Chemicals Management Plan, monitoring and surveillance initiatives were established to support Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada scientists, in collaboration with external partners and researchers, to advance our knowledge. This initiative has allowed the Government of Canada to increase its commitment to a number of existing monitoring initiatives, as well as to support new efforts. 


For more information on the Chemicals Management Plan, please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan.html

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Civil aviation employment and fuel consumption, Canadian air carriers, Levels I to III, annual

Annual data on civil aviation employment and fuel consumption. Details on employment include the average number of employees, and wages and salaries expenses, by category of employment (total, average number of employees, pilots and co-pilots, other flight personnel, general management and administration employees, maintenance personnel, aircraft and traffic servicing personnel, and all other employees). Details on fuel consumption include the consumption quantity, and the consumption expenses, by fuel type (total, fuel and oil, turbo fuel, gasoline, and all other fuel and oil). Data are for Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II combined, Level III, and Levels I to III combined. Data on wages and salaries are expressed in thousands of dollars; on fuel and oil consumption, in thousands of litres; and, on fuel and oil expenses, in thousands of dollars.<br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Daily Climate Observations

Daily climate observations are derived from two sources of data. The first are Daily Climate Stations producing one or two observations per day of temperature, precipitation. The second are hourly stations that typically produce more weather elements e.g. wind or snow on ground. Only a subset of the total stations is shown due to size limitations. The criteria for station selection are listed as below. The priorities for inclusion are as follows: (1) Station is currently operational, (2) Stations with long periods of record, (3) Stations that are co-located with the categories above and supplement the period of record.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Canadian Land Data Assimilation System in the National Surface and River Prediction System [experimental]

CaLDAS-NSRPS was installed as an experimental system within the National Surface and River Prediction System (NSRPS) at Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) Canadian Centre for Meteorological and Environmental Prediction (CCMEP) in July 2019. CaLDAS-NSRPS is a continuous offline land-surface assimilation system, which provides analyses of the land surface every 3 h over the domain of the High-Resolution Deterministic Prediction System (HRDPS) at a 2.5 km grid spacing. The emphasis in CaLDAS-NSRPS is to focus upon the assimilation of satellite based remote sensing observations to provide the optimal initial conditions for the predictive components of the NSRPS, the High Resolution Deterministic/Ensemble Land Surface Prediction System (HRDLPS/HRELPS) and the Deterministic/Ensemble Hydrological Prediction Systems (DHPS/EHPS). CaLDAS-NSRPS is launched 4 times per day, at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
2022-23 Departmental Results Report

Departmental Results Reports (DRRs) are individual department and agency accounts of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and results set out in their respective Departmental Plans (DPs). DPs and DRRs make up Part III (the Departmental Expenditure Plans) of the Estimates publications.

Through DRRs, individual departments and agencies provide information on how they are progressing toward their strategic goals. DRRs cover the most recently completed fiscal year and are normally tabled in Parliament in the fall.

Organization: Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | Service canadien d'appui aux tribunaux administratifs
Remoteness Index Classifications

A geographical approach that uses distances to service regions and population information as the basis for quantifying service access and hence remoteness. A GIS road network analysis computes the minimum road driving distance and/or ferry travel time between the communities and the locations of essential services. Statistical procedures identify the significant variables necessary to measure remoteness as a single index of accessibility. GIS techniques are then used to produce an exhaustive coverage of remoteness/accessibility throughout the province and to derive a classification scheme as a framework for the dissemination and study of the remoteness results.

Organization: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | Gouvernment de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Long Term Climate Extremes, Daily Extremes of Records – Temperature

Anomalous weather resulting in Temperature and Precipitation extremes occurs almost every day somewhere in Canada. For the purpose of identifying and tabulating daily extremes of record for temperature, precipitation and snowfall, the Meteorological Service of Canada has threaded or put together data from closely related stations to compile a long time series of data for about 750 locations in Canada to monitor for record-breaking weather. Virtual Climate stations correspond with the city pages of weather.gc.ca. This data provides the daily extremes of record for Temperature for each day of the year. Daily elements include: High Maximum, Low Maximum, High Minimum, Low Minimum.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Long Term Climate Extremes, Virtual Climate Stations

A Virtual Climate station is the result of threading together climate data from proximate current and historical stations to construct a long term threaded data set. For the purpose of identifying and tabulating daily extremes of record for temperature, precipitation and snowfall, the Meteorological Service of Canada has threaded or put together data from closely related stations to compile a long time series of data for about 750 locations in Canada to monitor for record-breaking weather. The length of the time series of virtual stations is often greater than 100 years. A Virtual Climate station is always named for an “Area” rather than a point, e.g. Winnipeg Area, to indicate that the data are drawn from that area (within a 20km radius from the urban center) rather than a single precise location.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis of 24 hour amounts

The Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (RDPA) produces a best estimate of precipitation amounts that occurred over a period of 24 hours. The estimate integrates data from in situ precipitation gauge measurements, weather radar, satellite imagery and numerical weather prediction models. Geographic coverage is North America (Canada, United States and Mexico). Data is available at a horizontal resolution of 10 km. The 24 hour analysis is produced twice a day and is valid at 06 and 12 UTC. A preliminary analysis is available approximately 1 hour after the end of the accumulation period and a final one is generated 7 hours later in order to assimilate more gauge data.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis of 6 hour amounts

The Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (RDPA) produces a best estimate of precipitation amounts that occurred over a period of 6 hours. The estimate integrates data from in situ precipitation gauge measurements, weather radar, satellite imagery and numerical weather prediction models. Geographic coverage is North America (Canada, United States and Mexico). Data is available at a horizontal resolution of 10 km. The 6 hour analysis is produced 4 times a day and is valid at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A preliminary analysis is available approximately 1 hour after the end of the accumulation period and a final one is generated 7 hours later in order to assimilate more gauge data.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Regional Deterministic Wave Prediction System - Lake Ontario

The Regional Deterministic Wave Prediction System (RDWPS) produces wave forecasts out to 48 hours in the future using the third generation spectral wave forecast model WaveWatch III® (WW3). The model is forced by the 10 meters winds from the High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System (HRDPS). Over the Great Lakes, an ice forecast from the Water Cycle Prediction System of the Great Lakes (WCPS) is used by the model to attenuate or suppress wave growth in areas covered by 25% to 75% and more than 75% ice, respectively. Over the ocean, an ice forecast from the Regional Ice Ocean Prediction System (RIOPS) is used: in the Northeast Pacific, waves propagate freely for ice concentrations below 50%, above this threshold there is no propagation; in the Northwest Atlantic the same logic is used as in the Great Lakes. Forecast elements include significant wave height, peak period, partitioned parameters and others. This system includes several domains: Lake Superior, Lake Huron-Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Atlantic North-West and Pacific North-East.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Adverse reactions, medical device incidents and health product recalls in Canada: 2019 summary report

Each year, Health Canada receives thousands of reports of suspected adverse reactions (side effects) about drugs and natural health products and of suspected medical device incidents. These reports, captured through the Canada Vigilance Program, contribute to Health Canada’s post-market monitoring of health product safety. This page summarizes data on adverse reaction reports received by Health Canada during 2019 and key trends over the past 10 years. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Weather Radar - PRECIP-ET

The PRECIP-ET (PRECIPET on images) is an extension of the PRECIP product (hence the use of ET in the product name). Compared to the previous PRECIP product, the PRECIP-ET performs a suite of additional quality control (QC) tests and tracks issues better. For example, Doppler filters might be rejecting moderate ground echoes in a particular area and thus weak meteorological echoes would not be detectible. In this case, PRECIP-ET would flag the missing data area, whereas PRECIP would simply treat the area as no echoes. This additional quality treatment is why we have migrated to PRECIP-ET in 2013, to get an improved service. The PRECIP-ET image is designed to show the precipitation close to the ground, by using Doppler technology processing for echoes within 128 km from the radar site for the C-Band radars and 240 km for the new S-Band radars. Doppler technology allows for better resolution of the precipitation echoes and also provides the ability to detect the movement of precipitation in relation to the radar (i.e. are the raindrops or snowflakes moving towards or away from the radar and at what speed). Beyond this 128 km limit, the echoes are displayed using the more conventional CAPPI processing.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Guidance on distinction between advertising and other activities for health products: Overview

Health Canada recognizes that it is important for industry to disseminate non-promotional, accessible information on human and animal health products to health care professionals (HCPs) and the general public. Since advertising is for the purpose of promoting the sale of a health product, it is critical to determine whether the purpose of a message is to promote the sale of a health product or to provide information. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Canada Vigilance Program - Collecting and Assessing Adverse Reaction Reports

The Canada Vigilance Program collects and assesses reports of suspected adverse reactions to marketed health products in Canada, including prescription and non-prescription medications; natural health products; biologically derived products such as vaccines and fractionated blood products; cells, tissues and organs; radiopharmaceuticals; and disinfectants and sanitizers with disinfectant claims.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Clarification of section 4.3 (Regulatory Authority Sources) of the Reporting Adverse Reactions to Marketed Health Products - Guidance Document for Industry

The intent of this notice is to clarify Health Canada’s expectations with respect to the re-reporting of cases identified from the Canada Vigilance (CV) Online Database by Market Authorization Holders (MAHs). In particular, this clarifies section 4.3 of the May 2018 update to the Reporting Adverse Reactions to Marketed Health Products - Guidance Document for Industry.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Data extracts from the Canada Vigilance adverse reaction online database

The data set is updated on a monthly basis and currently covers the following time period: 1965 to 2023-10-31. The data extract is a series of compressed ASCII text files of the full data set contained in the Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database. It is intended for users who are familiar with database structures and setting up their own queries.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Briefing Package for the hearing before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Auditor General’s Spring 2024 Reports 2 to 4. March 19, 2024

Briefing Package for the hearing before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Auditor General’s Spring 2024 Reports 2 to 4. March 19, 2024

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada