AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Annual (2021) Statutory Report 

CIRNAC’s 2021 Annual report reviews the institution’s steps taken in the year to further Reconciliation and Indigenous self-determination. Due to submission deadlines, the 2021 report does not include data relating to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan.

Organization: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | Relations Couronne-Autochtones et Affaires du Nord Canada
Annual report to Parliament 2020-2021: Access to Information Act

The 2020-2021 Access to Information Act (ATIA) report ensures Canadians have access to records under federal control within certain limitations and exemptions. The ATIA report describes CIRNAC’s compliance with access to information legislation  and any developments in the department for improving responses to information requests. 

Organization: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | Relations Couronne-Autochtones et Affaires du Nord Canada
Toxicity of the pharmaceuticals finasteride and melengestrol acetate to the freshwater mussels Lampsilis siliquoidea and Lampsilis fasciola

The toxicity of pharmaceuticals finasteride (FIN) and melengestrol acetate (MGA) was assessed in freshwater mussels, including an acute (48 h) aqueous tests with glochidia from Lampsilis siliquoidea, a sub-chronic (14 days) sediment test with gravid female Lampsilis fasciola, and chronic (21 and 28 days) sediment tests with juvenile L. siliquoidea. Glochidia viability was assessed in the 48 hour test; behaviour and glochidia viability were assessed in the 14 day test; and survival and burial was assessed in the 21 and 28 day tests.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Major Ions and Acidifying Gases

Ambient air is sampled daily, with a nominal 24-hour sampling period, on a Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) sequential sample head located 10 meters above ground. Air is drawn through a three-stage filter pack consisting of 47-millimeter Teflon, nylon and cellulose filters. Particulate Cl-, NO3-, SO4=, NH4+, Na+, K+, Ca++ and Mg++ are collected on the Teflon filter, gaseous HNO3 and a small amount of SO2 are collected by the nylon filter, and gaseous SO2 and residual HNO3 are collected by the K2CO3-impregnated cellulose filter. Filter loadings determined by laboratory extraction and analysis are blank corrected and divided by calibrated sample air volume to get atmospheric concentration in micrograms per cubic meter at International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) standard temperature and pressure. The sampling and analysis methodology is described in Sirois and Fricke, 1992.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Canadian Historical Daily Snow Depth Database

This dataset includes historical observations of the daily depth of snow on the ground (daily climate element 013) made at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) sites by manual ruler or by a sonic sensor equipped autostations. The history of the ECCC daily snow depth observing program is provided in Brown et al. (2021) along with a detailed intercomparison of ruler and sonic sensor observations that showed manual observations typically reporting more snow than a nearby sonic sensor. The database includes a measurement method flag to differentiate between the two methods. This update extends the Canadian historical daily snow depth database (originally provided on the Canadian Snow CD in 2000) up to the end of the 2016/17 snow season. The same procedures were applied to fill missing values and QC data - see MSC (2000) and Brown and Braaten (1998). This latest update was carried out for snow seasons 2000/01 to 2016/17, where a snow season is defined as starting August 01 and ending July 31, and the data merged with the previous update made in 2004 covering the period up to snow season 2003/04. The 2000-2003 period was included in this update to take account of additional data in the ECCC climate archive that were unavailable in 2004. Daily snow depth data for the period after July 31, 2017 can be downloaded using the daily climate data extraction tool at the Canadian Centre for Climate Services (https://climate-change.canada.ca/climate-data/#/daily-climate-data).
Warning: The method used to reconstruct snow cover is likely to considerably underestimate snow depth
from underestimation of solid precipitation, and the assumption that fallen snow immediately attains a density
of 300 kg/m3 upon reaching the ground. Reconstructed snow depths are not considered reliable for data gaps
larger than ~14 days.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Assessment of benthic conditions in Jackfish Bay

Jackfish Bay was identified as an Area of Concern (AOC) in 1987 due to degraded water and sediment quality and environmental health, which included impairment to benthic communities. As part of the Great Lakes Action Plan, assessments of benthic conditions in the Jackfish Bay AOC have been conducted periodically since 2003. Using information from four assessment components – sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity, benthic community structure, and resident invertebrate contaminant bioaccumulation – overall and assessment component-specific conditions were determined. In 2011, the AOC was designated an Area in Recovery, obligating federal and provincial governments to implement a long-term plan to monitor recovery. The last assessment conducted in 2013 indicated continuing adverse conditions, particularly nearest to the mill effluent discharge. The current project (2019) supported the Jackfish Bay monitoring plan. The objectives of the 2019 study were to: 1) Determine whether conditions are significantly different from reference conditions and, if so, to what degree and spatial extent; 2) Evaluate whether benthic conditions in Jackfish Bay are improving over time.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Zebra mussel densities, shell free dry mass and sample site information in Lake Winnipeg 2017-2019

At offshore sites, triplicate Ponar grabs (0.052 m-2) of sediment were collected from the M/V Namao. At nearshore sites, sediment samples were collected from a smaller workboat using a Petite Ponar grab (0.023 m-2) at the 3 m depth contour. Total sampling effort varied across the three years owing to time and logistical constraints (see Supplemental Table S1 for additional detail).

Additional samples were collected at up to 18 shoreline sites (depths ranging from 0.2 - 1.0 m) around the lake in 2019. Depending on the type of substrate present, different sampling approaches were employed. For silt to gravel sized substrates, three to five 1 m long benthic kick-net (Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network; CABIN, 400 µm mesh) drags were utilized. For cobble to rock sized substrate, three to five 0.25 m2 quadrats were placed randomly on the lake bed and up to five individual rocks were removed. All live mussels were removed from the rocks (when present) using a paint scraper. A sheet of tinfoil (Handi-foil®; PN 51805, standard foil wrap) was placed over the surface area of the rock and excess foil trimmed away. The foil was carefully cleaned of debris, folded and placed in a Ziploc® bag for later weighing. The weight of foil for each sampled rock was determined gravimetrically (to nearest 0.01 g) using a laboratory balance and converted to surface area using the relationship FoilArea (cm2) = 305.73*FoilWeight(g) (r2 = 0.99, df = 8) derived from a model-II regression of foil mass and area measurements of foil squares cut from the same roll of foil in the laboratory. For boulder to bedrock size substrates, a 0.01 m2 wire quadrat was placed at up to five randomly selected locations and all mussels within the wire quadrat were removed. The percentage of hard substrate present at each site was determined to the nearest 10%, and the percent rock, rock surface area, and rock bottom area were used to normalize densities per m2 of lake-bottom, following Bailey et al. (1995).

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Erosion potential of dynamic ice breakup in Lower Athabasca River. Part I: Field measurements and initial quantification

The EXCEL workbooks contained in this dataset primarily contain temporal variations of the water surface elevation (water level) at 12 locations situated along the lower Athabasca River during the 2013 spring ice breakup. This information was obtained using portable pressure (and occasionally temperature) loggers, inserted in robust casing designed to survive large water- and ice-induced forces. Such forces are generated by stationary or moving ice sheets and blocks as well as by sharp river waves that often accompany ice jam releases. Prolonged time periods of constant water level signify that the sensors were above water, recording atmospheric pressure and air temperature, where applicable.

Detailed information regarding this dataset can be found in the following publication:

Beltaos, S., Carter, T., Rowsell, R., and DePalma, S.G.S. 2018. Erosion potential of dynamic ice breakup in Lower Athabasca River. Part I: Field measurements and initial quantification. Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 149: 16-28.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Saskatoon's Monthly Precipitation Quantity and its Stable Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Data from 1990 to present

This dataset is part of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) project and contains the total monthly precipitation quantity in millimeters collected on the roof of the National Hydrology Research Centre in Saskatoon, SK and its stable oxygen (δ18O) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotope ratios data from June 1990 to January 2020. Up until 2013, a MSC copper rain gauge, modified to hold a HDPE bottle containing a thin layer of paraffin oil to prevent evaporation collected the summer precipitation. Summer precipitation collection from 2013 onward used a Palmex integrator. A plastic 20 L bucket emptied after each snow event collected the winter precipitation until 2015 when we switched to a MSC Nipher shielded snow gauge. To determine the quantity, the collected precipitation was weigh at the beginning of each month. The precipitation’s ratios of stable oxygen (δ18O) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotopes was determined using the IAEA GNIP manual. IAEA. Statistical treatment of data on environmental isotopes in precipitation. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency; 1992. (Technical Series Report; 331).

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
National Research Council Canada - Open Science Action Plan

In 2020, the federal Office of the Chief Science Advisor issued the Roadmap for Open Science, which outlined core principles and 10 recommendations to guide Open Science activities in Canada. The recommendations call for a phased and incremental adoption of Open Science approaches, which apply to all federally funded scientific and research outputs. Since a number of recommendations require direct action by federal science-based departments and agencies, science departments were asked to develop a responsive action plan articulating specific commitments and goals that respond to the Roadmap’s recommendations. This document outlines the NRC’s commitments and actions.

Organization: National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Physiographic Regions of Canada

Canada’s landmass is very diversified and comprises 7 distinctive areas called physiographic regions, each of which has its own unique topography and geology. Physiographic regions are large areas that share similar relief and landforms shaped by common geomorphic processes and geological history. Physiographic regions are often used to describe Canada’s geography to show regional differences in climate, vegetation, population and the economy.  
  
  This dataset collection contains three interrelated datasets mapping the location of Canada’s 7 different physiographic regions, their 21 subregions and many divisions (landforms).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Protection within the Communication System Quantitative Research Report 2015/2017

In order to report on its performance against the Protect pillar, the CRTC requires reliable trend data on the "Percentage of Canadians who consider that the CRTC is taking measures to enhance their safety and protection in the communication system" (the performance indicator).  The initial survey took place in 2015.  

The questions posed in 2015 were replicated in this latest survey using the same methodology in order to be able to measure changes in public opinion over time. Two additional new survey questions were also posed.

The survey was conducted by Environics Research Group and is based on 1,000 telephone interviews conducted from February 6 to 12, 2017. The sampling method was designed to complete 1,000 interviews with the target audience of Canadians 18 years of age and over living in private households. The sample was stratified across regions to ensure meaningful data and analysis across the province. The data are statistically weighted to ensure the sample is as representative of this population as possible (region, gender and age) according to the most recently available Census information. The margin of error for a sample of 1,000 is +/- 3.1 percentage points, in 19 out of 20 samples (margin of error is greater for subgroups). 


Organization: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes
Vector Digital Topographic Map - VMap1, 1945 -1996

The VMap1 collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards.  
  
  VMap1 is a vector digital topographic reference product developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and The Department of National Defence (DND). VMap1 complies with international military specifications vector map, level 1. There are 24 VMap1 libraries covering the Canadian territory. The National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) at scale of 1:250 000 is the main source used to populate the Canadian VMap1 Libraries. Administrative Boundaries from Statistics Canada are used to add international borders, provincial and Indian reserve limits. NRCan paper maps at scale of 1:250 000 and the information in the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) are used to capture the names. The JOG (Joint Operations Graphic) paper maps were used by DND for the production of libraries 37, 38 and 66. Topographic features mainly from the NTDB have not been updated. VMap1 is published once and no product revision is planned.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Peak Season Leaf Area Index of Canada from Medium Resolution Satellite Imagery

Leaf area index (LAI) quantified the density of vegetation irrespective of land cover.  LAI quantifies the total foliage surface area per groud surface area.  LAI has been identified by the Global Climate Observing System as an essential climate variable required for ecosystem,weather and climate modelling and monitoring.  This product consists of annual maps of the maximum LAI during a grownig season (June-July-August)  at 100m resolution covering Canada's land mass.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Peak Season Fraction of Vegetation Cover of Canada from Medium Resolution Satellite Imagery

FCOVER corresponds to the amount of the ground surface that is covered by vegetation, including the understory, when viewed vertically (from nadir).  FCOVER is an indicator of the spatial extent of vegetation independent of land cover class. It is a dimensionless quantity that varies from 0 to 1, and as an intrinsic property of the canopy, is not dependent on satellite observation conditions.This product consists of FCOVER indicator during peak-season (June-July-August)  at 100m resolution covering Canada's land mass.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Parole Board of Canada Annual Report on the Administration of the Access to Information Act

The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens and corporations the right to have access to federal government records, subject to certain specific exceptions. The Act complements but does not replace other procedures for obtaining government information. It is not intended to limit in any way the access to government information that is normally available to the public upon request.

These annual reports on the administration of the Access to Information Act describe how the Parole Board of Canada has fulfilled its responsibilities under the Access to Information Act during each fiscal year beginning April 1 and ending March 31.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada | Commission des libérations conditionnelles du Canada
Notice to Interested Parties - Mandatory Notification of Drug Shortages

Drug shortages are a complex and pressing global issue with serious implications for the health and well-being of Canadians.  Sudden or prolonged disruptions in the availability of a product can have serious and/or life-threatening consequences for patients.  It is only through the availability of timely, comprehensive, and reliable information that stakeholders across the healthcare system can make the decisions necessary to help mitigate and prevent the impacts of shortages.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Prescription status of edaravone and personal importation: Notice of update

Organizations and the provinces/territories continue to make progress in the marketing and reimbursement of edaravone (brand name Radicava). Currently, all provinces with the exception of Prince Edward Island (PEI) have updated their drug formularies to include edaravone for public reimbursement. The territories are still in the process of establishing full coverage.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Notice: Health Canada and United States Food and Drug Administration Joint Public Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) Guidelines 

Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are holding joint public consultation meetings on International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) guidelines currently under development. The aim of this initiative is to hold public consultation meetings prior to each bi-annual ICH face-to-face meeting, in order to seek input on certain regulatory aspects that could be beneficial for the harmonisation of ICH guidelines.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Notice: Clarifications Regarding Access to Restricted Drugs through the Special Access Program (SAP)

Drugs are authorized for sale in Canada once they have successfully gone through the drug review process, which includes the assessment of the safety, efficacy and quality of the drug. However, Health Canada's SAP allows practitioners to request access to drugs that are not available in Canada for the emergency treatment of patients with serious or life-threatening conditions who have exhausted other treatment options.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Notice: Revision to the Guidance Document: Management of Drug Submissions and Applications

Health Canada is revising the Guidance Document entitled: The Management of Drug Submissions and Applications (MDSA). This document provides sponsors and Health Canada staff of the Therapeutic Products Directorate, the Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate, the Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate (Non-Prescription Drugs Evaluation Division), and the Marketed Health Products Directorate with operational direction and guidance regarding the way in which drug submissions, applications or post-market documents submitted to Health Canada are managed. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Notice to stakeholders: Harmonizing fludeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) product monographs

Health Canada recommends modified wording for the indications and clinical uses of fludeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) products in their product monographs. The modified wording aims to bring the indications and clinical uses for F-18 FDG up-to-date and harmonize the product monographs in this regard. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Updated: Notice - Notification of Safety Labelling Changes to the Product Monographs of Pharmaceutical Drug Products

Health Canada will continue to post a monthly table on the Department website which reflects updated and/or new safety information in PMs of brand name pharmaceutical drug products (those regulated under Division 8 of the Food and Drug Regulations only).  This table will identify the section of the PM that was updated pursuant to a Supplement to an (Abbreviated) New Drug Submission (S(A)NDS).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guide to distributing drugs intended for the Canadian market for consumption or use outside Canada (GUI-0145)

Health Canada is responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. This is done, in part, by our commitment and actions to help protect the Canadian drug supply, thus ensuring that people in Canada have access to the drugs they need when they need them. Health Canada expects stakeholders across the drug supply chain to make business decisions that keep in mind the stability of the Canadian drug supply. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Tax-Free Savings Account Statistics 2021 Edition (2019 tax year)

The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) statistics tables present data based on all of the individual records and summary returns sent by financial institutions (issuers) to the CRA for the 2019 tax year. The reports contain three tables. The data in the tables are taken from the tax year which is typically published two years after the tax year ends.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
What you need to know about customs controlled areas

An information sheet with answers to common questions about Customs Controlled Area (CCA) spaces.

*What is a Customs Controlled Area?
*What is the purpose of the CCA?
*What are the obligations of a traveller or employee in a CCA?
*What authorities do CBSA officers have in CCAs?
*How will I know when I am in a CCA?
*How do CCA's affect the rights and freedoms of travellers and employees?
*How will the CBSA continue to respect travellers' rights?
*What kind of complain or recourse mechanism is available?

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada
Current Border Wait Times

Estimated border wait times (commercial and travellers flow) for the busiest Canada Border Services Agency land border crossings.  

Note: The CBSA’s Border Wait Times dataset contain data intended for travellers entering Canada. A US-bound border wait times dataset is available from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Please visit the U.S. [C.B.P.’s wait times application](https://bwt.cbp.gov/index.html) and [help file](https://bwt.cbp.gov/Content/bwt_help.pdf) on accessing their dataset.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada
T2 Corporate Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Statistics (2012 – 2018 tax years)

The SR&ED statistical tables provide key tax and accounting information as of September 30, 2020. The tables include some information from all T2 returns that were assessed or reassessed for corporations with tax years ending in years 2012 to 2018. 

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada