AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Land cover mapping of lake Brome using Landsat-ETM and RADARSAT-1 imagery, 2007

Land use classification on the basis of multidate Landsat-ETM and Radarsat-1 images. Classification is based on the segmentation of images into objects using Definiens Earth software (formerly eCognition©). Object-oriented classification combines fuzzy logic, based on spectral, spatial and contextual properties (statistical functions of belonging), and, as a last resort, the manual identification of objects when automatic classification performs less well for certain objects. Targeted land use classes include agriculture (annual and perennial), the road system (expressways, roads, forest roads), the water system (permanent and non-permanent waterways and non-permanent ponds under forest cover), wetlands, urban areas, and forests. Top-to-bottom multiscale classification, reflecting an approach developed by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Division, in the context of the Canadian Wetlands Inventory (CWI), has been adapted for land use purposes. The methodological details of this classification approach were published in Grenier et al. 2007.

Grenier, M., Demers, A.-M., Labrecque, S., Benoit, M., Fournier R., and Drolet B. 2007. An object-oriented method to map wetland using RADARSAT-1 and Landsat-ETM images: test case on two sites in Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, Suppl. 1, pp. S28-S45.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Conservation Atlas of Woodlands in Agricultural Landscape

The highly diversified agriculture practised in Quebec in the past has been gradually replaced by more specialized agricultural practices and large-scale production. These changes have resulted in the disappearance of a significant portion of the woodlands that formerly were part of the agricultural landscape of southern Quebec. 

It is becoming increasingly clear that these woodlands performed a number of highly important ecological and agronomic functions within the larger ecosystem, while ensuring the survival of indigenous plant and animal species in the agricultural landscape. It follows that conserving the woodland islands that remain is of the utmost importance, particularly in the sectors of Quebec where agriculture has been practiced intensively in recent decades. 

In recent years, the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada has responded to the challenge of maintaining biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems by developing a Conservation Atlas of Woodlands in the Agricultural Landscape, the primary purpose of which is to determine the status of woodlands and forest fragmentation in southern Quebec. The Atlas also reflects the knowledge acquired to date on the use of these habitats by birds (many species of which are highly vulnerable to landscape fragmentation) and, as such, will complement the information already available on the presence of animal and plant species and will serve as a decision-making tool for managers and conservation groups in the region.

Woodland polygons are derived from Landsat-TM5 satellite image classifications from 1993 and 1994, upon which the boundaries of regional county municipalities and the outlines of Quebec’s potential agriculture zone have been superimposed. RCM boundaries are derived from the administrative boundary file (FILA, updated 1996) of the Ministère des ressources naturelles du Québec, with a scale of 1: 250,000).

Attributes description is available here: \\int.ec.gc.ca\sys\InGEO\GW\EC1142ProtAreas_AiresProt\Q
C_SCF\Habitats\Boisé\Atlas_des_boisés

Polygons with a surface area of less than one hectare have been eliminated and contours have been smoothed out. 


Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Germination and growth data for black spruce in different ground cover types (Sphagnum spp. and feather mosses)

This dataset is associated with the article by Marine Pacé, Nicole J. Fenton, David Paré and Yves Bergeron entitled "Differential effects of feather and Sphagnum spp. mosses on black spruce germination and growth". It includes data of black spruce germination (greenhouse), seedling growth (0 to 6 months, greenhouse) and sapling growth (2-3 years, greenhouse and field, 49°44’N, 79°17’W). Seeds, seedlings and saplings were subjected to different treatments: 3 types of ground cover (bare soil, feather mosses, Sphagnum spp. mosses), different levels of fertilization, and different levels of shade above the moss layer. The dataset also contains information on the chemical composition (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, cation base) of the first centimeters of soil below the moss layer (data for greenhouse and field experiments).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Open Government Consultation Data: 2017-18 Get Involved Questionnaire

This dataset includes qualitative and quantitative responses from 8212 participants in a 19-question questionnaire that was available via open.canada.ca from October 2017 to March 2018. The questionnaire was conducted as the first part of engagement leading to the creation of Canada’s 4th plan on open government. This is part of Canada’s membership in the Open Government Partnership. 

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Main Estimates 2018-19

Part I of the Estimates process is the Government Expenditure Plan. It provides a summary and highlights of year-over-year changes in departmental spending and transfer payments in order to provide perspective on the major issues influencing government planned spending. Part II is the Main Estimates, known traditionally as the “Blue Book.” It directly supports the appropriation acts for the Main Estimates. The publication provides a listing of the resources required by individual departments and agencies for the upcoming fiscal year in order to deliver the programs for which they are responsible. It identifies the spending authorities (votes) and the amounts to be included in subsequent appropriation bills that Parliament will be asked to approve to enable the government to proceed with its spending plans

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
25Mbps Broadband service availability – Urban vs. rural (% of households), by province and territory, 2016

This table shows the percentage of Canadian households in large, medium, and small population centres, as well as in rural areas, that can access 25 Mbps broadband services in each province and territory.
Small population centres are considered to have populations of between 1,000 and 29, 000. Medium population centres are considered to have populations of between 30,000 and 99,999.  Large population centres are considered to have populations greater than 100,000. Rural areas have populations of less than 1,000 or fewer than 400 people per square kilometre.  

Broadband availability includes services delivered through fixed wireless technology. Actual availability may be restricted by capacity limitations in the network, topography and interference from structures and vegetation. As such, the figures should be considered a best possible availability estimate.

Satellite services are excluded since they have a national footprint. 


Organization: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes
Official Language obligations of federal offices as of 2016-03-31

This dataset provides information on the language obligations of offices for 185 federal institutions subject to Part IV of the Official Languages Act and the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations. 

"Language obligations" refers to the obligation of an office to communicate with and provide services to the public in English, in French or in both official languages. The obligations of offices are reviewed periodically, and the information contained in this dataset is current only as of March 31, 2016. 

This list excludes offices that are outside Canada, offices of Canada Post, routes, and some for security reasons (e.g., the Canadian Security Intelligence Service). 

The contact information of institutions (addresses, telephone numbers) is not updated instantaneously. Persons using this information should visit the institution’s website for up-to-date contact information. 


Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
RADAR data - TO2015 Pan and Parapan American Games

The main radar covering the Toronto Area is the King City Doppler Dual-Polarization C-Band radar (43.96388, -79.57416).  Other nearby radars include the Exeter Doppler C-Band radar (43.37027,-81.38416) and the Buffalo Doppler Dual-Polarization S-Band radar (42.94889,-78.73667) from the United States.

Though the primary radar for the project is the King City radar, the raw data from all three radars are included in their native format (IRIS or Nexrad Level 2) and are intended for radar specialists. The data is available from May 1 2015 to Sept 30 2015.  The scan strategy for each radar is different, with at least 10 minute scan cycles or better.  The user should consult with a radar specialist for more details.

Reflectivity and radial velocity images (presented as a pair) for the lowest elevation angle (0.5o) centred on a 128 km x 128 km box around from the King City radar are provided for general use.  Besides their normal use as precipitation observations, they are particularly useful to identify Lake Breezes as weak linear reflectivity and as radial velocity discontinuity features for the entire period.  The target providing the radar returns are insects. Analysis indicates the presence of Lake Breezes on 118 days, only 35 days did not have any kind of lake breeze-like features. 

Daily movies have been created.  The format of the single images is PNG and the movies is an animated GIF.

The data is organized by radar and by day in the following structure.

The raw data is organized in the following directory structure:
RADAR -> <WKR|WSO|BUF> -> YYYY -> YYYYMM -> YYYYMMDD; where YYYY is the appropriate year (always 2015), MM is the month, DD is the day.

The images are organized as:
RADAR -> QUICKLOOK -> YYYY -> YYYYMM -> YYYYMMDD; where YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day.  The movies are located in the YYYYMMDD folders and are named as YYYYMMDD_movie.gif

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
T1 Final Statistics 2017 Edition (2015 tax year)

The 2017 edition of the Final Statistics presents data based on 2015 tax year returns filed and processed up to June 30, 2017. The most recent assessment is used to compile the statistics. As a result, for returns that have been reassessed, the most current reassessed values are used to prepare the tables. All of the statistics in this publication are subject to revision. 

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Individual Tax Statistics by Forward Sortation Area (FSA) − 2017 Edition (2015 tax year)

Individual Tax Statistics by Forward Sortation Area data present personal income tax data based on forward sortation areas. The statistics are compiled by province and territory, as well as for all of Canada. These data tables provide income statistics, Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) statistics, Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) credit statistics, Child Care Benefit (CCB) statistics by specific geographic area, income range, source of income, age and sex for the 2015 tax year. Individual Tax Statistics by Forward Sortation Area data are also published on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website. Please consult the CRA website for an explanation of changes that have been incorporated to these tables.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Canada Child Benefit Statistics - 2016-2017 Benefit Year

The Canada child benefit (CCB) statistics presents data based on the information that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) collected and processed for all individual recipients for the 2016–2017 benefit year which covers the period from July 2016 to June 2017.  The reports contain three tables providing data by province or territory, family net income, marital status, and number of children.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Individual Tax Statistics by Area (ITSA) (Tax Year 2015)

Individual Tax Statistics by Area data present personal income tax data based on geographic area. The statistics are compiled by province and territory, as well as for all of Canada. The tables provide income and taxation statistics by specific geographic area, tax status classification, total income class, source of income class, and sex. The Individual Tax Statistics by Area publication for the 2015 tax year is comprised of four tables compiled from the Income Tax and Benefit Returns processed for the 2015 tax year. The dollar amount fields contain the most recent tax year assessment or reassessment information of all 2015 tax returns assessed up to June 30, 2017. Individual Tax Statistics by Area data are also published on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website. Please consult the CRA website for an explanation of changes that have been incorporated to these tables.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury: Fish Biological and Chemical Data

Annual fish monitoring data for 20 lakes across Canada. Collection season was standardized to provide temporal comparability within each lake. In most lakes, fishing occurred in the fall. Predator fish were limited to trout, pike or walleye, to facilitate spatial comparisons.  Ten to twenty top predator fish were targeted per lake. In cases where population/conservation concerns existed, only ten fish were taken. Prey fish were also collected; ten to twenty individuals of a single species that the top predator was known to eat. A range of fish sizes were targeted wherever possible. Physical parameters recorded include species, length, weight, age and sex. Predator fish (fillet and/or whole body samples) and prey fish (whole body samples only) were analysed for mercury, metals, and stable isotopes.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Clean Air Regulatory Agenda Freshwater Inventory and Surveillance of Mercury (CARA FISHg)

Environmental quality data from water, fish and sediments in 20 lakes across Canada. Measurements include mercury, methylmercury, physical-chemical parameters such as pH and alkalinity, stable isotopes, fish biological data, nutrients, ions, and metals. The data collection includes sites with a period of record ranging from one year to eight years, starting in 2008. Fish analysed at each site include at least one top predator species and one prey species. 

The national CARA FISHg network was a sub-project of the Ecological Risk Mapping Project under the Clean Air Regulatory Agenda’s Mercury Science Program. Its goal was to systematically monitor levels of mercury in freshwater fish and aquatic ecosystems to identify changes in mercury concentrations over time. In most cases, lakes were sampled once per year in the fall.  Exposure lakes were sampled near Canadian point source atmospheric mercury emissions.  Background lakes, far from known local emissions sources, were chosen to assess the influence of global versus Canadian atmospheric mercury emissions on fish mercury levels.  Where possible, exposure and background lakes were chosen that had no watershed connectivity to other lakes or to large river systems, no stocked fish, and no runoff/land-based mercury inputs.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Federal Electoral District Tax Statistics (FEDS) (Tax Year 2015)

Federal Electoral District Statistics data present personal income tax data based on federal electoral districts. The statistics are compiled by province and territory, as well as for all of Canada. These data tables provide income statistics, Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) statistics, Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) credit statistics, Child Care Benefit (CCB) statistics by specific geographic area, income range, source of income, age and sex for the 2015 tax year. Federal Electoral District Tax Statistics data are also published on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website. Please consult the CRA website for an explanation of changes that have been incorporated to these tables.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
T2 Corporate Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Statistics (2010 – 2014 tax years)

The SR&ED statistical tables provide key tax and accounting information as of December 31, 2017. The tables include some information from all T2 returns that were assessed or reassessed for corporations with tax years ending in years 2010 to 2014. These tables are to be released yearly.

Organization: Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada
Tabled Expenditure Authorities

Expenditure authorities are approvals from Parliament for individual government organizations to spend up to specific amounts. Expenditure authority from Parliament is provided in two ways: (1) annual appropriation acts that specify the amounts and broad purposes for which funds can be spent; and (2) other specific statutes that authorize payments and set out the amounts and time periods for those payments.

An organization's expenditure authority received through appropriation acts may be supplemented by allocations from Treasury Board Central Votes 5, 10, 15, 25, 30 and 33.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Horizontal business innovation and clean technology review statistical tables

These statistical tables are one of the results from a project undertaken by Statistics Canada on behalf of the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) in support of the Horizontal Innovation and Clean Technology Review. They were produced from program data provided by 22 federal government departments and Crown corporations and their subsequent integration into Statistics Canada’s Linkable File Environment (LFE), which comprises a large number of administrative and survey data linked at the enterprise level. More than 430,000 individual records were collected, from 98 program streams over the 2007-2016 period. Program streams were also grouped in seven aggregate categories: grants, repayable contributions, non-repayable contributions, conditional repayable contributions, financing, government performed services and other. Program recipients at the enterprise level (whether for-profit or public entities) were matched to Statistics Canada’s Business Register (BR), which contains all active enterprises in Canada, and then linked to the LFE using both deterministic (Business Numbers) and probabilistic techniques. A high match rate was achieved, representing 89.4% of all records and 96.6% of funds, corresponding to 88,415 unique recipient enterprises over the reference period. Relevant data for these enterprises, such as financial and employment variables, industry, location, profit and exporter status, were then extracted from the LFE.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Canada Mosaic - RADARSAT-2

This is a Mosaic of Canada which is made from 121 images captured by Canadian satellite RADARSAT-2. These images were acquired from May 1, 2013 to June 1, 2013. The color variation represents the changes in soil texture, roughness and the level of soil moisture. (Credit:  RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2013) - All Rights Reserved. RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency.)

Organization: Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Expenditures by Standard Object - Quarterly Financial Report

Using Quarterly Financial Reports (QFR), this table presents net budgetary expenditures by standard object (including voted and statutory expenditures) for the quarter and year-to-date for each organization that produces a QFR. Data from the previous fiscal year is also presented for comparison.


Quarterly financial reports (QFR) for departments and agencies consist of financial tables comparing planned and actual expenditures for both the quarter and year-to-date as well as comparative information for the preceding fiscal year. Each report includes spending authorities granted through the Main and Supplementary Estimates as well as any allotment transfers approved by Treasury Board that have become available for use by the institution at the end of the quarter.


Notes:

- QFRs may revise estimates of statutory expenditures related to plans previously published in the Estimates documents.

- Internal and external revenues, reflected as negative expenditures, are provided for information.


All figures presented reflect information published in the Departmental and Agency Quarterly Financial Reports, although totals may not match or agree with those presented in these documents due to rounding. In cases where machinery of government changes (such as the merging or elimination of organizations) have occurred, the data has not been adjusted. 

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Statement of Authorities - Quarterly Financial Report

Using Quarterly Financial Reports (QFR), this table presents net budgetary authorities and expenditures by vote and statutory item for the quarter and year-to-date for each organization that produces a QFR. Data from the previous fiscal year is also presented for comparison.


Quarterly financial reports (QFR) for departments and agencies consist of financial tables comparing planned and actual expenditures for both the quarter and year-to-date as well as comparative information for the preceding fiscal year. Each report includes spending authorities granted through the Main and Supplementary Estimates as well as any allotment transfers approved by Treasury Board that have become available for use by the institution at the end of the quarter.


Note that QFRs may revise estimates of statutory expenditures related to plans previously published in the Estimates documents.


All figures presented reflect information published in Departmental and Agency Quarterly Financial Reports, although totals may not match or agree with those presented in these documents due to rounding. In cases where machinery of government changes (such as the merging or elimination of organizations) have occurred, the data has not been adjusted. 

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada