AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Energy Use Data Handbook Tables 1990-2013 (Canada) - Industrial Sector

The aggregate energy use data presented for the industrial sector are taken from Statistics Canada’s Report on Energy Supply-Demand in Canada (RESD) 
(Cat. No. 57-003-X). The RESD contains data derived primarily from Statistics Canada surveys of energy distributors and end-users as well as administrative records received by Statistics Canada. Such data are then supplemented with data from the National Energy Board and various energy-producing provinces. The major energy survey used for the industrial sector is the Industrial Consumption of Energy (ICE) survey (Cat. No. 57-505-X).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for the year ended 31 March 2019

This report provides information on travel, hospitality, and conference expenditures for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2019, except for information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Lake Winnipeg Water Temperature 2007

Water temperature data were collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada at selected locations in Lake Winnipeg.Thermograph moorings were deployed in the north basin at station 505 and 506, in the south basin at station 500, in the Lake Winnipeg Narrows at station 502, northwest of Berens Island at station 503 and north of Reindeer Island at station 504. This data was used in the hydrodynamic Estuary, Lake and Coastal Model (ELCOM) to predict water movement patterns and then coupled with the Computational Aquatic Ecosystem Dynamics Model (CAEDYM) to predict response to potential nutrient loading reduction actions to improve water quality in Lake Winnipeg.

Supplemental Information

Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative

Lake Winnipeg is the sixth largest lake in Canada with the second largest watershed reaching from Ontario to Alberta to Minnesota and North Dakota. It supports a $25 million commercial fishing industry and a $110 million recreation and tourism industry. Excessive sources of phosphorus and nitrogen have resulted in increased toxic cyanobacteria blooms. This initiative allows for science to assess nutrient cycling and pathways, develop models to predict and manage nutrient loads, and monitor water quality and the biological community. In order to foster the long term sustainability of Lake Winnipeg, the Government of Canada has funded the initiative through the Action Plan for Clean Water.

For more information please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/water-overview/comprehensive-approach-clean/lake-winnipeg.html

And https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/water-overview/comprehensive-approach-clean/lake-winnipeg/reports-publications/basin-initiative.html 

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Environment Canada Streamflow Data, 1860-

1. Provides public access to real-time instantatenous streamflow collected at over 1800 active locations in Canada. These data are collected under a national program jointly administered under federal-provincial and federal-territorial cost-sharing agreements; 2. Provides public access to archived daily streamflow for stations of interest using search criteria. These data include: daily and monthly mean, max and min of flow. For some sites, annual peaks and extremes are also recorded. Archived streamflow data are disseminated online; 3. Provides public access to a MS Access database file containing archived daily streamflow that users can download to their desktop. These data include: daily and monthly mean, max and min of flow. For some sites, annual peaks and extremes are also recorded. MS Access file is updated quarterly; 4. Provides public access to streamflow statistics for stations of interest using search criteria.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Mesonet Automated Land Stations Observations - TO2015 Pan and Parapan American Games

Environment and Climate Change Canada added 40 compact stations, 10 ATMOS stations and 3 standard automated MSC Auto8 stations to the existing networks to form a high-resolution monitoring system across southern Ontario known as the Mesonet. These stations provided both high-density spacing and high-frequency minute-by-minute observations. Standard meteorological variables were reported—atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, temperature and precipitation amounts—as well as a new element recorded by a black globe thermometer, used in the evaluation of heat stress on the human body.

The new automated surface weather stations were configured to report every minute, a sharp departure from the standard hourly reporting. The minute-by-minute reporting was successfully implemented at all 53 new automated weather stations in the Mesonet.

All data in these datasets are essentially ‘raw’, having undergone only minimal automated Quality Control (QC) (manual QC of the ATMOS Mesonet data will be posted to the Science Showcase section of the Legacy Archive, when available). The user is referred to an additional Instrumentation Metadata XLS file posted with the Datasets that describes specific data issues that the users must be aware of before using the datasets.

Site photos for all 53 weather stations are available from the Legacy Archive Data Contact.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Anthropogenic disturbances across the Canadian boreal ecosystem collected from 2008 to 2010 Landsat imagery  Gridded to a 1km resolution .

The generation of geospatial thematic information for managing and monitoring Canada's boreal ecosystem is essential for researchers, land managers, and policy makers. Canada's boreal region is a vast mosaic of forests, wetlands, rivers and lakes, but anthropogenic disturbances have impacted these ecosystems resulting in habitat loss, fragmentation and threats to biodiversity. Across Canada various geospatial datasets representing anthropogenic disturbance exist for timber harvesting, hydro-electric activity, settlement and oil &amp; gas activities; however, these products often vary in scale, attributes, time period, and mapping technique. Driven by the need for national data as part of the 2011 boreal caribou science assessment, a standardized methodology was developed and implemented to create a single geospatial dataset representing anthropogenic disturbances across a significant portion of Canada's boreal ecosystem. The boreal ecosystem anthropogenic disturbances  BEAD  data is a vector disturbance dataset of individual linear and polygonal disturbance types that were manually collected through the interpretation of 2008 to 2010 Landsat imagery at a 1:50,000 viewing scale. Summary results identified a total polygonal anthropogenic disturbance footprint of approximately 24 million ha with forest cutblocks accounting for more than 60 % of mapped polygonal disturbance. Linear disturbance features across the boreal total approximately 600,000 km with roads and seismic exploration lines contributing to more than 80 % of the mapped linear disturbances. For distribution and use by the public the data was gridded to a 1km resolution product that can easily be incorporated into a wide variety of applications. Each disturbance type was gridded as the total per km2  km2 / km2 for polygonal disturbances and km / km2 for linear disturbances . This product consists of 19 individual raster layers - 16 representing different disturbance types, along with layers representing the total linear and total polygonal disturbances separately and a binary mask layer defining all cells that contain disturbance values

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The data collection contains datasets that track water quality within Canada. The Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality is below the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem. Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when substances in a river are very rarely measured above their guidelines. Conversely, water quality is rated poor when measurements are usually above their guidelines, sometimes by a wide margin. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.


Supplemental Information

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page: 

https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators 

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Air Pollutant Emissions Indicators - Total particulate matter emissions by source, Canda, 1990 to 2012

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators  CESI  program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Air Pollutant Emissions indicators track the total emissions of key air pollutants from anthropogenic  human-related  sources. These air pollutants are sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, ammonia, carbon monoxide, total particulate matter, respirable particulate matter and fine particulate matter. For each air pollutant, the indicators are provided at the national level. They also identify the major sources of emissions and provide links to the detailed information on air pollutant emissions from facilities. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See supplementary documentation for data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Ice Thickness Program Collection

The Ice Thickness Program Collection contains ice thickness and snow depth measurements for 195 sites. Sites such as Eureka and Resolute have ice thickness records that go as far back as 1947. Record length varies from station to station with some of the Arctic stations exceeding 50 years of observations.

Measurements are taken at approximately the same location every year on a weekly basis, starting after freeze-up when the ice is safe to walk on, and continuing until break-up or when the ice becomes unsafe. The location is selected close to shore, but over a depth of water which will exceed the maximum ice thickness.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Pollution Prevention Planning Notices

Pollution Prevention (P2) Planning Notices published in the Canada Gazette under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) legally require persons subject to the Notice to prepare and implement a pollution prevention plan in respect of a specified substance(s).

Environment and Climate Change Canada receives P2 Notice reports which contain information on the P2 plans implemented by facilities as well as the results achieved. Information submitted is publicly available except for parts where confidentiality requests were accepted. 

The data for each P2 Planning Notice listed alphabetically below is provided in a csv format.

Note that reports received for active P2 Planning Notices are searchable via the Online Search of the P2 Planning Reporting Tool.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Pacific Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias fannini) Conservation Regions, British Columbia

This spatial file includes the polygon boundaries of the four Pacific Great Blue Heron Conservation Regions in British Columbia, as described in the management plan. These Conservation Regions are recognized based on degree of isolation, population sizes, and differences in trends and threats. The management objective for Pacific Great Blue Heron is to ensure that all four Conservation Regions have stable or locally increasing numbers of herons.

Refer to the "Management Plan for the Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies (Ardea herodias fannini) in Canada" on the SARA Regristry for more information.

The Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies (Ardea herodias fannini, also known as the Pacific Great Blue Heron) has been assessed as a species of Special Concern in Canada (COSEWIC 2008) and has been listed on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act since 2010. Canada holds approximately half the global population of the Pacific Great Blue Heron. 

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Protected Habitat Indicators - Protected area by IUCN category, Canada, 2013

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators  CESI  program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Protected Areas indicators report the amount and proportion of Canada's land and freshwater and marine area that is recognized as protected under the international definition of a protected area as "a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values". Land and/or water access, use and activities are restricted, permanently or temporarily, primarily for the purpose of conserving biodiversity and ecosystem function, regardless of proprietary designation  e.g., park, conservation area, wildlife reserve . Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See supplementary documentation for data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Numerical Weather Prediction  NWP 

The Canadian Meteorological Centre  CMC  produces Numerical Weather Prediction  NWP  as one of the key inputs to the Meteorological Service of Canada's overall public weather and environmental prediction and warning process. The raw data from NWP is made available to outside users who may use it for their own purposes. As NWP data is an early input into the overall MSC public forecast process, it may differ from the official forecast.  

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals and personal care product chemicals in fish exposed to wastewater effluent in an urban wetland

The bioaccumulation of a broad range of pharmaceuticals and personal care product chemicals (PPCPs) was studied in Cootes Paradise Marsh (CPM), an urban wetland that receives tertiary treated municipal waste waters as well as urban storm runoff. PPCPs were measured in caged and wild goldfish, as well as wild carp, and compared to observed bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) using concentrations in surface waters and fish blood plasma, with modeled BAFs. Thirty-two PPCPs were detected in water from the central CPM site (CPM3) while 64 PPCPs were found at higher concentrations at a site immediately downstream of the effluent outflow (CPM1). Following a 3-week deployment, 15 PPCPs were detected in the plasma of caged goldfish at CPM1, and 14 at CPM3, compared to only 3 in goldfish caged at a reference site. This study identified a broader range of PPCPs in fish and surface waters than previously reported. However, modeled BAFs did not show good agreement with observed whole body or plasma BAFs, demonstrating that more work is needed to better explain bioaccumulation of PPCPs.

Supplemental Information

Funding for this study was provided in part by the Government of Canada’s Great Lakes Action Plan (GLAP) and in support to Hamilton Harbour Area of Concern.

In 1987 under the revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, 43 areas of concern (AOC), 12 of which are located in Canada, were identified as having severely impaired beneficial uses and water quality. As funded by the Great Lakes Action Plan, a Remedial Action Plan was formed for each area of concern bringing together experts from government, industry, municipalities and environmental non-government organizations to address these impacts. Today over 900 restoration projects have been successfully completed by Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners including Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades, fish and wildlife habitat restoration, and water quality improvements.

For more information please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/great-lakes-protection/areas-concern.html 

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Special Studies of Atmospheric Gases, Particles and Precipitation Chemistry

The Special Studies presented on this site are special measurement campaigns (with durations of several weeks to several years) carried out by the Air Quality Research Division of Environment Canada and its government, university and industry collaborators. The Special Studies data sets consist of air and/or precipitation chemistry data collected at high temporal and/or spatial resolution for the purpose of characterizing chemical concentrations and processes in the atmosphere. The Special Studies data files were chosen because of their high potential applicability to current and future atmospheric research. The data sets available for download are provided in collaboration with the National Atmospheric Chemistry (NAtChem) Database and Analysis Facility of Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Ice bulletins

These daily forecasts describe the ice edge using latitude and longitude coordinates and for each marine area, the total ice concentration, the predominant ice stage of development and the concentration of the oldest ice type. Warnings are issued as appropriate. The forecasts are valid from the time of issue until the end of the following day  so for a period of 24 to 48 hours .  The following regions are available:

-Gulf of St. Lawrence
-East Newfoundland and Labrador
-Great Lakes
-Western and Central Arctic
-Hudson and Foxe
-Eastern and Northern Arctic

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Releases of Harmful Substances to the Environment – Releases of cadmium to water by province and territory, Canada

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Releases of Harmful Substances to the Environment indicators track anthropogenic releases to air and water of three toxic substances: mercury, lead and cadmium and their compounds. For each toxic substance, emissions to air are provided at the national and regional (provincial and territorial) level and by source. Facility and global emissions to air are also provided for mercury. Releases to water for each toxic substance are provided at the national, regional (provincial and territorial) and facility level, and by source. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See supplementary documentation for data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Pacific Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias fannini) Potential Area of Occupancy, British Columbia

This file includes the spatial boundaries for the Pacific Great Blue Heron Potential Area of Occupancy for its entire Canadian range. The Potential Area of Occupancy is a simple model that highlights the heron's preferred forest habitat at a high level.

Potential Area of Occupancy is defined as terrestrial areas within the Coastal Douglas Fir and Coastal Western Hemlock Biogeoclimatic zones that are less than 10 km from a potential foraging area and west of the Cascades mountain range. Potential foraging areas are defined as the entire coastline and major river systems less than 1000 m in elevation.

Refer to the "Management Plan for the Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies (Ardea herodias fannini) in Canada" on the SARA Regristry for more information.

The Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies (Ardea herodias fannini, also known as the Pacific Great Blue Heron) has been assessed as a species of Special Concern in Canada (COSEWIC 2008) and has been listed on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act since 2010. Canada holds approximately half the global population of the Pacific Great Blue Heron. 

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Canada's Changing Climate report supplemental datasets

The Canada’s Changing Climate Report (www.changingclimate.ca/CCCR2019), led by Environment and Climate Change Canada, is about how and why Canada’s climate has changed and what changes are projected for the future. Datasets supporting the results produced for the Canada’s Changing Climate report are available.  Please visit Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Centre for Climate Services to explore general historical climate data and future climate projections for Canada, and the Canadian Climate Data and Scenarios website (www.climate-scenarios.canada.ca) for more detailed historical climate data and climate model projections. Additional datasets unavailable elsewhere are available here for direct download. This includes datasets of multi-model climate change projections for Canada by region for 2031-2050 under the low-emission (RCP2.6) and high emission (RCP8.5) scenarios.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Cause-Effect Assessment Monitoring

Data on location and timing of surveys, ecological descriptions, environmental attributes  wind, weather etc , bird observations  point count data, species at risk playback data , habitat data  ecological vegetation data, habitat mapping etc . Data were collected from across the Oilsands Areas of Alberta. Data will be collected from 2012 until at least 2015. Data are georeferenced through both lat/long  NAD83  and AEP UTM  a modified UTM for Alberta .

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada