AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Geological map of Canada, 1:5 000 000

The map displays bedrock formations at or near the surface of the land, on the sea floor above the continental crust that forms the Canadian landmass, and oceanic crust surrounding the landmass. The bedrock units are grouped and coloured according to geological age and composition. The colours of offshore units and oceanic crust are paler and more generalized than those on land, although the constituent units offshore are still easily discernible from their dashed boundaries. This colour design, coupled with the use of a white buffer zone at the coast allows the coastline of Canada to be readily distinguished and still show the grand geological architecture of the Canadian landmass.  
  
  The map also shows major faults that have disrupted the Earth's crust, onshore and offshore, and a variety of special geological features such as kimberlite pipes, which locally contain diamonds, impact structures suspected to have been caused by meteorites, and extinct and active spreading centres in the surrounding oceans.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Geological map of the Arctic, 1:5 000 000

As part of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007'08 and 2008'09 activities, and related objectives of the Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW), nations of the circumpolar Arctic have co-operated to produce a new bedrock geology map and related digital map database at a scale of 1:5 000 000. The map, released in north polar stereographic projection using the World Geodetic System (WGS) 84 datum, includes complete geological and physiographic coverage of all onshore and offshore bedrock areas north of latitude 60° north.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Mammal Diversity and Abundance - Prince Albert

Occupancy data for wildlife species are collected from seven snow track transects, where the presence or absence of tracks for each species is recorded every 100m. Tracks are allowed to accumulate for at least 48 hours after transects have been set by a fresh snowfall or a snowmobile pulling a drag. Transects are monitored by snowmobile three times each winter (dependant on snow conditions). Terrestrial mammals are important to boreal forest biodiversity, and monitoring changes in the relative abundance and distribution of these mammals can provide insights to changes in overall ecosystem integrity. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
2024 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada to the Parliament of Canada—Appendix—Costs of Crown Corporation Audits

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is required, under section 147 of the Financial Administration Act, to disclose its costs incurred in preparing annual audit (Exhibit 1) and special examination (Exhibit 2) reports on Crown corporations. The costs stated for joint audits include only the costs incurred by the OAG and not those incurred by joint auditors.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Just Facts: Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system (2024)

Indigenous people continue to be overrepresented in Canada’s criminal justice system as both victims and those accused of crime. This fact sheet presents a statistical overview of the key areas of overrepresentation of Indigenous people at different stages of the criminal justice system.

Although the collection of national data on the Indigenous identity of those in contact with the criminal justice system has improved over time, there continues to be limited data with respect to distinctions-based breakdowns (i.e., First Nations, Inuit, Métis).

This fact sheet summarizes available data from a variety of sources, including Statistics Canada (i.e., General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), the Homicide Survey, and correctional surveys), the Department of Justice Canada’s National Justice Survey (NJS), Public Safety Canada, and the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI).

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Board of Directors of the Pacific Pilotage Authority—Special Examination—2024

he Pacific Pilotage Authority made public the report of a special examination completed by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada. The corporation provides a marine pilot service that certain ships are required to use when navigating the coastal waters of British Columbia, including the Fraser River.

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

This layer contains polygon features that represent geological units in New Brunswick. The associated Bedrock Geology Relate Table contains details about each map unit, including: a brief legend description, Group name, Formation name, and rock age. This layer is the result of nearly 50 years of bedrock mapping and it continues to change as new interpretations are made and more data is collected through field work and analysis.

Organization: Government of New Brunswick | Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick
2023-2024 Departmental Results Framework

The Policy on Results sets out the fundamental requirements for Canadian federal departmental accountability for performance information and evaluation, while highlighting the importance of results in management and expenditure decision making, as well as public reporting. The objectives are to improve the achievement of results across government and to enhance the understanding of the results government seeks to achieve, does achieve, and the resources used to achieve them. The Departmental Results Framework (DRF) consists of the department’s Core Responsibilities, Departmental Results and Departmental Result Indicators.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada
Unintentional injuries in Canada 2010

Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) is a computerized information system that collects and analyzes data on injuries to people (mainly children) who are seen at the emergency rooms of the 10 pediatric hospitals and of 4 general hospitals in Canada. CHIRPP is a unique, richly detailed database of "pre-event" injury information obtained by asking:What was the injured person doing when the injury happened?, What went wrong? and Where did the injury occur?

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Field data for the mapping of the Boucherville Islands sector’s wetlands (St. Lawrence River), 2012

Observations on various types of wetlands, terrestrial environments, and vascular plants for 55 sites visited in 2012 and located in in the Boucherville Islands are included in this dataset. Since the 1970s, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has been monitoring changes in wetlands under the State of the St. Lawrence River Monitoring program of the St. Lawrence Action Plan.

Supplemental Information

Document describing the methodology used for the field survey available upon request.

 Supporting Projects: Changes in wetlands of the St. Lawrence River

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Field data for the mapping of the Lake St. Pierre wetlands (St. Lawrence River), 2012

Observations on various types of wetlands, terrestrial environments, and vascular plants for 102 sites visited in 2012 and located on Lake Saint-Pierre are included in this dataset. Since the 1970s, Environment and Climate change Canada (ECCC) has been monitoring changes in wetlands under the State of the St. Lawrence River Monitoring program of the St. Lawrence Action Plan.

Supplemental Information

Document describing the methodology used for the field survey available upon request

 Supporting Projects: Changes in wetlands of the St. Lawrence River

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
2024 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly—Stanton Territorial Hospital Renewal Project

This audit examines whether the departments of Finance, Infrastructure, and Health and Social Services, and the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority delivered on their responsibilities and commitments for the Stanton Territorial Hospital Renewal Project, including whether this project provided good value for money for the government and residents of the Northwest Territories.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Open Government Implementation Plan - Public Works and Government Services Canada

This document describes PWGSC’s plan to complete activities and deliverables aligned with the requirements of the Directive on Open Government, in order to achieve full compliance by the March 31, 2020 implementation deadline.  This document will also describe PWGSC’s plan to complete activities and deliverables aligned with its obligations under Canada's Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16, where PWGSC is involved.

Organization: Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada
Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights -  Nomination of the Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada - August 24, 2022

Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights -  Nomination of the Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada - August 24, 2022

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Senate Pre-Study of C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code – December 10, 2021

Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Senate Pre-Study of C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code – December 10, 2021

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Moose_situation - Forillon

This dataset focuses on monitoring the status of the moose (Alces alces). Because of its position in the food chain and the impact that it can have on the composition and structure of plant communities, the moose is considered a species that plays a key role in the natural evolution in the forests of Forillon National Park (FNP). The moose is a very popular big game animal in the Gaspésie, and there has been a large increase in the number of moose harvested within <5 km from the park boundaries since the early 2000s. The status of the moose population was thus chosen as one of the measurements under the FNP Ecological Integrity Program associated with the forest ecosystem integrity indicator. 
Every 5 to 10 years, an aerial survey of the population is conducted. This is done to count the number and category of individuals present within FNP. These data are used to estimate the three field measurements used to establish the status of the moose: population density over 10 m², the sex ratio and the productivity rate of females. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Canada's National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue

The National Earthquake Scenario Catalogue, presents the probable shaking, damage, loss and consequences from hypothetical earthquakes that could impact Canadians.  
  
  It considers only damage to buildings, and their inhabitants, from earthquake shaking, and therefore does not include damage to critical infrastructure or vehicles. Losses from secondary hazards, such as aftershocks, liquefaction, landslides, or fire following are also not currently included.  
  
  The information is provided at the approximate scale of Census dissemination areas, and is intended to support planning and emergency management activities in earthquake prone regions.  
  
  This project is run by the Geological Survey of Canada's Public Safety Geoscience Program.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Molecular responses of Walleye (Sander vitreus) embryos to naphthenic acid fraction components extracted from fresh oil sands process-affected water

This study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of naphthenic acid fraction components (NAFC) from fresh oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). Walleye (Sander vitreus) embryos were exposed to NAFCs that were extracted from OSPW and the assessed endpoints were growth, deformities, and molecular responses.


All data are a part subject of a publication containing method details, full QA/QC, interpretation and conclusions. Citation: Marentette, J. R., Sarty, K., Cowie, A. M., Frank, R. A., Hewitt, L. M., Parrott, J. L., & Martyniuk, C. J. (2017). Molecular responses of Walleye (Sander vitreus) embryos to naphthenic acid fraction components extracted from fresh oil sands process-affected water. Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 182, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.11.003

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Atlantic Canada Coastal Block Boundaries

Between 1974 and 1993, CWS staff divided the coast of Atlantic Canada into coastal blocks to serve as boundaries to count coastal waterbirds during aerial surveys. 


The CWS coastal blocks divide coastal waterbird habitat: shoreline, rivers, and marshes, in to areas delimited by landmarks that are easily identified from the air. Each block contains mostly uniform habitat, and blocks usually end where a distinct change in habitat occurs. Discrete small bays or bodies of water are usually treated as a single block, and protected areas such as National Parks, National Wildlife Areas, or Provincial Wildlife Management areas are contained within single or multiple blocks which end at their boundaries.


With the use of GPS technology during aerial surveys, coastal blocks are no longer used to summarize observations of wildlife during aerial surveys. Coastal blocks are often referenced in other CWS datasets, and can serve as ecological boundaries to examine the coast of Atlantic Canada.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Factors affecting intraspecific diet variation of ducklings

Variability in resource use within populations of free-ranging animals can influence demographic and evolutionary processes. Yet in many systems, the extent of intra-population trophic niche variation and the environmental factors that contribute to this variance remain poorly understood. For example, dietary studies commonly group individuals and jointly classify the study population along the generalist to specialist continuum, even though diets of sub-populations and individuals can deviate significantly from the population average, particularly in heterogeneous environments. To evaluate the degree of intraspecific diet variation in a population of wild birds and to test potential linkages between dietary specialization and environmental gradients in relative resource abundance, we used hierarchical Bayesian stable isotope mixing models to estimate (i) assimilated diets of juvenile lesser scaup (Aythya affinis; hereafter scaup) and (ii) diet variation within and across lakes that harbor distinct assemblages of aquatic macroinvertebrates. We fount that lake-level variation in diet accounted for most of the variation across the study population, with little variation attributed to individual-level specialization. Although we did not detect an effect of macroinvertebrate abundance on diets of scaup ducklings, our findings indicated that they have greater dietary flexibility than previously considered. By identifying landscape and resource heterogeneity as factors generating variation in resource use within populations of a generalist consumer, our results facilitate improved predictions of which species might be best adapted to respond to changing environmental conditions.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Canadian Convective Parameters and Lightning Dataset version 1 (CanCPLDv1)

The Canadian Convective Parameters and Lightning Dataset version 1 (CanCPLDv1) is a comprehensive multi-decade dataset designed to support studies on the future evolution of thunderstorms in North America. Simulating thunderstorms in climate models is challenging due to their small scale, the complexity of physical processes, and the need to parameterize processes within a model subgrid. Changes in thunderstorm activity can be inferred by identifying relevant environmental parameters, such as convective available potential energy, humidity, wind shear, etcetera, and by using statistical techniques to relate these proxies to thunderstorms. Climate model projections of these parameters can then be used with the statistical models to predict future changes in thunderstorm activity. In CanCPLDv1, historical thunderstorm activity is represented by 3-hourly cloud-to-ground and intra-cloud/cloud-to-cloud lightning flash totals from the Canadian Lightning Detection Network (CLDN) (regions north of 40°N on a 0.1° grid), and the thunderstorm environment by 201 convective storm parameters derived from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reanalysis version 5 (ERA5) (3-hour intervals for all of North America on a 0.25° grid). Gridded CLDN and ERA5 data span the years from 1998-2023. Additionally, the same convective parameters are calculated from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) HighResMIP climate model simulations at 6-hour intervals for 20-year periods corresponding to 1°C (recent past) and 2°C, 3°C, and 4°C levels of global warming above pre-industrial.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Old Age Security Extended Absence Leave Prioritization

Service Canada is responsible for investigating misuse or abuse of the Old Age Security (OAS) program including, but not limited to, identifying individuals who do not qualify to receive OAS while outside of Canada and stopping payment after a 6 month absence, as per the program’s policy. This also applies to individuals receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement, which cannot be collected if they are outside Canada for more than 6 months. To assist in those responsibilities, Service Canada receives traveller information from the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA), which is then compared against OAS claimants to identify individuals who have failed to report or have misreported their absence from Canada.

A system is being developed to identify misuse or abuse of the OAS program by applying techniques of case load prioritization and optimization with the objective to focus on priority cases. The system will not render decisions regarding the recipient’s eligibility. The decision to investigate an identified individual and render any administrative decision will be performed by a human investigator. The proceeding investigations will be conducted thoroughly, and individuals identified will be given an opportunity to present the necessary documentation and explanation prior to the investigators producing any decisions.

The system is anticipated to use a self-organizing map and clustering model applied to data from the CBSA traveller information system, OAS pensions system, and SIN registry.

Note: The system is not yet in production, an updated Algorithmic Impact Assessment will be published prior to the system being deployed.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada | Emploi et Développement social Canada
Forest Plant Bloom Period - Prince Edward Island

Plant Watch is a national program which has been incorporated into ecological integrity monitoring in PEI  National Park. The program adds to understanding of how common plant phenology is responding to climate change. PEI National Park monitors the first bloom Julian dates of four species within the forest ecosystem: Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Eastern Larch (Larix laricina), Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), and Starflower (Trientalis borealis).

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Cocagne Harbour Eelgrass Classification

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is important to waterfowl such as Atlantic Brant (Branta bernicla hrota), Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) and Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). In New Brunswick eelgrass can be found along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in protected harbours. Within this dataset are the results eelgrass land-cover classifications using either satellite or aerial photography for eight harbours: Bouctouche (46 30’N, 64 39’W); Cocagne (46.37 N, -64.60 W); Miscou (47.90 N, -64.55 W); Neguac (47.25 N, -65.03 W); Richibucto (46.70 N, -64.80 W); Saint-Simon (47.77 N, -64.76 W); Tabusintac (47.33 N, -64.93 W); and Tracadie (47.55 N, -64.88 W). Information on each dataset is provided:  
  
  Visible orthorectified aerial photography was used to classify polygons containing eelgrass in Cocagne Harbour. Field data for image training and validation were collected along transects in summer 2008 using a dGPS positioned towfish holding sidescan sonar and a video camera that was later transcribed as XY geographic points to describe eelgrass presence and a qualitative description of density. The area was flown for photography on September 24, 2008. eCognition Developer 8 software was used to segment the imagery, essentially polygons. Polygons were then classified manually for the presence of eelgrass. Using field data revealed eelgrass presence to be mapped correctly 87.2% of the time.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Key Tree Index - Prince Edward Island

In PEI National Park tree health and growth are monitored in 20 long-term permanent forest monitoring plots. These plots were established in 2006 in mature white spruce forests under the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) program. The measure reports on tree species dominance, recruitment, and growth. Field measurements include species, diameter at breast height (DBH), and tree condition. These are calculated for key trees species (i.e. yellow birch, sugar maple and red maple) that are desired to maintain or increase in the Acadian Forest Region. Ongoing monitoring will occur in 17 plots every 5 years. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Insect Pests and Biological Controls

There are several species of moths whose caterpillars are significant pests on agricultural crops. While there are natural predators, some are unwilling hosts for parasites. Some parasitoid wasp species contribute to biological control of these caterpillar pests by laying eggs inside live caterpillars.  
  
  Dataset Type: Occurrence  
  
  Specimen Type: Preserved specimens

Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Projected average change in mean temperature for 2081-2100 based on RCP8.5 (50th percentile)

This map shows the projected average change in mean temperature (°C) for 2081-2100, with respect to the reference period of 1986-2005 for RCP8.5. The median projected change across the ensemble of CMIP5 climate models is shown.   
  
                 For more maps on projected change, please visit the Canadian Climate Data and Scenarios (CCDS) site: https://climate-scenarios.canada.ca/?page=download-cmip5

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