AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Antimony

Antimony may enter the aquatic environment by way of natural weathering of rocks, runoff from soils, effluents from mining and manufacturing operations, and industrial and municipal leachate discharges. Household piping and possibly non-leaded solders are sources of antimony in tap water, as soft water may leach antimony from the pipes. The maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) for antimony in drinking water is 0.006 mg/L (6 µg/L).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Arsenic

Arsenic is a natural element that is widely distributed throughout the Earth's crust. It is often found naturally in groundwater, through erosion and weathering of soils, minerals, and ores. Arsenic compounds are used commercially and industrially in the manufacture of a variety of products and may enter drinking water sources directly from industrial effluents and indirectly from atmospheric deposition. This Guideline Technical Document reviews the health risks associated with arsenic in drinking water, focussing on inorganic forms of arsenic.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Ammonia

The production of ammonia is a normal part of metabolism, and levels occurring in the human body from metabolic processes generally exceed concentrations found in drinking water. The concentration of free ammonia entering the distribution system can lead to nitrification and the potential increase of nitrate and nitrite in drinking water. This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with ammonia in drinking water.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Fifth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada

These data tables present national data on concentrations of environmental chemicals in Canadians. These data were collected as part of an ongoing national direct health measures survey called the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). Statistics Canada, in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, launched the CHMS in 2007 to collect health and wellness data and biological specimens on a nationally representative sample of Canadians. Biological specimens were analyzed for indicators of health status, chronic and infectious diseases, nutritional status, and environmental chemicals.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality - Guideline technical document: Copper

Copper is present in tap water principally as a result of leaching from copper-containing components of distribution and plumbing systems. Copper has been, and continues to be, broadly used in drinking water applications, including in household pipes and in fittings. This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with copper in drinking water. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guideline Technical Document - Uranium

Uranium is widespread in nature and has been identified in many different minerals. It exists in several chemical oxidation states. Although natural uranium is a weakly radioactive substance, the principal health effects associated with natural uranium are due to its chemical toxicity. The maximum acceptable concentration is established based on the chemical toxicity of uranium, and the focus of this document is limited to uranium's chemical properties. This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with natural uranium in drinking water.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document - Bromate

Bromate is usually found in drinking water as a result of water treatment, rather than through source water contamination. The presence of bromate in treated drinking water is primarily related to the reaction between ozone and naturally occurring bromide in source water and to its formation during the generation of hypochlorite solutions used to disinfect water. This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with bromate in drinking water.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective

"Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective" maps Canadian geography in relation to gradients of regional climate, as expressed by potential vegetation on zonal sites. Compared to previous similar national-scale products, "Vegetation Zones of Canada" benefits from the work of provincial and territorial ecological classification programs over the last 30+ years, incorporating this regional knowledge of ecologically significant climatic gradients into a harmonized national map. This new map, reflecting vegetation and soils adapted to climates prior to approximately 1960, can serve as a broad-scale (approximately 1:5 M to 1:10 M) geospatial reference for monitoring and modeling effects of climate changes on Canadian ecosystems.   
  
  "Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective" employs a two-level hierarchical legend. Level 1 vegetation zones reflect the global-scale latitudinal gradient of annual net radiation, as well as the effects of high elevation and west to east climatic and biogeographic variation across Canada. Within the level 1 vegetation zones, level 2 zones distinguish finer scale variation in zonal vegetation, especially in response to elevational and arctic climatic gradients, climate-related floristics and physiognomic diversity in the Great Plains, and maritime climatic influences on the east and west coasts.   
  
  Thirty-three level 2 vegetation zones are recognized:   
  
   High Arctic Sparse Tundra  
  
   Mid-Arctic Dwarf Shrub Tundra  
  
   Low Arctic Shrub Tundra  
  
   Subarctic Alpine Tundra  
  
   Western Boreal Alpine Tundra  
  
   Cordilleran Alpine Tundra  
  
   Pacific Alpine Tundra  
  
   Eastern Alpine Tundra  
  
   Subarctic Woodland-Tundra  
  
   Northern Boreal Woodland  
  
   Northwestern Boreal Forest  
  
   West-Central Boreal Forest  
  
   Eastern Boreal Forest  
  
   Atlantic Maritime Heathland  
  
   Pacific Maritime Rainforest  
  
   Pacific Dry Forest  
  
   Pacific Montane Forest  
  
   Cordilleran Subboreal Forest  
  
   Cordilleran Montane Forest  
  
   Cordilleran Rainforest  
  
   Cordilleran Dry Forest  
  
   Eastern Temperate Mixed Forest  
  
   Eastern Temperate Deciduous Forest  
  
   Acadian Temperate Forest  
  
   Rocky Mountains Foothills Parkland  
  
   Great Plains Parkland  
  
   Intermontane Shrub-Steppe  
  
   Rocky Mountains Foothills Fescue Grassland  
  
   Great Plains Fescue Grassland  
  
   Great Plains Mixedgrass Grassland  
  
   Central Tallgrass Grassland  
  
   Cypress Hills  
  
   Glaciers  
  
  Please cite this dataset as: Baldwin, K.; Allen, L.; Basquill, S.; Chapman, K.; Downing, D.; Flynn, N.; MacKenzie, W.; Major, M.; Meades, W.; Meidinger, D.; Morneau, C.; Saucier, J-P.; Thorpe, J.; Uhlig, P. 2019. Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective. [Map] Scale 1:5,000,000. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service. Great Lake Forestry Center, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Fourth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada

These data tables present national data on concentrations of environmental chemicals in Canadians. These data were collected as part of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), an ongoing national direct health measures survey. Statistics Canada, in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, launched the CHMS in 2007 to collect health and wellness data and biological specimens on a nationally representative sample of Canadians. Biological specimens were analyzed for indicators of health status, chronic and infectious diseases, nutritional status, and environmental chemicals.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

In 1992, the Gwich'in Tribal Council and the Government of Canada signed the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement. This report covers the activities within the Agreement over a three-year period from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018. It provides an overview of initiatives undertaken, issues considered and actions taken during this period, and any future actions to be taken on outstanding issues.

Organization: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | Relations Couronne-Autochtones et Affaires du Nord Canada
Supplementary Estimates (B) 2021-22

Supplementary Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward, therefore meeting the needs of Canadians. They present information to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s spending requirements that were not sufficiently developed in time for inclusion in the Main Estimates, and will from time to time include urgent but unforeseen expenditures, such as natural disasters (an ice storm, H1N1, etc.). Supplementary Estimates directly support an appropriation act.

Supplementary Estimates are published throughout the year; each release is identified alphabetically (A, B, C, etc.). Supplementary Estimates (A) are tabled in May and the associated appropriation act is granted royal assent and becomes law in June. These provide federal organizations with the funding they need early in the year. Supplementary Estimates (B) are tabled in late October or early November and the associated appropriation act is granted royal assent in December. Supplementary Estimates (C) are tabled in February and the associated appropriation act is granted royal assent in March.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Survey of Household Spending: Public Use Microdata File

The Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) for the Survey of Household Spending (SHS) provides information on household expenditures as well as selected information on dwelling characteristics and household equipment. The production of this file includes many safeguards to prevent the identification of any one person or household.

PUMFs were produced on an annual basis for SHS 1997 to 2009, before a redesigned survey was introduced with the 2010 reference year. The SHS 2017 PUMF is the first SHS PUMF based on data collected after the 2010 survey redesign.

Due to changes to data collection, processing and estimation methods introduced with the 2010 redesign, users are advised not to compare data from SHS 1997 to 2009 with data from any subsequent years, unless otherwise noted.


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Canadian Internet Use Survey - Public Use Microdata File

The public use microdata file (PUMF) from the Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) provides data on the adoption and use of digital technologies and the online behaviors of individuals 15 years of age and older living in the ten provinces of Canada.

The survey is built off the previous iteration of the CIUS, last conducted in 2012. While there is some comparability with the 2012 CIUS, the 2018 survey was redesigned in 2018 to reflect the rapid pace at which Internet technology has evolved since the previous survey iteration.

The files include information on how individuals use the Internet, smartphones, and social networking websites and apps, including their intensity of use, demand for certain online activities, and interactions through these technologies.

It also provides information on the use of online government services, digital skills, online work, and security, privacy and trust as it relates to the Internet.


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Survey of Financial Security: Public Use Microdata File, 2019

The cross-sectional public-use microdata file for the Survey of Financial Security is a collection of income, assets, debts and wealth data on the economy of Canadian families. The production of this file includes many safeguards to prevent the identification of any one person or family.
The file is produced at the economic family level with information on family demographics; income; financial behaviours and attitudes; principal residence; assets, debts and net worth; family composition and size; and the major income recipient.


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey: Public Use Microdata File

The Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) for the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) provides information to fill important data gaps related to vaping, cannabis, and tobacco usage. The data will inform policy and provide a current snapshot of use across Canada.

Until 2017, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS), which collected data on tobacco as well as alcohol and drug use in Canada. In 2019, the Canadian Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CADS) was conducted to collect data on alcohol and drug use independently from the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) which was conducted to primarily collect data on tobacco and nicotine.

This product includes many safeguards to prevent the identification of any one person or household. The CTNS PUMF is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific sub-groups in the population or by cross-classifying variables.


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Guidance for Evaluating Human Health Impacts in Environmental Assessments: Country Foods

This document provides generic guidance on predicting health risks associated with contamination of country foods, such as fruit, fish, seafood and game in federal environmental assessments (EAs) of proposed major resource and infrastructure projects. It presents the principles, current practices and basic information Health Canada (HC) looks for when it reviews the environmental impact statement or other reports submitted by project proponents as part of the EA process.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Canadian Impact Assessment Registry – Assessment Inventory

The assessments layer represents all assessments undertaken under the Impact Assessment Act, including those that continue under the provisions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. It includes assessments undertaken by the Impact Assessment Agency and other federal authorities as posted on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry Internet site.   
  
  The location of a given assessment included in the dataset is approximate and is based on information submitted by proponents, if applicable. More than one location may be identified for a given assessment. This dataset does not include information related to the footprint.  
  
  Additional information about this dataset is available on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry Internet site.

Organization: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada
National Topographic Data Base (NTDB), 1944-2005

This collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current Government standards.  
  
  The National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) comprises digital vector data sets that cover the entire Canadian landmass. The NTDB includes features such as watercourses, urban areas, railways, roads, vegetation, and relief. The organizational unit for the NTDB is the National Topographic System (NTS), based on the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Each file (data set) consists of one NTS unit at either the 1:50,000 or 1:250,000 scale.  
  
  Related Products:  
  
  [NTDB Correction Matrices, 2003-2009](https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b6d0c19c-27e3-4392-b21f-49b1eec95653)

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indexes of the National Topographic System of Canada

Topographic maps produced by Natural Resources Canada conform to the National Topographic System (NTS) of Canada. Indexes are available in three standard scales: 1:1,000,000, 1:250,000 and 1:50,000. The area covered by a given mapsheet is determined by its latitude and longitude. 1:1,000,000 mapsheets are identified by a combination of three numbers (e.g. 098). 1:250,000 mapsheets are identified by a combination of numbers, and letters ranging from A through P (e.g. 098C). Sixteen smaller segments (1 to 16) form blocks used for 1:50,000 mapping (e.g. 098C03).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Indoor Air Reference Levels

Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are present in the indoor air of Canadian homes, some of which may pose a risk to human health at certain exposure concentrations. Health Canada has developed exposure limits for a small number of VOCs which were prioritized for full assessments because they are commonly found in Canadian homes and have the potential to cause adverse health effects. To assist public health professionals, including those involved in standards development processes, who may need to assess the possible risk from exposure to other VOCs potentially found in indoor air, Health Canada has developed screening values called Indoor Air Reference Levels (IARLs).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part V: Guidance on Human Health Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment for Chemicals (DQRACHEM)[Health Canada, 2010]

This guidance document was prepared to provide guidance for federal departments. It addresses complex contaminated sites and those sites for which a preliminary quantitative risk assessment (PQRA) is considered too conservative or not adequate to support a risk management plan.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Proportion of Individuals Without an Educational Certificate, Diploma or Degree in Official Language Minority Communities

Map of the proportion of individuals (15 years and over) without an educational certificate, diploma or degree in Official Language Minority Communities. Refers to the individual's educational attainment or highest certificate, diploma or degree obtained by the person. The data used is based on the 2016 Census of Canada, 25% sample, the universe is the population 15 years and over.

Organization: Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 41, No 11, November 2021 – Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of Canadians

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice (the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease prevention, health promotion and health equity in the areas of chronic diseases, injuries and life course health. Content includes research from fields such as public/community health, epidemiology, biostatistics, the behavioural and social sciences, and health services or economics.  

Special collection on COVID-19 and mental health – Published September 27, 2021

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Quick reference guide on use of COVID-19 vaccines


This document also discusses an approach to managing COVID-19 vaccines that are administered in a manner that differs from the recommendations of the manufacturer as authorized by Health Canada and/or the recommendations for use by National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). These are referred to as vaccine administration errors or deviations.

This document provides guidance only. Note that provincial and territorial protocols may differ from this guidance document. Clinical judgment in certain situations may also result in management decisions that differ from those outlined in this guidance.

The Public Health Agency of Canada will update this quick reference guide based on new information or guidance.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Biosafety advisory: SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)

This biosafety advisory is being provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to assist clinical, diagnostic, and research laboratories in implementing proper biosafety procedures to safely handle samples that may contain SARS-CoV-2. This biosafety advisory also aims to support local risk assessments (LRAs) of facilities where whole live SARS-CoV-2 or purified or chemically synthesized full length SARS-CoV-2 RNA are handled. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in December 2019. This biosafety advisory is based on the scientific evidence available as of November 2, 2021, and is subject to review and revisions as new information becomes available.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines (2021-09-28)

This evergreen document will be updated as COVID-19 vaccines are authorized and become available for use in Canada, and as evidence on these vaccines and COVID-19 evolves. This table summarizes the latest changes to this current version. Please refer to the Table of updates for a full list of updates to previous versions.

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Seventh Annual (2021) Statutory Report Pursuant to Section 2 of the Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act, Statutes of Canada, Chapter 38, 2014

The Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act requires the Minister of Indigenous Services to report annually, within the first 10 sitting days of the House of Commons in every calendar year, on the work undertaken in collaboration with First Nations and other interested parties to develop new legislation to replace the Indian Act. This report details the work undertaken in 2020-21.   

Organization: Indigenous Services Canada | Services aux Autochtones Canada
Hard-surface disinfectants and hand sanitizers (COVID-19)

The health and safety of Canadians is our priority. Along with measures reported in the Government of Canada's response to COVID-19, Health Canada introduced innovative and agile regulatory measures to make health products available to Canadians and health care workers. The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for disinfectants and hand sanitizers. 

Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
COVID-19 and deaths in older Canadians: Excess mortality and the impacts of age and comorbidity

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had unprecedented consequences for Canada's aging population with the majority of COVID-19 deaths (approximately 80% during 2020) occurring among adults aged 65 years and older. Both advanced age and underlying chronic diseases and conditions contribute to these severe outcomes.

Excess mortality refers to additional mortality above the expected level (based on mortality in the same period in the preceding year or averaged over several preceding years in the same population). This measure allows for the measurement of death directly and indirectly related to COVID-19 and provides a summary measure of its whole system impact in addition to its impact on mortality.


Organization: Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Canada-British Columbia Home and Community Care and Mental Health and Addictions Services Funding Agreement

Canada and British Columbia agreed to a Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities (hereinafter referred to as the Common Statement, attached hereto as Annex 1) on August 21, 2017, which articulated their shared vision to improve access to home and community care as well as mental health and addictions services in Canada.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada