AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Lower Jurassic Petroleum System (GIS data, line features)

The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 31 of the Atlas, Petroleum Generation and Migration in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Figure 17, Lower Jurassic Petroleum System. Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 2011 - Current

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be difficult. the surveyors do not do ground truthing for all disturbances identified, therefore it is not guaranteed that all of the disturbances are caused by MPB. the surveyors do not necessarily map tree patches less than three red trees and therefore the dataset may not include all MPB killed trees. 'grey' attacked trees are not captured. the surveyors attempt to distinguish between 'new' faders and 'old' faders but the accuracy of this distinction is not guaranteed and therefore the data may reflect several years and several generations of MPB attack. Beetle year is August 15 of current year - August 14 of following year. This dataset contains data from 2011 to the most current data received. Data from 2010 and earlier is available as a separate dataset.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Project Returns for Riparian Area Assessment of the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watersheds

The Riparian Area Assessment of the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watersheds project focused on assessing riparian habitat along lake, creek, stream and river shorelines. The majority of the shorelines of interest were located within the NSR or Battle River watersheds. however, an additional shoreline was also assessed within municipalities that partially intersect, but are not completely contained within, either the NSR or Battle River watersheds. In addition to assessing new shorelines, an important component of this project was compiling data for shorelines that had been previously assessed in central Alberta using the same assessment methodology. these data were combined together to create a single, seamless riparian assessment dataset that contains ~35,400 km of lake, river, stream, and creek shoreline. This dataset was created for the North Saskatchewan and Battle River Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils, as a part of a large scale Riparian Area Assessment in Alberta.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
CBM Potential of the Alberta Plains - Net Coal Thickness of the Taber Coal Zone (GIS dataset)

Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zone was evaluated. This record describes the Taber coal zone net coal thickness.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Cardinal Lake, Alberta - Bathymetry (GIS data, line features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Cardinal Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Smoky Lake, Alberta - Bathymetry, Digital Elevation Model (Arc ASCII grid format)

All available bathymetry and related information for Smoky Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Magee Lake, Alberta - Boundary (GIS data, polygon features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Magee Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Birch Lake, Alberta - Boundary (GIS data, polygon features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Birch Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Cretaceous Colorado Group Petroleum System (GIS data, polygon features)

The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 31 of the Atlas, Petroleum Generation and Migration in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Figure 24, Cretaceous Colorado Group Petroleum System. Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Elkwater Lake, Alberta - Bathymetry, Digital Elevation Model (Arc ASCII grid format)

All available bathymetry and related information for Elkwater Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
CBM Potential of the Alberta Plains - Net Coal Thickness of the McKay Coal Zone (GIS dataset)

Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zone was evaluated. This record describes the McKay coal zone net coal thickness.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Moose Lake, Alberta - Bathymetry (GIS data, line features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Moose Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Caribou Lake, Alberta - Bathymetry (GIS data, line features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Caribou Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Smoke Lake, Alberta - Boundary (GIS data, polygon features)

All available bathymetry and related information for Smoke Lake were collected and hard copy maps digitized where necessary. The data were validated against more recent data (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 'SRTM' imagery and Indian Remote Sensing 'IRS' imagery) and corrected where necessary. The published data set contains the lake bathymetry formatted as an Arc ascii grid. Bathymetric contours and the boundary polygon are available as shapefiles.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Summer Village

This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Note that the distribution contact is different for the general public than for Government of Alberta ministries. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset. The Summer Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Summer Villages in Alberta. Summer Village is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal government Act. The formation of a Summer Village can occur if a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres and there is a population of 300 or more. Generally same provisions related to a Village apply to a Summer Village except that in the latter, elections and annual meetings are required to be held in the summer. A Summer Village is the only type of municipality where a person can vote twice in municipal elections: once in the Summer Village and once in the municipality where their permanent residence is located. Summer Villages can no longer be created in Alberta.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Horseshoe Canyon/Scollard/Paskapoo/Ravenscrag Paleogeography (GIS data, polygon features)

The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 17 of the Atlas, Paleographic Evolution of the Western Canada Foreland Basin, Figure 14, Horseshoe Canyon/Scollard/Paskapoo/Ravenscrag Paleogeography. Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Surficial Materials of the Athabasca Oil Sands (in Situ) Area, Northeast Alberta (GIS data, polygon features)

The surficial material dataset was developed as part of the Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA) project covering all of NTS 73M, the southern three-quarters of 74D and southeast part of 84A. Part of the dataset was compiled by airphoto interpretations and followed by random ground-truthing by AGS geologists (NTS 73M). The dataset was later merged with other existing surficial geology maps (74D and 84A). The mapping scheme chosen for the 1:50 000 scale terrain classification is a variant of the scheme used in Alberta Geological Survey Bulletin 57 to map the surficial geology of the Sand River area (Map 178), NTS 73L, directly south of the study area. In this terrain classification scheme, each map unit includes a component of genesis, morphology and relief. Where available, additional information regarding the properties of the genetic unit was included as a genetic modifier. For example, the map unit 'sMh1' denotes hummocky (h), low relief (1), sandy (s) moraine (M). Genesis of geological material is considered to be the primary component of the map unit thus colours on the map depict differences in genesis. In the above example, the map unit colour would correspond to the legend colour chosen for moraine (M). An attempt has been made to reclassify the surficial geological units depicted in the surficial geology map of area NTS 74D (Map 148) using this mapping scheme, without significantly changing the polygon shapes of that previous work.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Devonian Beaverhill Lake/Souris River (DM3) Paleogeography (GIS data, polygon features)

The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 7 of the Atlas, Paleographic Evolution of the Cratonic Platform - Cambrian to Triassic, Figure 8, Devonian Beaverhill Lake/Souris River (DM3) Paleogeography. Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Water Geochemical Data, Saline Aquifer Project (tabular data, tab delimited format)

In 2010, for the Alberta Geological Survey Saline Aquifer Mapping Project, we collected and analyzed 38 water samples from oil wells producing from geological units, including the Glauconitic, Ostracod, Ellerslie, Banff, Wabamun, Nisku, Leduc and Cooking Lake, within 100 km of Edmonton, Alberta. We analyzed filtered water samples for pH, density and specific conductance. oxygen, hydrogen and strontium isotopes. and dissolved constituents, including sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, barium, strontium, lithium, iron, manganese, chloride, bromide, sulphate, sulphide, silica and inorganic carbon.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
KB to Battle Isopach (Alberta) / KB to Bearpaw Isopach (Saskatchewan) (GIS data, polygon features)

The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 24 of the Atlas, Uppermost Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Figure 20, KB to Battle Isopach (Alberta) / KB to Bearpaw Isopach (Saskatchewan). Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Lake Winnipeg Satellite-derived Annual Algal Bloom Indices

This dataset contains annual algal bloom indices (duration, extent, intensity, severity) summary statistics (maximum, mean) over the June through October monitoring period for Lake Winnipeg. These data are derived from satellite remote sensing algorithms using European Space Agency's (ESA's) MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor on the Envisat satellite (2002-2012) and ESA's Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) sensor on the Sentinel 3A and Sentinel 3B satellites (2016-present).


 At the end of each monitoring season, data are presented in annual report format including current and historical summary statistics of algal bloom indices, alongside relevant imagery.


Citation: Binding, C.E., Pizzolato, L., & Zeng, C. (2021). EOLakeWatch; delivering a comprehensive suite of remote sensing algal bloom indices for enhanced monitoring of Canadian eutrophic lakes. Ecological Indicators, 121, 106999. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106999


Supplemental Information


Binding, C. E., Greenberg, T. A., McCullough, G., Watson, S.B., Paige, E. 2018. Remote sensing indices for enhanced algal bloom monitoring on Lake Winnipeg. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44(3): 436-446. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.jglr.2018.04.001.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Lake of the Woods Satellite-derived Daily Algal Bloom Indices

This dataset contains lake-wide algal bloom indices (extent, intensity, and severity) of Lake of the Woods on a daily basis over the June through October monitoring season. These data are derived from satellite remote sensing algorithms using European Space Agency's (ESA's) MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor on the Envisat satellite (2002-2012) and ESA's Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) sensor on the Sentinel 3A and Sentinel 3B satellites (2016-present).


Citation: Binding, C.E., Pizzolato, L., & Zeng, C. (2021). EOLakeWatch; delivering a comprehensive suite of remote sensing algal bloom indices for enhanced monitoring of Canadian eutrophic lakes. Ecological Indicators, 121, 106999. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106999


Supplemental Information


Binding, C. E., Greenberg, T. A., McCullough, G., Watson, S.B., Paige, E. 2018. Remote sensing indices for enhanced algal bloom monitoring on Lake Winnipeg. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44(3): 436-446. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.001.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Helping to Develop a Canadian Discussion on the Americas: report from the Calgary Roundtable

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On March 17th the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development, as a part of its mandate
 to engage Canadians in shaping foreign policy, organised a round table in Calgary to help
 develop a Canadian discussion on the Americas. Hosted by the Calgary Centre for Performing
 Arts, the round table was attended by a wide range of NGOs, academics, experts on the region,
 business people, as well as government officials. It was the first in a series of planned meetings
 over the next two years, beginning a Canadian conversation on issues that may deserved further
 public discussion and policy development attention. The following is an integrated summary of five panel
 presentations that launched and informed the afternoon discussions, reports from three
 brainstorming sessions that followed, and notes from concluding remarks. 

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Annual report / Passport Office

Archived and Outdated Information: This publication is out of date and should be referenced for research or recordkeeping purposes only. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. You can request an alternate version of our publications by email at Accessibilite-accessibility@international.gc.ca or telephone at 1-800-267-8376.

This series of annual reports documents the activities, performance, and strategic initiatives of Canada’s Passport Office. It covers service delivery, security enhancements, technology modernization (including IRIS and biometric systems), financial operations under the revolving fund, and future plans to improve convenience and integrity of Canadian travel documents.



Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
The new Canadian chancery: Abuja, Nigeria

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This brochure presents the new Canadian Chancery in Abuja, Nigeria, highlighting its architectural concept inspired by traditional Nigerian weaving and its modern Workplace 2.0 interior design. It also showcases a curated collection of contemporary Canadian artworks featured in the High Commission, illustrating the cultural diversity and artistic excellence of Canada. The document serves as both an introduction to the new facility and a celebration of Canada’s artistic and diplomatic presence abroad.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
A strategy for integrating regulatory, reimbursement and outcomes research functions for effective market introduction of medical devices in the USA / DFAIT

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Achieving rapid market penetration and fair pricing for innovative medical technology In today's cost- conscious U.S. healthcare 
environment neceseitates a strategic approach to product development. While Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval is 
adequate to establish product safety, healthcare coverage decisions made by payera such as Health Care Finance 
Administration (HCFA) or managed care plans are increasingly based on evidence of clinical effectiveness and improved patient 
outcome not to mention value and cost of delivery.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
U.S. trade remedy law: the Canadian Experience 2000-2007

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This report provides an in‑depth overview of Canada’s experience with U.S. trade remedy actions from 2000 to 2007, including anti‑dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard investigations. It outlines key legal developments, major case histories—such as softwood lumber, steel, wheat, and magnesium—and the outcomes of litigation under NAFTA, WTO, and U.S. courts.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada