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Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one among a number of spatial management tools, and are defined as areas that are established for the long-term, and managed through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.
Currently, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a number of MPAs designated under the Oceans Act and Areas of Interest for new MPAs at various stages of progress towards designation. These areas are ecologically significant, with species and/or features that require special management consideration.  

An Oceans Act MPA can be established for any of the six conservation purposes outlined in the Act:

•	The conservation and protection of commercial and non-commercial fishery resources, including marine mammals, and their habitats;  
•	The conservation and protection of endangered or threatened marine species, and their habitats;  
•	The conservation and protection of unique habitats;  
•	The conservation and protection of marine areas of high biodiversity or biological productivity; 
•	The conservation and protection of any other marine resource or habitat as is necessary to fulfill the mandate of the Minister; and
•	The conservation and protection of marine areas for the purposes of maintaining ecological integrity

Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada
Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) - Ministerial Appearance on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2025-26

Briefing package used for the appearance before the House Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) for its study on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2025-26 on December 4, 2025.

Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada
Departmental Plan

Departmental Plan (DPs) are forward-looking documents that provide plans for each department and agency (excluding Crown corporations). They describe departmental priorities, expected results and associated resource requirements covering three fiscal years.

DPs are normally tabled by the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the Government of Canada, on or before March 31 each year. They are a component of Part III (Departmental Expenditure Plans) of the Estimates process, along with the Departmental Result Reports.


Organization: Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 2026-27 Future Oriented Financial Statements

The Future-Oriented Statement of Operations has been prepared based on government priorities and departmental plans as described in the Departmental Plan.
The information in the forecasted results for fiscal year 2025-2026 is based on actual results as at November 30, 2025 and on forecasts for the remainder of the fiscal year. Forecasts have been made for planned results for fiscal year 2026-2027.

Organization: Veterans Review and Appeal Board | Tribunal des anciens combattants (révision et appel)
Advertising and related services, summary statistics

The summary statistics by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include: operating revenue (dollars x 1,000,000), operating expenses (dollars x 1,000,000), salaries wages and benefits (dollars x 1,000,000), and operating profit margin (by percent), of all NAICS under advertising, public relations, and related services (NAICS 5418), annual, for five years of data.

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
City rate limits for accommodation of federal public servants

This dataset contains the current city rate limits for Canadian cities as well as American and all other foreign countries as well as previously published rates starting in 2011. The city rate limits are provided only as a guide to help determine reasonable accommodation costs.
The listing of an establishment in this directory doesn't constitute authorization for an employee to stay there when traveling on government business. The employer is responsible for authorizing accommodation to be used by the employee, in accordance with the current National Joint Council Travel Directive. If there is a difference in the interpretation of the information provided in this directory and the National Joint Council Travel directive, the directive shall prevail. For any questions regarding the interpretation of the Directive, employees should contact their Designated Departmental Travel Coordinators (DDTC) for assistance.

For the website equivalent of this dataset, please visit: https://rehelv-acrd.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/preface-eng.aspx#allcityratelimits

Organization: Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere - MOPITT

Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) aboard the Terra satellite. Since 1999, it has contributed to the study of environmental pollution by continuously scanning the troposphere to make long-term measurements of carbon monoxide concentrations. Initially planned for a five-year term, this experiment has been prolonged because the data collected is still of high quality and the satellite is in good health. Its data are used to assess the scope of certain pollution control initiatives and to help understand environmental effects of other human activities such as biomass burning.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Forest Breeding Bird Abundance and Composition - Kluane

Most songbirds in Kluane National Park and Reserve are medium-distance migrants and could be threatened by habitat degradation along migration routes.  Songbirds could also indicate whether Kluane’s forests have recovered essential components of habitat after the extensive spruce bark beetle outbreak in the late 1990s.  Point counts for songbirds are conducted twice annually in June in a white spruce dominated forest according to the Alaska Landbird Monitoring Strategy protocol.  Birds are identified to species and enumerated by sight and sound

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Dall's Sheep Survey Count - Kluane

Kluane National Park and Reserve has one of the largest concentrations of Dall’s sheep in the world. Dall's Sheep are highly valued by local First Nations and are also being monitored in neighbouring jurisdictions.  Aerial survey counts of Dall's sheep have been monitored in four subpopulations since 1977.  Rams, nursery (ewes and immature rams) and young of year (lambs) are recorded.  Helicopters are used to fly the surveys every 1-3 years in June. 

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Kokanee Spawning Counts - Kluane

Kluane National Park and Reserve has the only naturally occurring population of kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Canadian national park system. In 2002, the population experienced a significant decline that resulted in extremely low numbers for well over a decade. The reason for the decline remains unknown and continued monitoring is necessary to shed light on possible causes.  Spawning Kokanee salmon have been counted since 1976.  The survey is performed annually with a combination of visual survey methods: creek walks, helicopter flights and canoeing

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Wood Frog Occupancy – Kluane

Amphibians worldwide are facing declines and possible extinction. Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are the only amphibian in Kluane National Park and Reserve. They are considered an important component of wetlands and are highly valued by Southern Tutchone peoples. Threats to wood frogs in Kluane are primarily the loss of habitat due to climate change and infection by diseases such as chytrid fungus. Ponds and wetlands comprise only 0.2% of the park area and have significantly declined in surface area since the 1950s, likely due to increased evaporation from warming temperatures. Parks Canada is monitoring wood frogs in Kluane to understand whether these threats are impacting populations inside the Park.  Site visits are used to determine presence/absence of breeding male wood frogs by listening for mating calls. Surveys are conducted at 17 ponds during May every 1-5 years.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Department of Justice Canada Client Feedback Survey

The Department of Justice supports the Attorney General as a chief law officer of the Crown both in terms of the ongoing operations of the government as well as the development of new policies, programs and services for Canadians to support the Government's priorities. 

The Department provides an integrated suite of common legal advisory, litigation, legislative and regulatory drafting services to the government through: a network of 42 departmental legal services units (DLSUs) and 4 departmental regulations sections, which are co-located with client departments and agencies and organized along five portfolios - Aboriginal Affairs; Business and Regulatory law; Central Agencies; Public Safety, Defence and Immigration; and Tax Law Services; specialized legal capacities within national headquarters, including the Litigation Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, and the Public law Section which are organized into the Justice Portfolio; and a network of regional offices and sub-offices providing local level services to federal departments and agencies in the North, British Columbia, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. 

The Department is committed to providing high-quality services to support government. As one of a series of ongoing initiatives to support this commitment to service quality, a standardized approach to obtaining client feedback on legal services was implemented in 2006. 

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Shrub Extent – Kluane

Shrubs are projected to move upslope and expand into the alpine tundra with a warming climate in the Kluane region of Yukon.   Shrub expansion will create habitat for some species, such as moose, but cause habitat loss for species such as hoary marmot, collared pika and ptarmigan.    Parks Canada uses alpine vegetation plots to monitor shrub extent in Kluane.   Two sub-measures are observed: 1) percent cover of shrubs and 2) height of tallest shrub.  Field sampling is done in late July/early August every 5 years

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Moose Survey Counts - Kluane

Moose are the primary large ungulate in Kluane National Park and Reserve.  They are important prey for large carnivores and are a species of special cultural interest to First Nations. Parks Canada has performed aerial survey counts of total moose (all adults and calves) in two subpopulations since 1981. Surveys are done by helicopter every 1-3 years during the month of November

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Checklist of Canadian Nematodes

The nematode collection was begun by A.D. Baker in 1943 and is the primary depository for Canadian nematodes excluding parasites of humans and other animals. There are nearly 30,000 slides and 5000 vials of over 88,000 roundworm specimens in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes (CNC), including approximately 5000 primary and secondary types of nearly 400 species. The nematode type catalogue, as of 1985 (from Journal of Nematology 17: 220–234) is available online.  

This checklist is based on a subset of CNC’s nematode (roundworm) accessions from Canada’s provinces and territories. This checklist is not exhaustive; nematodes regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are purposefully removed from this compilation. Scientific names were cross-referenced against valid and accepted names indicated in Nemys, the World Database of Nematodes. 

Dataset Type: Checklist
Specimen Type: Preserved specimens

Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Mountain Goat Survey Count - Kluane

Mountain goats are a key species in the alpine tundra in Kluane National Park and Reserve. The potential impacts of climate change on snow depth, the frequency of rain-on-snow-events and the position of altitudinal treeline may influence goat foraging, predator dynamics and thus the survival rates of goats. Aerial survey counts of total goats (all adults and young of year) within a defined survey area on Goatherd Mountain have occurred approximately every two years since 1977. Surveys are performed in mid to late-July from a helicopter.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Lake Fish Health - Cape Breton Highlands

What? Lake fish health is being monitored in five lakes throughout Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Freshwater Lake, Warren Lake, Broad Cove Mountain Lake, Branch Pond, and Benjie’s Lake). Data collected is used to determine species presence, CPUE (catch per unit effort), and body condition. When? Monitoring frequency is annually, with each individual lake being monitored once every five years. Monitoring occurs in the spring of the year after snowmelt when water temperatures range between 6oC and 20oC (usually by June 15th). How? Field sampling occurs over a period of six consecutive days in a given waterbody. Ten fyke nets are set up in identified locations along the lake shoreline and are checked on a daily basis for five consecutive days, resulting in 50 trap nights for the total survey. Trap locations remain the same each day at the smaller lakes, but are relocated daily in the larger lakes to cover more area. Data is collected on the body condition of any salmonid species present. Why? Freshwater lake fish populations are prominent components of aquatic ecosystems and a key node in the aquatic food web. Fish are sensitive to many forms of physical, chemical and biological stressors which alter fish conditions, community structure and/or biomass. In addition to the indirect impacts humans have on fish communities, there are direct impacts associated with harvesting sport fish from park lakes. Sport fish such as brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) are important resources to monitor from the perspective of resource management of local populations.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Projects and Transformative Strategies Referred to the Major Projects Office

In August 2025 the Major Projects Office was launched, with the mandate to advance major projects in Canada and streamline federal regulatory project approval.

This dataset was created to provide open access to key information about the projects and transformative strategies that have been referred to the Major Projects Office. This dataset can be layered with other data available on the Open Science and Data Platform. By accessing this data, users can conduct more comprehensive analyses to support evidence-based decision-making and inform regulatory processes including future impact assessments.

Please visit the Major Projects Office for more information.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Soil Texture

This map illustrates the distribution of soil parent material textures in the agricultural region of Alberta. Soil texture is defined by the relative proportions of the sand, silt and clay particles present. Soil textures are identified by classes using the Soil Texture Triangle illustrated below. The Soil Texture Triangle identifies the textural class of a soil at the intersection of the percent sand (x-axis) and the percent clay (y-axis). The percent silt of the soil is the remainder to add up to 100 percent. This resource was created in 2002 using ArcGIS.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Alberta Flood Hazard Identification Program Mapping

Flood studies include detailed engineering reports and flood maps. The engineering reports are typically technical in nature and document the data, assumptions, and results of the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses required to create flood maps. Flood maps are created by combining hydraulic model results for different sized floods with high-accuracy ground information. Flood maps identify where water will flow during a flood, and what land could be flooded during different sized floods. Most flood maps focus on floods caused by high river flows when water escapes the river channel, most often experienced in spring or following summer rainstorms, but they can also show areas at risk from ice jam floods or document the extent of historic floods.Flood inundation maps show areas at risk for different sized floods, including ice jam floods in some communities, and identify areas protected by flood berms. Because they map a wide range of floods, they are most often used for emergency response planning and to inform local infrastructure design. Flood hazard maps define floodway and flood fringe areas for the 1:100 design flood and are typically used by communities for planning or to help make local land use and development decisions. The floodway is the portion of the flood hazard area where flows are deepest, fastest and most destructive. The flood fringe is the portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway, where flood water is generally shallower and flows slower than in the floodway. High hazard flood fringe is the area within the flood fringe with deeper or faster moving water than the rest of the flood fringe. Protected flood fringe identifies areas that could be flooded if dedicated flood berms fail or do not work as designed during the 1:100 design flood. Flood hazard maps define floodway and flood fringe areas for the 1:100 design flood and are typically used by communities for planning or to help make local land use and development decisions. Flood hazard maps can also illustrate additional information for communities to consider, including incremental areas at risk for floods larger than the 1:100 design flood, such as the 1:200 and 1:500 floods.Visit www.floodhazard.alberta.ca for more information about the Flood Hazard Identification Program. The website includes different sections for final flood studies and for draft flood studies. Flood maps can be viewed directly using the Flood Awareness Map Application at https://floods.alberta.ca/. The Alberta Flood Mapping GIS dataset is updated when new information is available or existing information changes. therefore, the Government of Alberta assumes no responsibility for discrepancies at the time of use. Users should check https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/ to verify they have the most recent version of the Alberta Flood Mapping GIS dataset.

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
Forest Management Division's Ecosystem Classification Photo Map Website

This photo map allows a user to view the thousands of photographs collected as part of the NWT Ecosystem Classification program, in reference to the NWT landscape. Photos are viewable by zooming in to a minimum scale of 1:1,000,000 then hovering over a photo point to pop-up the image(s) at that location. At that scale, the flight lines turn off and the photo points turn on. A user may also generate reports of a selected photo(s) and its attributes by using the 'Create a Photo Summary Report' and using the drawing tools to make your selection.  For more information, please visit the Forest Resources website:

Organization: Government of Northwest Territories | Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Commissioner of Lands Administration Atlas Website

ATLAS is a land information system that uses GIS technology. It was developed though consultation with Northwest Territories communities, community governments, Aboriginal governments as well as other stakeholders. It has been designed with the needs of each of these groups in mind and fills an identified gap in the area of land administration.  For more information, please visit the Lands- Atlas website:

Organization: Government of Northwest Territories | Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Consolidated Local Health Areas Boundaries

Consolidated Local Health Areas (CLHAs) Boundaries. B.C. Consolidated Local Health Areas (CLHAs) are a health geography standard that partitions the province into distinct areas that support coordination of specialized care between Health Authorities and Primary Care. The province is divided into five Health Authorities, which are subdivided into 41 Consolidated Local Health Areas (CLHAs), which are subdivided into 231 Community Health Service Areas (CHSAs). CLHAs encompass all of B.C., so the classification is exhaustive of all the land area in the province.

Organization: Government of British Columbia | Gouvernment de la Colombie-Britannique
BC Environmental Monitoring Locations

**PLEASE NOTE:** The Environmental Monitoring System will be replaced by the EnMoDS system on March 5th, 2026. The EMS results objects will not contain new data after Feb 26th, 2026. For recent data please refer to [EnMoDS spatial locations and location groups](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f60fa4b5-e3d0-44ad-b5d8-778d29764e34). Environmental Monitoring Stations (EMS) spatial points coverage for the Province by LOCATION TYPES. The following spatial layers reference this as a data source: 1. Environmental Monitoring - All Stations 2. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Ambient Air Site) 3. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Air Permit) 4. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Monitoring) 5. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Permits) 6. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Well) 7. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Observation Well) 8. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Spring)

Organization: Government of British Columbia | Gouvernment de la Colombie-Britannique
1M Police Jurisdiction Map

The 1M Police Jurisdiction Map was created for administrative purposes and is meant to be used by government staff and by external consultants. It displays the Police Jurisdictions boundaries in the province of Alberta. This cartographic quality 1:1 000 000 scale colour maps cover the provincial extent of Alberta and also displays major hydrographic features, municipalities, major roads, and select geoadministrative features (parks, reserves, etc.).

Organization: Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta