AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a St. Lawrence River food web

This study set out to provide an up-to-date portrait of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination status in a freshwater food web from the St. Lawrence River (QC, Canada). Water, sediments, aquatic vegetation, invertebrates, and some fish species were targeted for analysis.

All data are a part subject of a publication containing method details, full QA/QC, interpretation and conclusions: Munoz G, Mercier L, Duy SV, Liu J, Sauvé S, Houde M. Bioaccumulation and trophic magnification of emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a St. Lawrence River food web. Environ Pollut. 2022;309:119739. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119739

Supplemental Information

Supporting projects:


St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP):


The St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP) 2011 to 2026 (see https://www.planstlaurent.qc.ca/en/) is the latest Canada-Quebec Agreement on the St. Lawrence and builds on the four previous agreements implemented since 1988. The agreement aims to conserve and enhance the St. Lawrence. It is based on strong collaboration and the pooling of resources and expertise between the governments of Canada and Quebec. As part of their respective responsibilities for the management of the St. Lawrence basin, these two governments recognize the need for close cooperation to tackle the environmental challenges facing this important ecosystem. Other partners are also joining in this initiative, including local organizations, environmental groups, research centres, and universities.


Chemicals Management Plan (CMP):


The Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) is a Government of Canada initiative aimed at reducing the risks posed by chemicals to Canadians and their environment. A key element of the Chemicals Management Plan is the monitoring and surveillance of levels of harmful chemicals in Canadians and their environment. Monitoring and surveillance are essential to identify and track exposure to hazards in the environment and associated health implications. Monitoring and surveillance programs provide the basis for making sound and effective public health and environmental health policies and interventions, as well as measuring the efficacy of control measures.


In support of the Chemicals Management Plan, monitoring and surveillance initiatives were established to support Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada scientists, in collaboration with external partners and researchers, to advance our knowledge. This initiative has allowed the Government of Canada to increase its commitment to a number of existing monitoring initiatives, as well as to support new efforts.


For more information on the Chemicals Management Plan, please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan.html

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

The Indigenous Geographical Names dataset presents an extract from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) of geographical names with roots in Indigenous cultures. These geographical names reflect heritage, language, personal names, and cultural practices.  Terrain and water features, populated places and culturally relevant places are geographical feature types present in the dataset. The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is working to increase awareness of existing Indigenous place names and help promote the revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages. Many more Indigenous place names exist in Canada, and this dataset will be constantly evolving as additional Indigenous place names are officially recognized and identified. The Geographical Names Board of Canada does not warrant or guarantee that the information is accurate, complete or current at all times. For more information, to report data errors, or to suggest improvements, please contact the GNBC Secretariat at Natural Resources Canada with questions or for more information.   
  
  The CGNDB is the authoritative national database of Canada's geographical names. The purpose of the CGNDB is to store geographical names and their attributes that have been approved by the GNBC, the national coordinating body responsible for standards and policies on place names.     
  
  This dataset is extracted from the CGNDB on a weekly basis, and consists of current officially approved names, feature type, coordinates of the feature, decision date, source, Indigenous language of origin where known, and other attributes.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Canada Energy Regulator - Assessments

This dataset represents the Environmental and Socio-economic Assessments (ESA) submitted to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The CER has made this and other ESAs available through an online search tool called BERDI (Biophysical Socio-Economic Regional Data and Information). Data extraction methodology is available on the BERDI website.  Pipelines represented in this layer include a start and end point.

Organization: Canada Energy Regulator | La Régie de l’énergie du Canada
Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for the year ended 31 March 2022

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

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) of August 8, 2022 on the Study of Device Investigation Tools Used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Briefing binder used by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne, as a witness before the Standing Committee on ETHI on August 8, 2022, on the study of investigation tools used by the RCMP.

Organization: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada | Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada
Toward the Prohibition of Partially Hydrogenated Oils in the Canadian Food Supply

Health Canada is proposing to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the main source of industrially produced trans fatty acids (trans fats), in foods sold in Canada. Although significant progress has been made to reduce trans fats in prepackaged foods and restaurant foods in Canada, there are some remaining food categories that may contain high levels of industrially produced trans fats.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Canada, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (NZMPI) complete first trilateral joint review of veterinary drug product.

On April 28, 2016, Health Canada, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (NZMPI) simultaneously approved a new use for pain relief in sheep for the veterinary drug Metacam. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Validation of Ready-to-Eat Foods for Changing the Classification of a Category 1 into a Category 2A or 2B Food - in relation to Health Canada's Policy on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods (2011)

This document has been prepared to assist processors and importers of RTE foods with the validation of the classification of their RTE products into either Category 2A or Category 2B, as defined in Health Canada's Policy on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods (Health Canada, 2011)

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Policy on Managing Health Risk Associated with the Consumption of Sprouted Seeds and Beans

This policy on sprouted seeds and beans was developed following a health risk assessment (Health Canada, 2001, updated 2006). Health Canada's current opinion is that the contamination of sprouted seeds and beans originates from poor hygienic practices, in the field during seed production or in the plant during sprout production, including the lack of a disinfection step, and that the risk of transmission can be reduced to a minimum using Good Agricultural and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Interim policy on the importation and sale of infant formulas, human milk fortifiers and dietary products for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism to mitigate shortages

This document sets out Health Canada's recommendation to the CFIA with respect to the temporary importation and sale of infant formula, HMF, and metabolic products that may not fully meet Canadian regulatory requirements with respect to labelling and/or composition, but are manufactured to comparable standards, and that provide information that ensures the safe preparation and use of the foods. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Food Directorate Interim Policy on Foods from Cloned Animals

Based on current scientific understanding, the products of animals generated through cloning techniques that use embryonic cells, such as embryo splitting and embryonic cell nuclear transfer, are considered not to pose a food safety concern. There is generally no restriction on the marketing of either the animals produced using these techniques and their progeny, or the products or by-products of these animals, in Canada or elsewhere.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Guidance document for Supplemented foods regulations: executive summary

Supplemented foods are prepackaged foods with added vitamins, minerals, amino acids and/or other ingredients such as caffeine. These foods must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible for sale in Canada. The Supplemented foods regulations and the documents incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations outline the requirements for supplemented foods including compositional and labelling requirements.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Scientific opinion on the regulation of gene-edited plant products within the context of Division 28 of the Food and Drug Regulations (Novel Foods)

Health Canada has developed its scientific opinion regarding the regulation of gene-edited plant products within the context of the Novel Food Regulations. This opinion helped to inform the development of the Department's new Health Canada Guidance on the Novelty Interpretation of Products of Plant Breeding and Health Canada Guidance on the Pre-Market Assessment of Foods Derived from Retransformants.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Supplemented foods: Lists of temporary marketing authorization letters (TMALs)

The lists in Table 1 outline foods that were issued a Temporary Marketing Authorization Letter (TMAL) as supplemented foods and are eligible for a transition period to come into compliance with the Supplemented foods regulations. They are permitted to remain on the market during the transition period provided they meet the applicable requirements in the transitional provisions of the Supplemented foods regulations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Glabrous canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.)

In 2013, Health Canada received a submission to allow the sale of glabrous (hairless) hull varieties of brown and yellow colored canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.) as cereal grain for human consumption. Canary seed does not have a history of food use, so was assessed in accordance with the Novel Food Regulations (Division 28 of the Food and Drug Regulations).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
The Open Database of Educational Facilities

The Open Database of Educational Facilities (ODEF) is a compilation of data from open and internet sources on the locations and types of educational facilities across Canada, originating from municipal, regional, and provincial governments. It is a centralized and harmonized repository of educational facility data made available under the Open Government License - Canada. The database is expected to be updated periodically as new open datasets from government sources become available. The database is made available for download as a zipped comma separated values (csv) file.

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Passive ammonia (NH3) monitoring in Canada

Ammonia (NH3) data were collected at regionally representative Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) sites. Radiello brand passive samplers were deployed at 2 or 5 m above the ground for two week periods and analyzed by the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) Ammonia Monitoring Network (AMoN). The passive samplers consist of a porous body containing a cartridge coated with phosphoric acid to which NH3 is sorbed. Cartridges were sonicated in deionized water to remove ammonium (NH4+) and then analysed by flow injection colorimetry to determine NH4+ in mg/L. Until December 2015, triplicate samples were deployed alongside a travel blank, which accompanies the samples in a sealed jar. From January 2016 – December 2017, deployments included single samples and a travel blank with 1-3 samples per year in triplicate. After this period, deployments included single samples with a travel blank, with three samples per year in duplicate. Ammonia data presented here in µg/m3 have been quality controlled and have replicates averaged, a variable sampling rate correction based on concurrent site temperature and pressure (after Massman, 1998) and a travel blank correction. Values before May 2015 were corrected using a site-specific travel blank average from May 2015 to December 2015. Values after May 2015 were corrected using a site-specific 6 month travel blank average. Original and uncorrected data can be obtained from AMoN.

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

The Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) was launched on NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on 12 September 1991 and operated until 2003. Its role in the mission was to measure vector winds in the Earth’s atmosphere from 80 to 110 km, but its measurements extended to nearly 300 km. The approach employed was to measure Doppler shifts from a suite of visible region airglow lines emitted over this altitude range. These included atomic oxygen O(1S) and O(1D) lines, as well as lines in the OH Meinel (8,3) and O2 Atmospheric (0,0) bands. The instrument employed was a Doppler Michelson Interferometer that measured the Doppler shift as a phase shift of the cosinusoidal interferogram generated by single airglow lines. An extensive validation program was conducted after launch to confirm the accuracy of the measurements.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Stable Isotope Hydrology of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

We investigated the stable isotope hydrology of Sable Island, NS, Canada over a four year period from September, 2017 until August, 2021. The δ2H and δ18O values of integrated monthly precipitation were weakly seasonal and ranged from -66 to -17 per mil and from -9.7 to -3.1 per mil, respectively. Fitting these monthly precipitation data resulted in a Local Meteoric Water Line (LMWL) defined by: δ2H = 7.28±0.22×δ18O + 7.95±1.38 per mil. Amount weighted annual precipitation had δ2H and δ18O values of -37±12 per mil and -6.1±1.6 per mil, respectively. Deep groundwater had more negative δ2H and δ18O values than mean annual precipitation, suggesting recharge occurs mainly in the winter, while shallow groundwater had δ2H and δ18O values more consistent with mean annual precipitation or mixing of freshwater with local seawater. Surface waters had more positive values and showed evidence of isolation from the groundwater system. The stable isotopic compositions of plant (leaf) water, on the other hand, indicate plants use groundwater as their source. Fog had δ2H and δ18O values that were significantly more positive than those of local precipitation, yet had similar17O-excess values. Our results establish an important framework for ongoing isotopic studies of feral horses and other wildlife on Sable Island. Reference:Koehler, G., Hobson, K., 2022. The Stable Isotope Hydrology of Sable Island, NS, Canada. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10510418.1

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Abstract

A high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) is key to assessing habitat conditions, surface water connectivity, developing hydraulic models, and environmental change in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), Northern Alberta. Note that in this instance, DEM is a representation of the ground surface elevations and is thus considered synonymous with a digital terrain model. As part of the Oil Sands Monitoring (OSM) Program, the PAD DEM v1 was derived solely from airborne LiDAR surveys carried out since 2000 through multiple projects with different partners and collaborators, with the bulk of the area surveyed in 2019. Hence, the vertical accuracy varies spatially depending on the technology/method used in individual aerial surveys, as well as if a pixel was filled in via interpolation due to a lack of LiDAR ground data returns in very dense deltaic floodplain vegetation. Furthermore, it does not include traditional ground-based elevation survey data and bathymetric elevations, nor surface water extents for the multiple lakes, wetlands and channels – addition of these data will form part of a planned future version of this DEM product. Given that the DEM has yet to be tested and is a work in progress, the quality, accuracy or completeness is not warranted. The PAD DEM v1 is provided as a 4 m horizontal resolution product that is projected to the UTM NAD83 (CSRS) Zone 12 coordinate system and is referenced to the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 (CGVD2013) Epoch 2010.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Supplementary Estimates (B) 2022-23

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
Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Access to Information Act 2021-2022

 This Annual Report was prepared in accordance with section 94 of the Act, which stipulates that annual reports on access to information shall be tabled in Parliament.

Additionally, in accordance with the requirements of section 20 of the Service Fees Act, the report includes information with respect to fees collected under the Access to Information Act.

Organization: Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP | Commission civile d'examen et de traitement des plaintes relatives à la Gendarmerie royale du Canada
National Hydro Network - NHN - GeoBase Series

The National Hydro Network (NHN) focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes describing Canada's inland surface waters. It provides geospatial digital data compliant with the NHN Standard such as lakes, reservoirs, watercourses (rivers and streams), canals, islands, drainage linear network, toponyms or geographical names, constructions and obstacles related to surface waters, etc. The best available federal and provincial data are used for its production, which is done jointly by the federal and interested provincial and territorial partners. The NHN is created from existing data at the 1:50 000 scale or better. The NHN data have a great potential for analysis, cartographic representation and display and will serve as base data in many applications. The NHN Work Unit Limits were created based on Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Area.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Joint Report On Publicly Available Hacking Tools

"This report is a collaborative research effort by the cyber security authorities of five nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and USA.

In it we highlight the use of five publicly-available tools, which have been used for malicious purposes in recent cyber incidents around the world.

To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network."


Organization: Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada
Daily NDVI and Snow Mask Composite Products from VIIRS SNPP

The dataset includes two data products derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) imager operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) onboard Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite:  
  
  1) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)  
  
  2) Snow Mask (Snow) with supplementary information about data quality and scene identification  
  
  Each product, NDVI and Snow, has been derived at two spatial resolutions:   
  
  1) I-band resolution for 250-m spatial grid (VIIRS image bands I1 and I2)  
  
  2) M-band resolution for 500-m spatial grid (VIIRS moderate resolution bands M5 and M7)  
  
  Datasets are produced with a daily temporal frequency, i.e. one file per day. The study area with the size of 5,700 km × 4,800 km covers Canada and neighboring regions (Trishchenko, 2019). The VIIRS time series are produced from VIIRS /SNPP imagery at CCRS from January 1, 2017.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Mandatory reporting of serious adverse drug reactions and medical device incidents by hospitals - Guidance document

This is a public health concern resulting in significant costs to the health care system as well as individual impacts on Canadians. Health Canada's monitoring of therapeutic product safety plays a vital role in public health and patient safety, providing health care providers and patients with the most up-to-date knowledge for decision making. It also provides Health Canada with information needed to monitor the benefit-risk ratio of products and act to protect Canadians where appropriate.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada