AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mercury in landlocked Arctic char

This project is part of the Northern Contaminants Program core monitoring and looks at contaminant levels in landlocked Arctic char from lakes in Nunavut over time. Landlocked char are the only top predators in most Canadian high Arctic lakes and, therefore, can serve as a sentinel species for monitoring changes in contaminants. The project has information on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), mercury and other elements in char from lakes near the community of Resolute Bay, Nunavut and for Lake Hazen in Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island spanning up to 30 years. Results to date show that mercury concentrations in char from most of the study lakes have remained steady or have declined over the past ~10 years. Concentrations of most POPs are also declining steadily, except for total chlorobenzenes which were found to be increasing since the mid-2000s. This increase, which is mainly due to hexachlorobenzene, has also been observed in other studies of seabirds and ringed seals and suggests that there are still major emissions of chlorobenzenes despite its phase out globally under the Stockholm Convention. This study is on-going and would not be possible without collaboration with the community of Resolute Bay, Nunavut where residents participate in fish collections each year. Results are regularly communicated with the community through the local Hunters and Trappers Association and through community meetings.


Supplemental Information


The Northern Contaminants Program (NCP, http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_7A463DBA.html) was established in 1991 in response to concerns about human exposure to elevated levels of contaminants in wildlife species that are important to the traditional diets of northern Aboriginal peoples. Early studies found a wide variety of substances, many of which had no Arctic or Canadian sources, but which were, nevertheless, reaching unexpectedly high levels in the Arctic ecosystem. 


The Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN) https://www.ccin.ca and the Polar Data Catalogue (PDC) https://polardata.ca have been developed over the past two decades through collaborative partnerships between the University of Waterloo and numerous government, university, and private organizations to provide the data and information management infrastructure for the Canadian cryospheric community. The PDC is one of Canada’s primary online sources for data and information about the Arctic and is Canada's National Antarctica Data Centre.


Polar Data Catalogue Canadian Cryospheric Information Network Metadata Record: 

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearch.jsp?doi_id=914


Supporting Projects: 

Northern Contaminants Program (NCP)

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Applying R v Gladue: The use of Gladue reports and principles

This study was undertaken by the Department of Justice Canada to better understand how Gladue reports are being prepared across the country and how they and Gladue principles are being considered by the courts. The study involved an environmental scan of public websites and a review of 530 cases listed in CanLII between 2000 and 2021.

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Child Advocacy Centres (CAC) and Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYAC) in Canada: National Operational Survey Results

This report describes the findings from the 2022–2023 CAC/CYAC National Operational Survey. Given that many new CACs/CYACs have been established in the eight years since the last operational survey, the purpose of the survey was to provide an updated national picture of how CACs/CYACs work, their clientele and other key aspects of their operations. In addition, this edition of the survey collected information on emerging areas of service, such as the use of support dogs and virtual testimony. This information will be useful in supporting CACs/CYACs to collectively describe their work for evaluation and communication purposes, as well as to identify future research projects and priorities.

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Charter Statement - Bill C-59: An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary debate on government bills. One of the Minister of Justice’s most important responsibilities is to examine legislation for inconsistency with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [“the Charter”]. By tabling a Charter Statement, the Minister is sharing some of the key considerations that informed the review of a bill for inconsistency with the Charter. A Statement identifies Charter rights and freedoms that may potentially be engaged by a bill and provides a brief explanation of the nature of any engagement, in light of the measures being proposed.

A Charter Statement also identifies potential justifications for any limits a bill may impose on Charter rights and freedoms. Section 1 of the Charter provides that rights and freedoms may be subject to reasonable limits if those limits are prescribed by law and demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. This means that Parliament may enact laws that limit Charter rights and freedoms. The Charter will be violated only where a limit is not demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society.

A Charter Statement is intended to provide legal information to the public and Parliament on a bill’s potential effects on rights and freedoms that are neither trivial nor too speculative. It is not intended to be a comprehensive overview of all conceivable Charter considerations. Additional considerations relevant to the constitutionality of a bill may also arise in the course of Parliamentary study and amendment of a bill. A Statement is not a legal opinion on the constitutionality of a bill.

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
Understanding the Development and Impact of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) 

Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) and Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYACs) arose out of a need to reduce stress placed on child/youth victims during sexual abuse investigations. Previously, a lack of coordination between social services and the criminal justice system meant victims were interviewed multiple times by different agencies, often by people untrained in child development.

CACs have been developed to create a safe place for child victims and their non-offending caregivers. They feature child friendly spaces, a multidisciplinary team approach with police, social services, victim advocates, and medical personnel working together as well as victim advocacy and support. As of 2016, 22 CACs are operating in Canada, and at least seven other sites are currently developing or exploring the model.

This study was commissioned by the Department of Justice (Department) to better understand how Canadian CACs are developing and operating; measure client satisfaction with CACs; measure client satisfaction with the criminal justice system’s process and outcomes; and measure how CACs meet the following Federal Victims Strategy (FVS) objectives: increasing access to victim services, enhancing capacity to deliver appropriate and responsive services to victims, and reducing financial and non-financial hardships for victims.

Three main data sources informed this report:

case file data from the CACs,
client interviews (child/youth victims and non-offending caregivers), and
Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) interviews. Researchers also interviewed CAC stakeholders, including members of boards of directors and local politicians, and conducted a criminal justice system satisfaction survey.
Researchers conducted 109 MDT interviews (with 125 individuals) and 123 in-person interviews with 26 child victims (aged five to 11), 17 youth victims (aged 12 to 19), five adults who had been victims as children (i.e., deemed historical cases), and 75 non-offending caregivers.

Organization: Department of Justice Canada | Ministère de la Justice Canada
CGDI Analysis Ready Data Service Kits

The "Starter Kits" of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) are curated bundles of geospatial data delivered as a service. These kits are the result of a user needs assessment commissioned by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), with a primary focus on addressing the specific requirements of Indigenous Peoples. Within these kits, you'll discover a selection of data provided as a service from a collection of over 71,000 datasets falling under the "Nature and Environment" category sourced from CGDI's Federal and Provincial/Territorial partners. These Starter Kits have been thoughtfully crafted into four thematic or geographic areas of Canada:  
  
  a) British Columbia,  
  
  b) Northwest Territories,  
  
  c) Climate Change across Canada,  
  
  d) And Water Resources across Canada.  
  
  Each of these kits represents diverse areas and data categories, offering new users a compact, comprehensive, and user-friendly gateway to explore a wide array of information provided by the CGDI.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report - Standards Project 2018-2019: Handheld Portable Laser Pointers

The purpose of this Standards project was to sample handheld portable laser pointers and test them to the performance criteria of a consensus-based safety standard in order to verify compliance to the CCPSA. The safety standard used as a basis for the project testing was International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC 60825-1:2014 Ed.3, Safety of laser products- Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report - Cyclical Enforcement Project 2018-2019: Mandatory Reporting

The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) of Health Canada administers and enforces the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) and its regulations by conducting investigations, inspections, seizures and prosecutions. The CPSP also responds to reports of consumer product-related health or safety concerns from industry and consumers.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report - Cyclical Enforcement Project 2018-2019: Vaping Products Packaging and Labelling Requirements

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry's compliance for a subset of the newly regulated vaping products against the requirements for toxicity labelling and child resistant packaging from the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) 50 North Atlantic Wave Hindcast

This dataset contains 21 statistics of wind and waves calculated from hourly reanalysis data of historical surface winds and ocean surface waves for the Canadian East Coast for the period 1954-2018 (each statistic has an annual, 4 seasonal, and 12 monthly values). These data can be used for characterization of marine surface wind and wave climate conditions, trends and variability for Canadian waters (East Coast), and for use of coastal and offshore operations/risk management (e.g., oil platforms, shipping). The hourly wind and wave’s data may be obtained upon request from the Meteorological Service of Canada's Climate Services.

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) 12th Annual Meeting Held in Tokyo, Japan from July 10-12, 2018

The ICCR is a voluntary international group of cosmetics regulatory authorities from Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States. This group of regulatory authorities meets on an annual basis to discuss common issues on cosmetics safety and regulation, and to enter into a constructive dialogue with their relevant cosmetics industry trade associations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) 13th Annual Meeting held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 9-11, 2019

The ICCR is a voluntary international group of cosmetics regulatory authorities from Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States. This group of regulatory authorities meets on an annual basis to discuss common issues on cosmetics safety and regulation, and to enter into a constructive dialogue with their relevant cosmetics industry trade associations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) 14th Annual Meeting held virtually from December 7-9, 2020

The ICCR is a voluntary international group of cosmetics regulatory authorities from Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States. This group of regulatory authorities meets on an annual basis to discuss common issues on cosmetics safety and regulation, and to enter into a constructive dialogue with their relevant cosmetics industry trade associations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) 15th Annual Meeting held virtually from June 21-23, 2021

The ICCR is a voluntary international group of cosmetics regulatory authorities from Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States. This group of regulatory authorities meets on an annual basis to discuss common issues on cosmetics safety and regulation, and to enter into a constructive dialogue with their relevant cosmetics industry trade associations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Information on Health Canada's approach to the General Prohibitions under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA), the Government of Canada, regulated parties – those who manufacture, import, advertise, sell or distribute consumer products in Canada – and consumers, all play important roles in addressing dangers to human health or safety posed by consumer products. The intent of this page is to inform regulated parties of Health Canada's approach to the General Prohibitions (GPs) under the CCPSA.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Compliance Verification Project 2020-2021: Children's Jewellery Regulations

The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) administers and enforces the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) and regulations made under it. The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify compliance of children's jewellery for lead and cadmium content which are subject to the Children's Jewellery Regulations (Regulations).

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Compliance Verification Project 2020-2021: Cosmetic Regulations (Advance Notice of Importation)

The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) administers and enforces the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and its Cosmetic Regulations. The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify industry's compliance of cosmetic products imported under the Advance Notice of Importation process with specific requirements of the Cosmetic Regulations.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Compliance Verification Project 2020-2021: Flame Jetting

The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify industry's compliance of alcohol-based fuel products with the requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001) and sections 7 and 8 of the CCPSA, which states that consumer products that pose a danger to human health or safety are prohibited from sale.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Compliance Verification Project 2021-2022: Cosmetic Regulations - p-Phenylenediamine (PPD)

The purpose of this compliance verification project was to verify industry's compliance of cosmetic products with specific requirements of the FDA and the Cosmetic Regulations. Products containing certain substances on the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist (Hotlist) indicated as being prohibited or restricted for use in cosmetics were tested, specifically oxidative hair dyes intended for consumer use that contain the restricted ingredient p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) and/or its salts at a maximum concentration equal to or less than 3% after dilution with an oxidizer, as per the manufacturer's instructions.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Compliance Verification Project 2021-2022: Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations

The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to verify industry's compliance of vaping products subject to the CCPSA with the requirements of the Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations (VPLPR). Specifically, refillable vaping devices and refillable vaping device parts are required to be child-resistant.

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
SOCI committee briefing binder: Appearance of Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages - September 28, 2023

Appearance by the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages - Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (SOCI): Study: Canada's Temporary and Migrant Labour Force. Date: September 28, 2023, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada | Emploi et Développement social Canada
Solid waste diversion and disposal

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Solid waste diversion and disposal indicators report on the total quantity and the quantity per person of non-hazardous solid waste diverted and disposed by municipal governments and businesses in the waste management industry. The waste diversion rate by source (residential and non-residential) and the types of materials diverted are also reported. Tracking trends in solid waste diversion and disposal helps us understand how waste management and recycling programs are working. It also provides a measure of how efficiently Canadians use their resources, which have implications for the natural environment. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.


Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2022 Version 1.0

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance. NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 consists of 20 sectors, 99 subsectors, 323 industry groups, 695 industries and 922 Canadian industries, and replaces NAICS Canada 2017 Version 3.0. The following summary table shows the counts of subsectors, industry groups, industries, and Canadian industries for each of the NAICS sectors.  	
	
This dataset is made available under the Statistics Canada Open Licence agreement (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/licence).	


Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
Tree Type - Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories

The Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories (CASFRI) is a Canadian forest resource inventory data repository. Forest resource inventory datasets in CASFRI are harmonized to a common data model so that data collected by different agencies following different standards can be used together. Participating provincial, territorial and federal government departments and agencies share current and historical map-based forest resource inventory datasets through CASFRI so that their data are available to users who’s areas of interest span multiple jurisdictions. CASFRI was originally developed by academic researchers (Cumming et al., https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0102).   
  
  This flavour of CASFRI (CASFRIv5) was developed anew in collaboration with academic researchers at the University of Laval to provide a government version of CASFRI that is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.  It uses the most up-to-date forest inventory data provided by participating provincial, territorial, and federal government departments and agencies.  CASFRIv5 is hosted on the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers’ data portal, the National Forest Information System (http://nfis.org).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Dominant Genus - Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories

The Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories (CASFRI) is a Canadian forest resource inventory data repository. Forest resource inventory datasets in CASFRI are harmonized to a common data model so that data collected by different agencies following different standards can be used together. Participating provincial, territorial and federal government departments and agencies share current and historical map-based forest resource inventory datasets through CASFRI so that their data are available to users who’s areas of interest span multiple jurisdictions. CASFRI was originally developed by academic researchers (Cumming et al., https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0102).   
  
  This flavour of CASFRI (CASFRIv5) was developed anew in collaboration with academic researchers at the University of Laval to provide a government version of CASFRI that is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.  It uses the most up-to-date forest inventory data provided by participating provincial, territorial, and federal government departments and agencies.  CASFRIv5 is hosted on the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers’ data portal, the National Forest Information System (http://nfis.org).

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Socioeconomic characteristics of the LGB&#43; population, 2019 to 2021

Socioeconomic characteristics of the population aged 15 and older whose reported sexual orientation is lesbian or gay, bisexual or pansexual, or another sexual orientation that is not heterosexual (LGB+), by gender, age group and geographic region. Marital status, presence of children under age 12 in the household, education, employment, personal income, Indigenous identity, the visible minority population, immigrant status, language(s) spoken most often at home, place of residence (population centre/rural), self-rated general health, and self-rated mental health. Estimates are obtained from combined cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2019 to 2021.<br>

Organization: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada