Cultural heritage value

Data restricted

This data is not and will not be made available. The data was reviewed and cannot be released to the public because of reasons outlined by the Digital and Data Directive.

Restriction: Confidentiality -

This data represents the locations of culturally significant features, human-made or natural, associated with past human activities.

Some examples of culturally significant features are:

  • burial grounds
  • cairns
  • farmsteads
  • marine sites (such as shipwrecks)
  • monuments
  • petroglyphs
  • ruins
  • resource gathering sites

Cultural heritage values are evaluated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry with input from experts such as:

  • local historical societies
  • Indigenous communities
  • archaeologists

Supporting Information

Ministry contact: Natural Resources and Forestry

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Maintainer branch
Integration Branch
Last Validated Date
August 27, 2021
Update frequency
Yearly

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