Ontario Lake Partner

Get data about the water quality for Ontario's inland lakes. The data is collected through volunteer monitoring efforts – citizen science.

The Lake Partner environment map

The Lake Partner Program (LPP) measures water quality in inland lakes across Ontario. This dataset provides water quality and water clarity data, as well as data on the concentrations of:

  • total phosphorus
  • calcium

Spatial information for lake monitoring locations across Ontario are also available.

Keywords: Lake, Water, Citizen Science, Community Science, Volunteer, Phosphorus, Calcium, Chloride, Water Clarity

Ministry contact: anna.desellas@ontario.ca

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Last Validated Date
January 17, 2024
Update frequency
Yearly

Ontario Lake Partner

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Date range: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2022

  • CSV
    Chloride English

    Last Updated: January 17, 2024

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Date range: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2022

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    Calcium English

    Last Updated: January 17, 2024

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Date range: January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2022

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    Total phosphorus English

    Last Updated: January 17, 2024

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Date range: January 1, 1980 - December 31, 2022

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    Water transparency English

    Last Updated: January 17, 2024

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Supporting Files

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    Metadata record English

    Last Updated: May 25, 2023

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    Metadata Record French

    Last Updated: May 25, 2023

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