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Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Get data describing benthic-invertebrate (bottom dwelling aquatic invertebrates) community structure and habitat conditions in various waterbodies. This dataset includes:...Resource formats:
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Ontario Lake Partner
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
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...Resource formats:
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Permit to Take Water
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Companies or organizations who take over 50,000 litres of water/day from a lake, river, stream or groundwater source, must obtain a Permit to Take Water from the Ministry of the...Resource formats:
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Provincial (Stream) Water Quality Monitoring Network
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Provides stream water quality monitoring data for a number of parameters, including total and dissolved nutrients, metals, and chloride. The Provincial (Stream) Water Quality...Resource formats:
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Broadscale Monitoring Program Lake Water Chemistry
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
In 2005, the Province of Ontario implemented its Ecological Framework for Recreational Fisheries Management, a component of which was the establishment of standardized,...Resource formats:
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Inland Lakes and Streams – Water Chemistry
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This data set includes information on water quality of lakes and streams across Ontario since 1976. It includes: major anions and cations nutrients chlorophyll metals Data...Resource formats:
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Inland Waters Lakes and Streams – Biological Communities
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset includes information on biological communities in lakes and streams across Ontario since 1976. Biological communities sampled include: crayfish Data were...Resource formats:
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Inland Lakes and Streams – Physical Conditions
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This data set includes information on sampling locations and physical conditions in lakes and streams across Ontario. It also includes meteorological conditions from monitoring...Resource formats:
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Industrial Wastewater Discharges
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Industrial wastewater monitoring data submitted quarterly to the Ministry of the Environment. This reporting is required by the Effluent Monitoring and Effluent Limits...Resource formats:
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Licensed Well Contractors
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Directory of Licensed Well Contractors This directory lists all well contractors licensed in Ontario. Listings in the directory should not be taken as advice or a...Resource formats:
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Guide to Eating Ontario Fish: Advisory Database
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Fish consumption advisories for Ontario's lakes and rivers are available in the Guide to Eating Ontario Fish. The zip file below includes a GIS shapefile of all lake/river...Resource formats:
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Well Records
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset provides information submitted by well contractors as prescribed by Regulation 903, and is stored in the Water Well Information System (WWIS). Spatial information...Resource formats:
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Pesticide Concentrations in Stream Water
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
This dataset contains measurements of pesticide concentrations in stream water samples collected at selected streams in Ontario. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation...Resource formats:
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Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
The Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network (PGMN) datasets report on ambient (baseline) groundwater level and chemistry conditions. Groundwater monitoring mapResource formats:
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Environmental Compliance Reports
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Every year, the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks publicly releases the Environmental Compliance Report on the Ontario Data Catalogue. In Ontario, all...Resource formats:
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Water Taking
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Volumes of water taken daily and annually under a Permit-to-Take-Water, as reported to the ministry under the Water Taking and Transfer Regulation 387/04. The Ontario Water...Resource formats:
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Ontario water and weather monitoring stations
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
Point locations of water and weather monitoring stations used by the Surface Water Monitoring Centre to assess flood and drought conditions across Ontario. Monitoring station...Resource formats:
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Fish Contaminants
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
Data on fish contaminants is collected across Ontario. Contaminants are chemicals that could be harmful to environment and human health. Toxic contaminants can enter in...Resource formats:
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Jackfish Bay Area of Concern in Recovery – Water and Sediment Chemistry
Ministry: Environment, Conservation and Parks
In 2017, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks collected water and sediment from the Jackfish Bay ‘Area of Concern in Recovery’ study area, which included...Resource formats:
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Ontario Watershed Boundaries
Ministry: Natural Resources and Forestry
This collection represents the authoritative watershed boundaries for Ontario. The data is based on a framework similar to the Atlas of Canada Fundamental Drainage Areas and the...Resource formats: