A compendium of reports that provide information about aquatic and terrestrial animals and plants, soils, surface water, groundwater and their accompanying data files and maps

This product provides the median of monthly maximum turbidity values (in nephelometric turbidity units) for drinking water facilities by drainage region. Turbidity refers to the relative cloudiness of water, caused by suspended particles in water. The Survey of Drinking Water Plants collected this monthly maximum turbidity data for surface water sources from facilities reporting turbidity data for at least 10 months in 2013. These facilities served 24 million people and produced 4,091 million cubic metres of potable water from surface water sources in 2013. Source water turbidity was monitored continuously at 42% of these drinking water plants in 2013, daily at 34% of plants and less frequently at the remaining plants.

This dataset contains the total annual releases of radionuclides released directly to the environment through direct discharge (i.e. releases to water) of the nuclear power plants in Canada.This original radionuclide releases dataset of the nuclear power plants provides results for both stack emissions and direct discharge. The dataset has been divided in two subsets for better discoverability. In this record as its title indicates, you will find the direct discharge results mapped. Make sure to look at the nuclear power plants stack emissions record in order to obtain a complete picture.

This dataset contains the total annual releases of radionuclides released directly to the environment through stack emissions of the nuclear power plants in Canada.This original radionuclide releases dataset of the nuclear power plants provides results for both stack emissions and direct discharge (i.e. releases to water). The dataset has been divided in two subsets for better discoverability. In this record as its title indicates, you will find the stack emissions results mapped. Make sure to look at the nuclear power plants direct discharge record in order to obtain a complete picture.

This dataset includes metrics of eelgrass size, cover, and biomass from field sites along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Field sites were located across a gradient of environmental conditions, and field sampling was conducted in July to August 2022. Eelgrass percent cover, shoot density, and plants were sampled at 10 haphazardly distributed sampling stations within each eelgrass bed at approximately the same depth. Stations were ~10m apart and at least 2m from any eelgrass-bare interface. At each sampling station eelgrass leaves in a 0.5 x 0.5m quadrat were photographed for later computer image analysis to determine percent cover. The number of shoots were then counted in a 0.25 x 0.25m quadrat, and 3 vegetative shoots were collected. Shoots were measured for leaf length, width, and weight in the laboratory. These data were used to determine allometric and cover-biomass relationships for use in non-destructive estimation of bed biomass. Cite this data as: Wong, M.C., & Thomson, J. A. Data of eelgrass (Zostera marina) plant size (length, width), cover, and biomass from the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia. Published: February 2025. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth NS.For additional information please see:Thomson, J. A., Vercaemer, B., & Wong, M. C. (2025). Non-destructive biomass estimation for eelgrass (Zostera marina): Allometric and percent cover-biomass relationships vary with environmental conditions. Aquatic Botany, 198, 103853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2024.103853

Site locations of aquatic invasive species occurrences throughout the province. The aquatic invasive species include species of amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, plants, alga and turtles. This spatial dataset was compiled from a number of data sources including The Invasive Plant Council of BC; the Beaty Biodiversity Museum; the Royal BC Museum; the Fisheries Information Summary System; E-Flora BC; Electronic Atlas of Plants of BC; and from private data compilations(spreadsheets) and personal consultation with BC Ministry of Environment staff and other local experts, peer-reviewed articles and other unpublished technical reports. Full Citations are included

This table contains data on food processing facilities in the province.This table, created by the Food Safety and Inspection Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, contains data on food processing facilities in the province. Fields included (Alias (field name): field description Site address (site_address): installation address: installation address Installation number (installation_number): number assigned to the installation Name of the installation (name_installation): registered name of the installation: registered name of the installation Type of installation (type of installation): the permits of the installations are issued according to the type of product concerned. Facility Category: The various license categories include: Food Processing — Facilities licensed in this category include food facilities that produce processed foods, for example, condiments, candies, candies, snack foods, and other prepared foods. Food storage, distribution, and repackaging — Licensed facilities in this category include facilities that store and distribute food products and that can perform basic repacking, for example, dry bulk products into small retail packages. Meat processing — Licensed facilities in this category include facilities that manufacture a variety of meat products, ranging from raw cuts of meat to products such as jerky sausage and jerky jerky. Facilities that produce smoked fish also fall into this category. The license of these facilities only allows them to sell their products in Manitoba. Bottling facility — Licensed facilities in this category include water bottling plants, soft drink manufacturers, breweries, wineries, distilleries, juice manufacturers, ice makers, and other similar facilities. Grain and oilseed processing — Licensed facilities in this category include grain and grain cleaning and packaging facilities, flour mills, oil processors, etc. Slaughterhouse — Licensed facilities in this category are slaughterhouses that process livestock into meat under the supervision of a public inspector in order to produce meat for sale in the province. Dairy processing — Facilities licensed in this category process dairy products, for example, raw milk cheese. 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The data represents the occurrence of saline soils in the agricultural area of Alberta. A Saline Soils is a non-alkali (pH less than 8.5 and exchangeable-sodium less than 15%) soil containing soluble salts in great enough quantities that they interfere with the growth of most crop plants. This resource was created in 2002 using ArcGIS.

Nuclear licensees operate across Canada. This includes uranium mines and mills, uranium processing facilities, nuclear power plants, research reactors, particle accelerators, and nuclear substances processing facilities. All of these facilities are licensed by the CNSC and are subject to strict regulatory oversight to ensure the safety of the public and the environment.

This dataset provides the results obtained by Health Canada’s Radiological Monitoring Network (CRMN) for the tritium activity concentration in drinking water originating from the water treatment plants in Ottawa, ON. More information about the CRMN network can be found on the Health Canada website (see link below). The results provided are the tritium activity concentration in units of becquerels per litre (Bq/L). Although ensuring water quality is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, the CRMN, in collaboration with the city of Ottawa, has been conducting a targeted program to monitor the radiological content of drinking water from two water treatment plants in Ottawa, ON.The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality recommend a Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) for tritium in drinking water of 7000 Bq/L. The measured activity concentrations of tritium in drinking water are well below this guideline value.The map shows the approximate sampling location for each monitoring station. Stations are found within the associated location range.