The wildlife values area and site datasets represent the consolidation of 13 wildlife data classes collected by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The data estimates locations used by wildlife for various reasons, including: * breeding * calving and fawning * denning * feeding * staging * nesting * wintering * general habitat areas * nurseries * travel corridors Locations are represented as points (site) or polygons (area) and may be related to a specific species or described more generally. Wildlife values data is most often used to support policy and legislation associated with the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. The data may also be used to inform a wide range of resource management activities and decisions. There are additional sensitive features related to provincially tracked species and species at risk that are not available as part of the open data package. Sensitive features are subject to licensing and approvals and may be requested by contacting [geospatial@ontario.ca](geospatial@ontario.ca).

A Conservation Unit (CU) is a group of wild Pacific salmon sufficiently isolated from other groups that, if extirpated, is very unlikely to recolonize naturally within an acceptable timeframe, such as a human lifetime or a specified number of salmon generations. Holtby and Ciruna (2007) provided a framework for aggregating the five species of salmon (genus Oncorhynchus) found on Canada’s Pacific coast into species-specific CUs based on three primary characteristics: ecotypology, life history and genetics. The first stage in the description of the Conservation Units is based solely on ecology. The ecotypologies used in this framework include a combined characterization of both freshwater and near-shore marine environments, and is termed “joint adaptive zone”. The second stage of the description involves the use of life history, molecular genetics, and further ecological characterizations to group and partition the first stage units into the final Conservation Units. The result is CUs that are described through the joint application of all three axes. It is important to note that CUs are distinct from other aggregates of Pacific salmon, such as designatable units (DUs) under the Species at Risk Act or management units (MUs).CU Counting Sites: Salmon spawner enumeration data in the Pacific Region is stored and managed in the New Salmon Escapement Database (NuSEDS). The term “escapement” is used to refer to the group of mature salmon that have ‘escaped’ from various sources of exploitation, and returned to freshwater to spawn and reproduce. This data is assigned to a “Counting Site”, which may be a complete watercourse with a marine terminus, a tributary to a larger watercourse, or a defined reach within a watercourse that may or may not encompass the entire population but represents an index of the abundance of that population. CU Status:CUs form the basic unit for assessment under Canada’s Policy for the Conservation of Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) (DFO 2005). The biological status of a CU is evaluated using a number of metrics (Holt et al. 2009; Holt 2009), which indicate a WSP status zone: Red (poor status), Amber (marginal status), or Green (healthy status). A final step then incorporates all metric and status-related information into a final integrated status for each CU, along with expert commentary to support the final status determination (e.g., DFO 2012; DFO 2016). This information is used as inputs to fisheries management processes to help prioritize assessment activities and management actions.Note: CU boundaries were reviewed in 2020-2021 and have been updated from the BC Freshwater Atlas 1:50,000 scale to the BC Freshwater Atlas 1:20,000 scale. The CU boundaries were last updated in March 2023. Please be aware that CUs may be reviewed and are subject to change without notice.Please refer to Conservation Unit Review Requests-Form and Summary for a list of CU review requests that are ongoing or have been finalized.

A Conservation Unit (CU) is a group of wild Pacific salmon sufficiently isolated from other groups that, if extirpated, is very unlikely to recolonize naturally within an acceptable timeframe, such as a human lifetime or a specified number of salmon generations.Holtby and Ciruna (2007) provided a framework for aggregating the five species of salmon (genus Oncorhynchus) found on Canada’s Pacific coast into species-specific CUs based on three primary characteristics: ecotypology, life history and genetics. The first stage in the description of the Conservation Units is based solely on ecology. The ecotypologies used in this framework include a combined characterization of both freshwater and near-shore marine environments, and is termed “joint adaptive zone”. The second stage of the description involves the use of life history, molecular genetics, and further ecological characterizations to group and partition the first stage units into the final Conservation Units. The result is CUs that are described through the joint application of all three axes. It is important to note that CUs are distinct from other aggregates of Pacific salmon, such as designatable units (DUs) under the Species at Risk Act or management units (MUs).CU Counting Sites:Salmon spawner enumeration data in the Pacific Region is stored and managed in the New Salmon Escapement Database (NuSEDS). The term “escapement” is used to refer to the group of mature salmon that have ‘escaped’ from various sources of exploitation, and returned to freshwater to spawn and reproduce. This data is assigned to a “Counting Site”, which may be a complete watercourse with a marine terminus, a tributary to a larger watercourse, or a defined reach within a watercourse that may or may not encompass the entire population but represents an index of the abundance of that population. CU Status:CUs form the basic unit for assessment under Canada’s Policy for the Conservation of Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) (DFO 2005). The biological status of a CU is evaluated using a number of metrics (Holt et al. 2009; Holt 2009), which indicate a WSP status zone: Red (poor status), Amber (marginal status), or Green (healthy status). A final step then incorporates all metric and status-related information into a final integrated status for each CU, along with expert commentary to support the final status determination (e.g., DFO 2012; DFO 2016). This information is used as inputs to fisheries management processes to help prioritize assessment activities and management actions.Note: CU boundaries were reviewed in 2020-2021 and have been updated from the BC Freshwater Atlas 1:50,000 scale to the BC Freshwater Atlas 1:20,000 scale. The CU boundaries were last updated in March 2023. Please be aware that CUs may be reviewed and are subject to change without notice.Please refer to Conservation Unit Review Requests-Form and Summary for a list of CU review requests that are ongoing or have been finalized.

Salmon have a complex hierarchical population structure extending from groups of salmon at individual spawning sites all the way up to taxonomic species. These independently functioning aggregates are defined as Conservation Units (CUs) in the Wild Salmon Policy. A stock management unit (SMU) is a group of one or more CUs that are managed together with the objective of achieving a joint status.There are 69 SMUs containing 468 CUs. In 2022, eight SMUs units did not have enough information to provide an assessment. Sixty-one units were assigned a forecast. There are ongoing requests to represent salmon information for these areas. Salmon are assessed and managed at different levels for different needs. The layers in this dataset include administrative areas, stock management units, and conservation units.The data included is a shapefile containing a single feature class layer represented in point and polygon form, as well as a csv table (attributes) to present Stock Management Unit information in a simple, visual way.

2024 Annual Compensation Disclosure as per The Public Sector Compensation Disclosure ActThe Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act requires: Annual Compensation Disclosure The Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act requires information about wages above a legislated compensation threshold to be publicly disclosed for public sector employees. It is published annually and has been published on the government's proactive disclosure website since 2020. The Act includes a requirement for the reporting threshold amount be reviewed every five years. Effective January 1, 2023, the new threshold for salary disclosures has increased from $75,000 to $85,000. This table lists those individuals defined above, along with related information described in the ‘fields’ below. This table is presented in the Manitoba Public Sector Compensation Disclosure application, which is a user-friendly interactive tool that adds functionality such as filtering, search, and data export. Fields included (Alias (Field name): Field description.) Sector (Sector): A standard set of sectors that will allow for searching and categorizing similar organizations. First Name (First_Name): First name or first initial based on the past practice of the organization  Last Name (Last_Name): Last name or badge number based on the past practice of your organization  Total Compensation (Total_Compensation):  Total compensation that includes employment contract, total value of all cash and non-cash salary or payments, allowances, bonuses, commissions and perquisites. Job Title (Job_Title):  Job title, position name or position category, based on the past practice of the organization.  Employer (Employer): This field will contain the name of the employer.  Department/Region (Department_Region): This is an optional field for organizations that currently report department  Reporting Year (Reporting_Year): The fiscal year or calendar year in which the reporting period ended. (e.g. a fiscal year ending March 2021 and a calendar year ending December 2021 will both be listed as 2021)  Reporting Schedule (Reporting_Schedule): This field will indicate which of the two reporting calendars the information reflects, based on the past practice of the organization. For more information on proactive disclosure by the Manitoba government, please visit the following site: https://www.gov.mb.ca/openmb/infomb/index.html   Have thoughts on how this tool could be improved? Visit EngageMB.ca/OpenMB

Information on all public sector employees who were paid $85,000 or more in the year beginning in 2023 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act.Information on all public sector employees who were paid $85,000 or more in the year beginning in 2023 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. The Manitoba government discloses annually the compensation paid in the fiscal year or in the calendar year to a person who is a member of the civil service or who holds a specified public office if their annual compensation is equivalent to or exceeds the minimum legislated threshold for disclosure.This table lists those individuals defined above, along with related information described in the ‘fields’ below. This table is presented in the Manitoba Public Sector Compensation Disclosure application, which is a user-friendly interactive tool that adds functionality such as filtering, search, and data export.Fields included (Alias (Field name): Field description.) Sector (Sector): A standard set of sectors that will allow for searching and categorizing similar organizations. First Name (First_Name): First name or first initial based on the past practice of the organization Last Name (Last_Name): Last name or badge number based on the past practice of your organization Total Compensation (Total_Compensation):  Total compensation that includes employment contract, total value of all cash and non-cash salary or payments, allowances, bonuses, commissions and perquisites. Job Title (Job_Title):  Job title, position name or position category, based on the past practice of the organization. Employer (Employer): This field will contain the name of the employer. Department/Region (Department_Region): This is an optional field for organizations that currently report department Reporting Year (Reporting_Year): The fiscal year or calendar year in which the reporting period ended. (e.g. a fiscal year ending March 2021 and a calendar year ending December 2021 will both be listed as 2021) Reporting Schedule (Reporting_Schedule): This field will indicate which of the two reporting calendars the information reflects, based on the past practice of the organization.For more information on proactive disclosure by the Manitoba government, please visit the following site: https://www.gov.mb.ca/openmb/infomb/index.html Have thoughts on how this tool could be improved? Visit EngageMB.ca/OpenMB

This point layer shows the locations of named places that fall within Parks Canada areas of interest.Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.

This table contains data on food processing facilities in the province.This table, created by the Food Safety and Inspection Branch-Manitoba Agriculture, contains data on food processing facilities in the province. Fields included ( Alias (Field Name): Field description.) Site Address (Site_Address): Address of the facility. Facility Number (Facility_Number): Number assigned to the facility. Facility Name (Facility_Name): Registered name of the facility. Facility Type (Facility Type): Facilities’ permits issued are specific to the type of product manufactured.  Facility Category: The different permit categories include: Processed Products – Facilities with permits in this category include food operations that produce processed food products (ex: condiments, candy, snack food, other prepared food). Food Warehousing, Distribution and Repackaging – Facilities with permits in this category include operations that store and distribute food products and may conduct basic repackaging ex: bulk dry goods into smaller retail packages. Meat Processing – Facilities with permits in this category include operations that make various meat products ranging from raw meat cuts to products such as sausage and jerky. Also in this category are facilities that make products like smoked fish. Their permits only allow the products to be sold within Manitoba. Bottling – Facilities with permits in this category include water bottling plants, soft drink manufacturers, breweries, wineries, distilleries, juice manufacturers, ice making plants and other similar plants. Grain/Oil Seed Processing – Facilities with permits in this category include grain and seed cleaning and packaging facilities, flourmills, oil processors, etc. Abattoirs – Facilities with permits in this category are abattoirs that slaughter animals under the oversight of a government inspector to produce meat for sale within the province. Dairy Products Processing – Facilities with permits in this category process dairy products (ex: raw milk cheese). Program Area (Program_Area): Program area. Work Area (Work_Area): Work area. Community (Community): Community where the facility is located Area (Area): Area of the city where the facility is located.  Zone (Zone): Zone of the city where the facility is located. Region (Region): Name of the region where the facility is located. Legal Name (Legal_Name): Legal name of the facility. Lot (Lot): Lot where the facility is located. Block (Block): Block where the facility is located. Plot (Plot): Plot where the facility is located. Quadrant (Quadrant): Quadrant where the facility is located. Section (Section): Section where the facility is located. Township (Township): Township where the facility is located. Meridian (Meridian): Meridian where the facility is located. Site Unit Number (Site_Unit_Number): number of the unit where the facility is located. Site Street Number (Site_Street_Number): Street number where the facility is located. Site City (Site_City): City where the facility is located. Site Province (Site_Province): Province where the facility is located. Site Country (Site_Country): Country where the facility is located. Site Postal Code (Site_Postal_Code) : Postal code of the facility. Latitude (Latitude): north-south coordinates of the facility. Longitude (Longitude): east-west coordinates of the facility. Species Harvested (Species_Harvested): species being processed in each abattoir.

Hydrogeological Regions provide a framework to introduce the regional hydrogeology of Canada and to connect apparently disparate studies into a broader framework. The hydrological regions are first order areas used to capture and summarize data that will help develop more detailed profiles of each region. Comparison of findings within and between regions will allow scalable extension to sub-regional and watershed scale mapping.Canada has been classified into nine principal hydrogeological regions. Each region is described briefly based on the following five hydrogeological characteristics (Heath, 1984):system components and geometry;water-bearing openings;rock matrix composition;storage and transmission;recharge/ discharge.The hydrogeological classification emphasizes major geological provinces and rock formations. Fundamental water-bearing openings and rock matrix properties help determine the quantity (storage), flux (transmission), and composition of formation waters. These same properties and any overlying sediment cover affect recharge/ discharge rates for regional formations. While regional attributes are general, a simple aquifer mapping scheme can further describe the nature and character of aquifers in each region. For example, general groundwater settings across the country could be described as has been done by USGS principal aquifers [1]. Thus the regional framework can potentially link from national scales to watershed scales by identifying typical aquifer types based on readily available geological maps that use water-bearing character as a common attribute.The nine hydrogeological regions include:CordilleraMountains with thin sediment over fractured sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks of Precambrian to Cenozoic age. Intermontane valleys are underlain by glacial and alluvial deposits of Pleistocene age.Plains (Western Sedimentary Basin)Region-wide basin of sub-horizontal Paleozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary rocks are overlain by thick glacial deposits filling buried valleys. Incised post-glacial valleys provide local relief. Shallow gas, coal, and brines may occur.Canadian ShieldUndulating region of thin glacial sediment overlying complex deformed, fractured PreCambrian igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Region contains several terrains: sedimentary basins, structural belts, and glacial-lacustrine basins.Hudson Bay (Moose River) BasinSedimentary basin of Paleozoic to Mesozoic sub horizontal carbonate and clastic sediment covered by surficial deposits, with low relief and poor drainage.Southern OntarioEastern Great Lakes region is underlain by gently-dipping Paleozoic, carbonate, clastic and gypsum-salt strata overlain by glacial sediments up to 200 m thick with tunnel valleys. Karst, bedrock valleys, shallow gas and brines are also important components.St. Lawrence LowlandsLowlands underlain by shallow-dipping Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and thick glacial sediment in glacial-marine basins. Appalachian and Precambrian uplands discharge water to valleys. Shallow gas and saltwater intrusion are possible.AppalachiaUpland to mountainous region with thin surficial sediment on folded Paleozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. Range of rock types yields a wide range of water compositions. Valleys contain important alluvial aquifers.Maritimes BasinLowlands with flat-lying, Carboniferous clastic , salt, and gypsum rocks contain shallow coal deposits. Surface glacial sediment is thin and discontinuous. Salt water intrusion is possible.PermafrostArctic islands and most areas north of 60o contain frozen ground affects on groundwater flow. Diverse topography and geology define sub-regions of sedimentary basins and crystalline rocks. Glacial sediment is thin, discontinuous; local peat accumulations are significant.

This line layer shows the locations of docks and quays on Parks Canada sites, docks or quays owned by Parks Canada, or docks and quays of interest to Parks Canada.Data is not necessarily complete - updates will occur weekly.