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The Compendium is an initiative of the 2016 Government of Yukon Science Strategy. The vision of the strategy is to support the active pursuit, gathering and storage of scientific knowledge so it can be easily retrieved, transferred, shared and used to support evidence-based decision-making. This...

This data set provides pesticide sample analyses results for drinking water samples for the province’s Pesticide Monitoring Program.Over 100 wells are monitored annually, with samples being collected in drinking water wells of private homes, schools, municipalities, and seniors’ housing...

The Lake Simcoe lake monitoring program provides measurements of chemical and physical water quality limits such as total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll a, pH, alkalinity, conductivity, dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, silica, other ions, water transparency, temperature and dissolved...

This data set includes information on sampling locations, water chemistry and chlorophyll collected at 18 locations in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River and 4 locations in Lake Simcoe.

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 types include: * streamflow gauge stations * Environment and Climate Change Canada climate stations * Ministry of...

Cyanobacteria (also referred to as blue-green algae) are common photosynthetic bacteria that live in surface waters. Under favorable conditions, such as warm water and high nutrient content, these bacteria can form nuisance “blooms”. The presence of blooms in recreational water causes unpleasant...

The Water Data Catalogue web mapping application allows users to search for water monitoring sites across the territory.

Get data describing benthic-invertebrate (bottom dwelling aquatic invertebrates) community structure and habitat conditions in various waterbodies. This dataset includes: * counts of different kinds of benthic invertebrates * water chemistry * information about collected samples (geographic...

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 Moberley Bay, Tunnel Bay, and far-field sites in Jackfish Bay. This ‘Area of Concern in Recovery’ has been designated under...

Dataset includes 8 water quality surveys conducted between May and September 2021 at 4 stations in Hamilton Harbour by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) staff. The 4 stations surveyed by MECP are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 4 long-term monitoring...