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  • Open Data

    Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names

    This interactive map is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The map illustrates a sample of close to 500 places in Canada named for women from a range of backgrounds who have been...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • CSV
    • HTML
  • Open Data

    Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada

    This web mapping application gives estimates of the electricity that can be generated by grid-connected photovoltaic systems without batteries (in kWh/kWp) and of the mean daily global insolation (in MJ/m2 and in kWh/m2) for any location in Canada on a 60 arc seconds ~2 km grid. They are...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
    • HTML
  • Open Data

    Jack pine productivity on sandy soils in the boreal forest (Quebec, Canada)

    This dataset is associated with the article authored by Marine Pacé, Benjamin Gadet, Julien Beguin, Yves Bergeron et David Paré entitled " Drivers of boreal tree growth and stand opening in boreal forest: the case of jack pine on sandy soils ". It comprises 37 plots including 20 plots near the...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • TXT
  • Open Data

    Soil organic carbon bioreactivity in the spruce feathermoss forests of Quebec (Canada)

    This database contains the data set described in Andrieux B. et al. (in preparation) about soil organic carbon bioreactivity in Quebec's spruce feathermoss forests. The soil carbon bioreactivity has been evaluated with long-term lab incubations. Carbon density in different soil functional...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • TXT
  • Open Data

    Cumulative effects of disturbances on soil nutrients: predominance of antagonistic short-term responses to the salvage logging of insect-killed stands

    This dataset is associated with the article authored by Christine Martineau, Julien Beguin, Armand Séguin and David Paré " Cumulative effects of disturbances on soil nutrients: predominance of antagonistic short-term responses to the salvage logging of insect-killed stands". It comprises 24 plots...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • XLSX
  • Open Data

    Canadian Geographical Names - CGN

    The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) is the authoritative national database of Canada's geographical names. The purpose of the CGNDB is to store place names and their attributes that have been approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC), the national coordinating body...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • CSV
    • KML
    • SHP
  • Open Data

    Indigenous Geographical Names

    The Indigenous Geographical Names dataset presents an extract from the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) of geographical names with roots in Indigenous cultures. These geographical names reflect heritage, language, personal names, and cultural practices. Terrain and water features,...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • CSV
    • KML
    • SHP
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
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