Natural heritage system areas

Natural heritage system areas This dataset shows the boundaries of systems of natural heritage features and areas, lands and waters that support connectivity and have significant ecological value. It includes areas defined in provincial plans such as the: * [Greenbelt Plan](https://www.ontario.ca/document/greenbelt-plan-2017) * [Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan](https://www.ontario.ca/page/oak-ridges-moraine-conservation-plan-2017) * [Niagara Escarpment Plan](https://www.escarpment.org/LandPlanning/NEP) * [Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe](https://www.ontario.ca/document/place-grow-growth-plan-greater-golden-horseshoe)  This dataset does not include modifications to systems made by municipal governments as part of their official plans. 2025-03-12 Government of Ontario Economics and IndustryEconomy and BusinessEnvironment and Natural ResourcesGovernmentGovernment information Natural Heritage System Area - DocumentationDOCX https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/dcf58738-8435-435a-83d5-76c37df10cce/resource/67e98f42-1438-46f1-8995-e0baffbefc40/download/natural_heritage_system_area_-_documentation.docx Natural Heritage System Area (extracted from geohub)ESRI REST https://ws.lioservices.lrc.gov.on.ca/arcgis2/rest/services/LIO_OPEN_DATA/LIO_Open06/MapServer/22 Natural Heritage System Area (extracted from geohub)ESRI REST https://ws.lioservices.lrc.gov.on.ca/arcgis2/rest/services/LIO_OPEN_DATA/LIO_Open06/MapServer/22 Natural Heritage System AreaHTML https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/natural-heritage-system-area Systèmes naturels patrimoniauxHTML https://geohub-fr.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/syst%C3%A8mes-naturels-patrimoniaux Growth Plan Natural Heritage System - Technical ReportPDF https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/dcf58738-8435-435a-83d5-76c37df10cce/resource/b0a0551b-9732-4f92-806f-ce538a9de52a/download/growthplan_naturalheritagesystem_technicalreport.pdf Natural Heritage System Area - Data DescriptionPDF https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/dcf58738-8435-435a-83d5-76c37df10cce/resource/f2cec734-911c-4b51-a1fd-4ae1c199792a/download/natural_heritage_system_area_-_data_description.pdf Complete File Geodatabase (extracted from geohub)ZIP https://ws.gisetl.lrc.gov.on.ca/fmedatadownload/Packages/fgdb/NHSAREA.zip Complete Shapefile (extracted from geohub)ZIP https://ws.gisetl.lrc.gov.on.ca/fmedatadownload/Packages/NHSAREA.zip QGIS Layer Definition File (.qlr) (extracted from geohub)other https://www.publicdocs.mnr.gov.on.ca/mirb/lio-open-qlr-eng/natural-heritage-system-area.qlr

This dataset shows the boundaries of systems of natural heritage features and areas, lands and waters that support connectivity and have significant ecological value. It includes areas defined in provincial plans such as the: * Greenbelt Plan * Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan * Niagara Escarpment Plan * Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe  This dataset does not include modifications to systems made by municipal governments as part of their official plans.

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