Government of British Columbia

Soil Survey polygons contain soils spatial and attribute information utilized by the Ministry of Environment online Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT). The information pertains to soil survey data in the Province of British Columbia, as well as links to a variety of reports and maps. Polygons...

All lake polygons for the province

Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) Supporting Indicators Total 2001 Reporting Year by Community

This is a polygon feature class representing large, named, physiographic features (areas) in the province, e.g., mountains, mountain ranges, ridges, plateaus, hills, and valleys.

All named watershed polygons

Walk-in lakes and the buffers around the walk-in lakes within the old Clearwater Forest District. The old Clearwater Forest District became the northern part of the Thompson-Rivers Natural Resource District. Walk-in lakes were identified for non-motorized access only.

A spatial representation of the Map Blocks for Timber Licences after the elimination for that Map Block (if one exists) has been removed from the Map Block. Only active Map Blocks are included in this view

North Thompson Caribou Habitat within the Clearwater Forest District

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;...

Forest disturbances mapped primarily by the annual provincial aerial overview survey are recorded as polygons or spots (point data). This data set represents the spot (point) data. Each spot is labelled by the year of survey, forest health factor (disturbance agent), severity class, area, numbers...

The Fibre Recovery Zones (FRZ) define areas where increased waste rates may apply to avoidable waste left on a cutting authority as detailed in the Provincial Logging Residue and Waste Measurement Procedure Manual. The boundaries have been approved by the Director of the Forest Tenures Branch,...

Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) Supporting Indicators Total 1996 Reporting Year by Community

Existing flood protection works appurtenances on or near dikes, for example, pump house, floodbox, culvert, gate, gauge, weir, etc. Updated from available Provincial dike survey project data from 2019/2020. If 2019/2020 dike survey project data is unavailable, appurtenance data based on previous...

Six stream riparian classes ([STREAM_CLASS] = 1-6) based on presence of fish, occurrence in a community watershed and average channel width. [STREAM_CLASS] = 7 refers to unclassified streams. Stream classification is based on the 1995 Forest Practices Code Riparian Management Area Guidebook:...

Information regarding processor facilities in British Columbia including location, company name and license tag information. CRIMS is a legacy dataset of BC coastal resource data that was acquired in a systematic and synoptic manner from 1979 and was intermittently updated throughout the years....

Polygons delimiting the watershed group boundary, which is a collections of drainage areas. In-land groups will contain a single polygon, coastal groups may contain multiple polygons (one for each island)

Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) Supporting Indicators Total 2001 Reporting Year by Regional District

Polygon features representing the vulnerability of coastal aquifers to sea water intrusion.

The Tsunami Notification Zone classifications are used to differentiate the notification areas along the coast of BC. These Zones are used to add BC specific information to tsunami alerts issued from West Coast Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. BC tsunami alerts are disseminated via the Provincial...

Kokanee habitat zones for Okanagan region lakes. The purpose of this data is to support the Large Lakes Protocol, an interagency document that addresses the processes that need to be followed during foreshore development. The required application process varies depending on habitat value zone....