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Prospectivity model highlights areas of Canada with the greatest potential for clastic-dominated zinc deposits. The preferred prospectivity model is based on public geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets that were spatially indexed using the H3 discrete global grid system. Each H3 cell...

Prospectivity model highlights areas of Canada with the greatest potential for magmatic nickel deposits. The preferred prospectivity model is based on public geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets that were spatially indexed using the H3 discrete global grid system. Each H3 cell is...

Prospectivity model highlights areas of Canada with the greatest potential for Mississippi Valley-type zinc deposits. The preferred prospectivity model is based on public geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets that were spatially indexed using the H3 discrete global grid system....

The "Starter Kits" of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) are curated bundles of geospatial data delivered as a service. These kits are the result of a user needs assessment commissioned by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), with a primary focus on addressing the specific...

In November 2020, the Minister of Natural Resources Canada launched an inclusive engagement process to modernize Canada’s policy for the management of radioactive waste. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) officials led the six-month engagement process with the support of other federal government...

This dataset is associated with the article authored by Marine Pacé, David Paré, Nicole Fenton and Yves Bergeron entitled "Effect of lichen, Sphagnum spp. and feather moss leachates on jack pine and black spruce growth ". It includes growth surveys of jack pine and black spruce in greenhouse at...

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...

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...

The Welcome Package (available in iBook form, with an additional Strategic Issues document available in PDF form) provided to the Natural Resources Deputy Minister Jean-François Tremblay on September 21, 2020.

The Welcome Package (available in accessible PDF form) provided to the Natural Resources Deputy Minister Michael Vandergrift in July 2023.

The Welcome Package (available in iBook or accessible PDF form) provided to the Natural Resources Deputy Minister John F.G. Hannaford in January 2022.

This dataset is linked to a manuscript titled "Enantiospecific response of Ips avulsus to ipsdienol varies depending on semiochemical context" submitted for publication. The dataset contains records of the number of Ips avulsus beetles captured by traps baited with racemic ipsdienol or...

Briefing Package for the Minister of Natural Resources to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR) for its Study of the Main Estimates 2023-24

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...

Counts of SBW larvae collected in the fall as L2 or in the following spring as L4, from 75-cm branches or 45-cm branch tips (respectively) of balsam fir in the Ottawa River valley from 1998-2001, North Shore 2008-2010, and New Brunswick 2017-2022. Defoliation measured at the end of the feeding...

This collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. The Canadian Digital Elevation Model (CDEM) is part of Natural Resources Canada's altimetry system designed to better meet the users' needs for elevation data and products. The CDEM...

This is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. The Canadian Digital Surface Model (CDSM) is part of Natural Resources Canada's altimetry system designed to better meet the users' needs for elevation data and products. The 0.75-second (~20 m)...

Compilation by start date of 7-day exposure periods, of the number of spruce budworm larvae exposed that were recovered and either reared to adult or received a parasitism diagnostic. Data linked to scientific paper: Martel V, Régnière J & Therrien P. (2023) Competition between Tranosema...

Briefing Package for the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) for its study on Report 3, Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, of the 2022 Reports 1 to 5 of the Commissioner of the Environment...

The National Air Photo Library (NAPL) of Natural Resources Canada archives over 6 million aerial photographs covering all of Canada, some of which date back to the 1920s. This collection includes Time Series of aerial orthophoto mosaics over a selection of major cities or targeted areas that...