Natural Resources Canada

7 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Dataset of Open Water Areas in River Ice for Provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes - Potential Locations for River Hydrokinetic...

    Locations of open water within river ice in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes were discerned manually using publicly accessible optical satellite images spanning from 2013 to 2020. This initial effort has led to a dataset pinpointing potential sites for river hydrokinetic energy...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • SHP
  • Open Data

    Hydrokinetic Resource Assessment: Open Water Regions in Ice-Covered Rivers for Off-grid Diesel-Reliant Communities

    This dataset uses RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite images to identify open water regions within ice-covered rivers during winter, with the aim to assess hydrokinetic resources near remote communities reliant on diesel fuel for electricity generation....
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • SHP
  • Open Data

    Mines, Energy and Communication Networks in Canada - CanVec Series - Resources Management Features

    The resource management features of the CanVec series include power lines, communication lines, pipelines, valves, petroleum wells, wind-operated devices, transformer stations, ore extraction sites, aggregate extraction sites, peat extraction sites and oil and gas sites. The CanVec multiscale...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • SHP
    • KMZ
    • HTML
    • WMS
  • Open Data

    Clean power generating stations by type in megawatts (MW)

    This Web Map Service depicts the location of clean electricity generating facilities by type of clean energy source and power generation capacity. Clean energy sources shown on the map include biomass, hydro, nuclear, solar, tidal and wind. The data comes from the provinces and territories, other...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • HTML
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Vector Digital Topographic Map - VMap1, 1945 -1996

    The VMap1 collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. VMap1 is a vector digital topographic reference product developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and The Department of National Defence (DND). VMap1 complies with...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • VPF
    • PNG
    • PDF
    • KMZ
  • Open Data

    Toporama, 1945-2013

    This collection is a legacy product that is no longer supported. It may not meet current government standards. Toporama is a digital topographic reference product using CanVec as source data. Developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Toporama covers the entire area of Canada's landmass and...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • GeoTIF
    • KMZ
    • PDF