Parks Canada

216 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Tern Abundance - Terra Nova

    Terra Nova National Park censuses tern nests on 23 small islands in Newman Sound, to monitor species productivity and population dynamics.
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    Parks Canada
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    Parks Canada attendance 2023_24

    Attendance data for national parks and historic sites - 2023-24
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    Parks Canada
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    Area Burned Condition Class - Mount Revelstoke

    In an effort to assess the current state of wildland fire as an ecological process, the Area Burned Condition Class (ABCC) measure is designed to reflect modern-day deviations from historical wildland fire cycles (i.e., frequency). The ABCC was developed as a medium to long term ecological...
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Air Quality - Mount Revelstoke

    This project measures air quality at an Environment Canada Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) station located at Miller Lake in Mount Revelstoke National Park. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are collected using a sorbent-impregnated polyurethane foam (SIP) disk and concentrations...
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    Parks Canada
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    Wildlife Mortality - Revelstoke

    Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks are bisected by a major national commercial highway (Hwy #1). Vehicle collisions with wildlife are a major stressor and have serious social, economic, and ecological impacts. Animals crossing highways are at risk of mortality and people traveling in...
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Area Burned Condition Class - Glacier

    In an effort to assess the current state of wildland fire as an ecological process, the Area Burned Condition Class (ABCC) measure is designed to reflect modern-day deviations from historical wildland fire cycles (i.e., frequency). The ABCC was developed as a medium to long term ecological...
    Organization:
    Parks Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
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    Wildlife Mortality - Glacier

    Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks are bisected by a major national commercial highway (Hwy #1). Vehicle collisions with wildlife are a major stressor and have serious social, economic, and ecological impacts. Animals crossing highways are at risk of mortality and people traveling in...
    Organization:
    Parks Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
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    Prescribed Fire (CoRe)

    Area (hectares) treated with prescribed fire. This measure evaluates the success of the park’s fire program in restoring the ecological process of fire on the landscape level. Fire also has the potential to increase diversity of habitats available for Species at Risk, such as burrowing owls,...
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Bison Abundance (CoRe)

    Achievement of the population target of 400 +/- 100 individuals, which corresponds to Good ecological integrity. In order to maintain this target, the bison population is surplussed biennially.
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    Parks Canada
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    Greater Sage-Grouse Abundance - Shrublands

    The park monitors the population trends of Sage Grouse at leks within the park and on adjacent lands in the greater ecosystem. The actual measure is the sum of the maximum number of males attending each studied lek in a given year.
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    Parks Canada
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    Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Assessment - Shrublands

    The Grasslands National Park samples Sage Grouse habitat in a series of randomly located plots in upland grassland and valley grassland ecotypes within an 8 kilometer radius of an active lek. At each plot, a 100 m transect is established, with 24 evenly spaced quadrats.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Burrowing Owl Nest Attempts-Productivity - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park monitors the nesting attempts and productivity of burrowing owls by measuring the number of nests, number of owlets, and occupancy rate.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Fire Cycle-Area Burned - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park uses the Area Burned Condition Class (ABCC) method to evaluate the ecological integrity of fire as a process on the landscape and the success of utilizing fire to maintain a mosaic of vegetative composition and structure for healthier populations of native species.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Chestnut-collared Longspur Abundance - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park measures the abundance of Chestnut-collared Longspur as a part of overall grassland bird point count surveys.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Peak Flow Rate - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park monitors daily the peak flow rates of the Frenchman River and Rock Creek every year from March to August; this measure reports on the integrity of a natural disturbance process by comparing the current distribution of peak flow rates to a historic baseline from the...
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Riparian Health Assessments - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park assesses the riparian health at 31 sample sites along the Frenchman River and Rock Creek watersheds. The overall measure is based on thirteen metrics that are scored subjectively in a semi-quantitative rapid assessment where percent cover is estimated.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Sprague's Pipit Abundance - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park measures the abundance of Sprague's Pipit as a part of overall grassland bird point count surveys.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Bison Abundance - Grasslands

    The Grasslands National Park measures the abundance of bison within a fenced enclosure in relation to targets established in the Park Management Plan.
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    Parks Canada
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    • CSV
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    Water Quality Simplified - Aulavik

    This dataset is a simplified version of water quality measurements taken in Aulavik National Park. It is a collection of measurements which make up two water quality indexes: Nutrients and Major Ions (NMI) Index and Metals Index. The measurements are taken along the Thompson River annually in...
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    Parks Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV