Atlantic Canada Species At Risk Modelling Data Catalogue

BioOracle

Marine data layers for ecological modelling.

Boreal Avian Modelling Project

Migratory bird data-driven and model-based science and products.

Open Government Portal

Search open data that is relevant to Canadians, learn how to work with datasets, and see what people have done with open data across the country.

Watersheds in Canada

This feature layer depicts the watershed boundaries of Canada and provides a detailed look at drainage areas and water flow for the entire land mass of Canada.

Canadian GIS

A site that links to all Canadian Open Data (sites that offer data downloads at no cost and without restrictions), free geospatial data, online web mapping applications and other sources of geospatial information (including National, Provincial and Municipal levels).

Canadian Human Footprint Index

Canadian human footprint map that combines twelve different anthropogenic pressures and identify intact and modified lands and ecosystems across the country.

ClimateNA

ClimateNA is an application that downscales gridded monthly climate normal data to scale-free point locations.

Copernicus Marine Service

Providing free and open marine data and services to enable marine policy implementation, support Blue growth and scientific innovation.

Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System

The Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System is Canada’s nucleus for integrated ocean science and observing activities.

Critical Habitat for Species At Risk in Canada

This dataset displays the geographic areas within which critical habitat (CH) for terrestrial species at risk, listed on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), occurs in Canada.

Dalhousie GIS Centre

The Dalhousie GIS Centre is building a portal of datasets they manage.

Nova Scotia Forest Ecosystem Classification

A project to systematically identify and describe stand-level forest ecosystems in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Forest Sensitivity to Atmospheric Acid Deposition

Predicted Acid Deposition Critical Load Exceedances Across Canada From A One Year Simulation With A Regional Particulate Matter Model.

Nova Scotia Open Data Portal

Making government data easier to access for individuals, businesses, and researchers.

Nova Scotia Geographic Data Directory

A collection of data such as forest inventories, county boundaries, topography, grid shift files, and marine aquaculture.

GeoNB

The data catalogue contains a list of the geographic datasets that are available for download.

Geospatial Conservation Atlas

The Nature Conservancy's central portal for geospatial content.

Global Forest Watch

The Global Forest Watch partnership contributes data, technology, expertise and action to ensure that transparency drives greater accountability for how the world’s remaining forest landscapes are managed and used.

NASA Earth Science Data

NASA Earth science data are vital components of investigations into biological diversity, species distribution, and ecological conservation.

National Forest Inventory

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is being implemented to assess and monitor the extent, state, and sustainable development of Canada's forests in a timely and accurate manner.

National Hydro Network

The National Hydro Network (NHN) focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes describing Canada's inland surface waters.

New Brunswick Enhanced Forest Inventory

An enhanced version of the forest inventory.

New Brunswick Forest Inventory

The Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development completes a highly detailed inventory of the forest to determine what the forest looks like across the province’s landscape.

New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development Direct Access Data

Data accessed through the URLs on this page is drawn directly from our geodatabase at the time of access. As such, it represents the most current data the department has available at the time of access.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of geophysical data and information.

Nova Scotia Forest Inventory

The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSNR&R) forest inventory program monitors many elements of today's natural resources and thereby captures changes over time.

Nova Scotia Forest Notes

I am setting up this website to help me organize information and my thinking about forests and forestry in Nova Scotia. I have spent 10+ years studying the natural history of our forests.

Nova Scotia Hydrogeographic Network

The Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network is an enhanced version of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database's Water Features theme.

Nature Conservancy of Canada Stream Classifcation

This dataset contains version 2 of the Stream Classification for the Northern Appalachian – Acadian Region of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and eastern Quebec) and cross-border watersheds of the United States (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York)

OBIS

OBIS is a global open-access data and information clearing-house on marine biodiversity for science, conservation and sustainable development.

Ocean Tracking Network Canada

Various open data sets of multiple species

OceanAdapt

This website hosts an annually updated database of scientific surveys in the United States and Canada, providing tools for exploring changes in marine fish and invertebrate distributions.

Nova Scotia Predictive Ecosystem Mapping

Predictive ecosystem mapping for Nova Scotia: a hierarchical classification standard.

Nova Scotia Wet Areas Mapping

The WAM model predicts where water will naturally flow and/or accumulate in the landscape based on digital elevation (DEM) data and the known location of surface water bodies and wetlands.

World Climate Research Program

Climate modelling data.

WorldClim

Maps, graphs, tables, and data of the global climate

Tree Species in Canada's Forested Ecosystems

37 tree species mapped over forest-dominated ecosystems of Canada.

2020 AAFC Semi-Decadal Land Use

The 2020 AAFC Land Use is a culmination and curated metaanalysis of several high-quality spatial datasets produced between 1990 and 2021 using a variety of methods by teams of researchers as techniques and capabilities have evolved.

AAFC Annual Crop Inventory

A national crop inventory

Nova Scotia Elevation Explorer

A Distribution System for discovering and downloading freely available LIDAR Elevation data and derived products.

Nova Scotia Data Locator

Search for and locate maps, base data and indices at various available scales, and geographic areas around Nova Scotia including aerial photography, orthophotos, etc.

Nova Scotia Provincial Landscape Viewer

The Provincial Landscape Viewer is a mapping tool developed by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to provide easy access to ecological landscape data, along with forestry and wildlife information for natural resource planning and management.

Nova Scotia Forestry Information

Forestry GIS data

Nova Scotia Geoscience Atlas

A single geographic compilation of geoscience maps, databases and images created and maintained by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines, Geoscience and Mines Branch.

Canadian Geoscience Maps

A landing page to take you to pre-filtered results for maps housed within the GEOSCAN database, Canada’s Open Government platform or other Government of Canada web pages.

Nova Scotia Groundwater Atlas

The Nova Scotia Groundwater Atlas is an interactive map with information on water wells and groundwater resources within the province.

Nova Scotia Parks and Protected Areas

Interactive map that provides details about existing and proposed parks and protected areas.

Nova Scotia Ecological Land Classification

An Ecological Land Classification is a mapping tool that identifies and describes areas of similar enduring physical attributes.

ArcGIS Hub

ArcGIS Hub is an easy-to-configure community engagement platform that organizes people, data, and tools through information-driven initiatives.

Plant Hardiness

This site explores the relationship between plants and climate across Canada.

ANUCLIM Climate Models

Estimates of climate for Canada

Forest Age Models

Estimating and mapping forest age across Canada's forested ecosystems.

Canada Land Inventory

The Canada Land Inventory is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada, covering over 2.5 million square kilometers of land and water.

Ecological Spectral Information System

EcoSIS is a useful tool for finding spectral data.

National Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System for Canada

The National Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System was developed by the Canadian Forest Service to provide national-scale baseline information on Canada's forested ecosystems.

Environmental Data Sources