Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, have compiled a geo-spatial soils database for Southern Ontario. The database consolidated the existing digital soil data mapped on a county basis into a digitally stitched and standardized product.
The soil survey data was mapped by a number of soil surveyors from the 1920s to the 1990s. The Soil Ontario product incoporates soil information from a variety of map scales. The project has brought the individual county or regional municipality surveys together in a digitally stitched database which reveals inconsistencies in soil data across county boundaries. Using GIS and NRVIS (Natural Resource Values Information System) a GIS Specialist matched the soil polygons that crossed boundaries using the best available resources.
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\n\n\nThis layer provides a detailed description of all buildings with a historical designation, and is updated as necessary. This layer includes photographs and related literature about each location.
Roads have been segmented at intersections and class divisions. All features have detailed descriptions including, but not limited to Road Name, Ownership and Class. Feature is updated on a continuous basis.
Linear feature indicating the locations of railway lines in the County, and whether the line is Active or Inactive. This feature class is derived from Land Information Ontario (LIO), and has had the attributes slightly modified to incorporate a Status field that categorizes if the rail lines as Active or Inactive
CanVec is a digital cartographic reference product produced by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). CanVec originates from the best available data sources covering Canadian territory and offers quality topographic information in vector format that complies with international geomatics standards.
Roads have been segmented at intersections and class divisions. All features have detailed descriptions including, but not limited to Road Name, Ownership and Class. Feature is updated on a continuous basis.
Distribution (range) polygonswere assembled by regional SARA biologists using the best available information, including COSEWIC status reports, recovery potential assessments, academic literature, and expert opinion. These spatial data support the protection, recovery and conservation of species listed as Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern under SARA. Species distributions are also described and displayed in Recovery Strategies, Action Plans and/or Management Plans. Discrepancies may exist between the distribution data shown in a species’ SARA recovery document and the current spatial data. Please contact DFO for more information on any data discrepancies.
Critical habitat was assembled by SARA regional biologists and recovery teams.They are designed to support the protection and recovery of species listed as Extirpated, Endangered or Threatened under the Species at Risk Act. They are also described and displayed in species’ Recovery Documents and Action Plans.
Please note: there are different types of Critical Habitat descriptors. Descriptors (such as bounding box coordinates are not included in this dataset).
ANSI's (Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest) are polygon features that represent lands and waters containing important natural landscapes or features that are important for natural heritage, protection, appreciation, scientific study or education.
This dataset is often used by users without access to the Provincial Forest Resource Inventory data, which contains information like municipalities and non-profit groups not affiliated with monitoring or maintaining the Forest Resource Inventory.
Roads have been segmented at intersections and class divisions. All features have detailed descriptions including, but not limited to Road Name, Ownership and Class. Feature is updated on a continuous basis.
Roads have been segmented at intersections and class divisions. All features have detailed descriptions including, but not limited to Road Name, Ownership and Class. Feature is updated on a continuous basis.
This layer features the entire trail network composed of hiking and cycling, within the County and the City of Brantford. Cycling trails primarily follow the road networks, and hiking trails primarily follow designated off road trails, there are some exceptions to both types.
This layer features the entire trail network composed of hiking and cycling, within the County and the City of Brantford. Cycling trails primarily follow the road networks, and hiking trails primarily follow designated off road trails, there are some exceptions to both types.