Ontario Aggregate Extraction Permit and License Areas

Boundaries represent zones where Ontario's Aggregate Resources Act mandates a license for private land or a permit for Crown land extraction. The dataset is maintained by the Government of Ontario and was last updated in March 2026. It supports regulatory compliance and land-use planning.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial overlap between designated_area boundaries and protected lands using GIS software.
• Identify potential locations for new aggregate operations by querying for Crown_land permit zones.
• Assess regulatory compliance by checking if active extraction sites fall within licensed private_land polygons.
• Model land-use conflicts by joining boundary data with residential zoning maps.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government of Ontario under specific legislation.
• Includes direct link to an official interactive map for validation and exploration.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of geographic features or rows.
• Spatial coverage is limited to the province of Ontario, not applicable elsewhere.
• Data completeness and update frequency beyond the last timestamp are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Defined and maintained under the Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Province of Ontario, Canada