Ontario Woodland Caribou Habitat Range Boundaries

Geospatial boundaries delineate areas where caribou health is linked to land attributes, supporting Ontario's Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy from 2008. The dataset is maintained by the Government of Ontario and was last updated in March 2026. It provides GIS-ready data for habitat analysis and conservation planning.

Use Cases

• Analyze caribou range boundaries against land-use change layers to assess habitat fragmentation.
• Model potential caribou recovery zones by overlaying range polygons with connectivity and security criteria from the 2008 strategy.
• Identify strategic areas for caribou re-establishment by evaluating spatial relationships between isolated and connected range polygons.

Strengths

• Boundaries are defined to support a formal recovery strategy with specific conservation goals.
• Data is actively maintained, with a recent update in March 2026.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, spatial resolution, and temporal coverage of the underlying data are unknown.
• The dataset requires proprietary GIS software for use, limiting accessibility.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Derived for land management and conservation planning, likely from field surveys and remote sensing.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada