Ontario Fire Protection Jurisdiction Boundaries

Fire management agreements divide Ontario land into four distinct protection areas: Crown Protection Area (CPA), Municipal Protection Area (MPA), Federal Protection Area (FPA), and Northern Fire Protection Area (NFPA). The dataset defines jurisdictional boundaries for fire response responsibility across the province. It is provided by the Government of Ontario and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional boundaries for the Crown Protection Area (CPA) to identify government-responsible fire zones.
• Analyze spatial overlap between Municipal Protection Areas (MPA) and population centers for resource allocation.
• Identify Federal Protection Areas (FPA) for coordinating federal firefighting assets.
• Delineate Northern Fire Protection Areas (NFPA) to plan support for local fire departments in unorganized territories.

Strengths

• Covers the entire province of Ontario.
• Defines four distinct, mutually exclusive jurisdictional classes.
• Maintained by the authoritative Government of Ontario source.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of individual boundary polygons or total area covered.
• No sample data or column details available to assess attribute completeness.
• Temporal coverage (years of validity) is not specified.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Ontario, Canada