Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health Monitoring Data

Water quality and ecosystem health data collected in the Great Lakes and priority tributaries by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The dataset is used to determine baseline status, long-term trends, spatial distributions, and the effectiveness of management actions. It was last updated on April 30, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term water quality trends based on monitoring data mentioned in the description
• Assess spatial distributions of pollutants or health indicators across the Great Lakes
• Evaluate the effectiveness of environmental management actions based on compliance and status data
• Identify emerging ecological issues based on baseline and trend analysis

Strengths

• Data is collected by a national environmental agency, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Supports multiple analytical goals: baseline status, long-term trends, spatial distributions, and compliance
• Last updated on April 30, 2026, indicating recent maintenance

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Collection Method

Monitoring and surveillance data collection

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 20:12:09.472431

Geography

Great Lakes and priority tributaries