Ontario Road Segments Under Ministry of Natural Resources Jurisdiction

Road segments under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, sourced from the Ontario Road Network. The dataset includes roads managed by the Forests Division, Parks, Lands & Waters Branch, and resource access roads, as well as non-MNR roads like municipal and provincial highways. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze road types and jurisdictional responsibility for infrastructure planning
• Identify resource access roads for forestry or land management operational analysis
• Integrate municipal and provincial highway segments from the Ontario Road Network for regional transportation studies

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Ontario Road Network
• Includes a jurisdictional breakdown of roads managed by different Ministry branches
• Updated recently, with a last update date of March 2026

Limitations

• No row count, column definitions, or sample data are provided for assessing scope and structure
• Primary data format is HTML, which is not optimal for direct geospatial or programmatic analysis
• Dataset description is broad, lacking specifics on geographic coverage or temporal range

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ontario Road Network.

Collection Method

Aggregated from ministry branch records and the provincial road network.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.