Ontario Soil Chemistry with 35 Inorganics and 8 Volatile Organics

35 inorganic compounds were measured in soil samples collected in 1991, and 8 volatile organic compounds were measured in samples from 2009. The dataset provides concentration levels from soil sampled in urban and rural parklands across the province of Ontario. It was published by the Government of Ontario and last updated on the open_canada platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Establish regional soil chemistry baselines based on concentration levels for 35 inorganics.
• Analyze spatial distribution of volatile organic compounds in parklands based on location data.
• Compare urban versus rural soil contamination profiles based on sample locations.
• Temporal analysis of soil chemistry changes between the 1991 and 2009 sampling periods.

Strengths

• Includes results for 35 distinct inorganic compounds.
• Provides data for 8 volatile organic compounds.
• Contains geospatial location data for sampling stations.
• Samples cover both urban and rural parkland environments.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Sample location precision is rounded to 1 km.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario

Collection Method

Soil sampling in urban and rural parklands.

Time Range

Samples from 1991 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 13:40:38.626471; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Province of Ontario, Canada.