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Description
Manitoba's provincially significant peatlands are protected areas designated under The Peatlands Stewardship Act and The Provincially Significant Peatlands Regulation. The dataset includes spatial boundaries for these areas, which are legally protected from resource development activities like peat harvesting, mining, and logging. It is provided by the Government of Manitoba and was last updated in March 2026.
Use Cases
Analyze spatial boundaries to assess protected area coverage and adjacency to development zones.
Map peatland distribution to support conservation planning and habitat connectivity studies.
Cross-reference protected area designations with land use records to monitor regulatory compliance.
Strengths
Data is provided by the authoritative Government of Manitoba.
Offers multiple spatial file formats including SHP, GEOJSON, and KML for interoperability.
Updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
Unknown total number of peatland polygons or geographic records.
No attribute columns or sample data are provided to assess data richness.
Scope is limited to the province of Manitoba, not national.
Provenance
Source
Government of Manitoba
Collection Method
Designated and maintained under provincial legislation (The Peatlands Stewardship Act).
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated 2026-03-11.
Geography
Manitoba, Canada
License is listed as 'mb-omb'; users should review specific provincial terms before use. Data describes legal designations; actual on-ground conditions may require field verification.