Waterpower Project Applicants on Ontario Crown Land

Ontario's provincial government maintains a geospatial record of applicants seeking regulatory approval for waterpower projects on Crown land. This layer tracks exclusive application rights under the Renewable Energy on Crown Land policy, preventing concurrent applications for the same site. The data was last updated by the Government of Ontario in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of waterpower applications using site location coordinates.
• Identify Crown land parcels under exclusive application review to assess development competition.
• Model temporal trends in renewable energy project proposals by tracking application submission dates.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a recorded last update in March 2026.
• Provides official regulatory status under a specific provincial policy (RECL).

Limitations

• Unknown total number of applicant records or site locations.
• Sample data and specific column names (e.g., applicant name, project capacity) are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Provincial regulatory tracking for applications on Crown land.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Province of Ontario, Canada (Crown land).