Ontario Wildlife Habitat Areas And Sites

Wildlife values area and site data consolidates 13 wildlife data classes collected by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Locations are represented as points or polygons for activities like breeding, feeding, and wintering, used to support forest policy and resource management.

Use Cases

• Identify breeding or denning site polygons for species-specific habitat protection planning.
• Analyze travel corridor and general habitat area features for landscape connectivity studies.
• Support policy assessments under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act using consolidated wildlife location data.

Strengths

• Consolidates 13 distinct wildlife data classes into a single resource.
• Provides both point (site) and polygon (area) representations of wildlife locations.
• Data is maintained by the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources for policy support.

Limitations

• Sensitive features for provincially tracked and at-risk species are excluded from the open data package.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for review.
• Data may have geographic bias limited to the province of Ontario.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources.

Collection Method

Consolidation of multiple wildlife data classes collected by the ministry.

Time Range

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Geography

Ontario, Canada.