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6.2.3 Federal Geospatial Platform Project
Data and services identified by the Federal Geospatial Platform Project are de- scribed in figure
6.4 on the following page. The links listed in the figure are
repeated here to allow direct follow up: Migratory Bird Species
ECCC Data Mart OGP Catalogue First Nation, Inuit Community,
INAC ESRI REST Offshore Oil and Gas Rights
INAC ESRI REST Northern Major Projects
NRCan ESRI REST North American Cooperation on Energy
NRCan ESRI REST OGP Catalogue GeoScience data
NRCan WMS NRCan Surficial Geology WMS Canadian Geochronology Knowledgebase
NRCan ESRI REST National Marine
NRCan NMCA WMS NRCan NP WMS National Pollutant Release Inventory
ECCC ESRI REST Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
ECCC ESRI REST
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Title Description
Link Migratory Bird Species
at Risk Range Maps for the Northwest
Territories and Nunavut
Range Maps for all Migratory Bird Species At Risk within the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Extensive point observation data collected by the Canadian Wildlife Service helped to identify
breeding ranges for Migratory Bird Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
ECCC Data Mart OGP Catalogue
First Nation, Inuit Community, Tribal
Council Locations This dataset is Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Canada INAC official source for First Nation, Inuit Community and Tribal Council geographic
location on maps. INAC ESRI REST
Offshore Oil and Gas Rights
The Oil and Gas Rights dataset contains the digital boundaries for existing exploration licences,
significant discovery licences, production licences, former permits, former leases and the Norman
Wells Proven Area. INAC ESRI REST
Northern Major Projects
Location of Major Infrastructure, Resource, Oil and Gas Projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories and
Yukon from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.
NRCan ESRI REST
North American Cooperation on Energy
Information, Mapping Data
Mapping Resources on energy facilities implemented as part of a North American
trilateral cooperation on energy information between the Department of Energy of the United
States of America, the Department of Natural Resources of Canada, and the Ministry of Energy of
the United Mexican States. NRCan ESRI REST
OGP Catalogue
GeoScience data Various Geoscience datasets from the Geological
Survey of Canada. •
Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometry AGRS data
• Canadian Gravity Anomaly Data Base
• Aeromagnetic surveys
• Surficial Geology
NRCan WMS NRCan Surficial
Geology WMS
Canadian Geochronology
Knowledgebase A compilation of publicly available reports of
geochronological information from the Geological Survey of Canada.
NRCan ESRI REST
National Marine Conservation Area and
National Parks Parks Canada manages more than 43 NPs and is
responsible to protect NMCAs NRCan NMCA WMS
NRCan NP WMS
National Pollutant Release Inventory
The National Pollutant Release Inventory NPRI is Canadas public inventory of pollutant releases to
air, water and land, disposals and transfers for recycling. Under the authority of the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 CEPA 1999, owners or operators of facilities in Canada that
meet the published reporting requirements are required to report to the NPRI. Reported
pollutants include toxic substances, air pollutants and other substances of concern.
ECCC ESRI REST
Canadian Environmental
Sustainability Indicators
The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators CESI program provides data and
information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues.
ECCC ESRI REST
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6.4: Selected Web Services relevant to the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot, source: Federal Geospatial Platform Project
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6.2.4 Geographical Names