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Environmental Science - Geospatial Data ARCHIVE: More GIS Data Sources

A collection of links to geospatial and GIS data sources on the Web; links to Seneca Libraries subscription journals/periodicals that offer scholarly articles on geospatial data and GIS; and information about books in the Seneca Libraries collection.

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Seneca Libraries Online Geospatial Data Collection was decommissioned in August 2022. See the GIS data sources suggested below.

Canadian Data

Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network
Canadian Spatial Reference System
City of Toronto Open Data
Durham Region Open Data
Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)
GeoBase Data
From Open Government Portal
GeoConnections
From the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Geography Network - Free Data Download
From ESRI Canada
Geography Network - Free Data Services
From ESRI Canada
Geoscience Data Repository
From Natural Resources Canada
Hydrometric Data
From Environment Canada
National Soil Database (NSDB)
From Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ontario Basic Mapping (OBM)
From ESRI Canada
Ontario Data Catalogue
Ontario Road Network: Road Net Element
Peel Region Open Data
Land Information Office (LIO) Warehouse
Topographic Information
From Natural Resources Canada
Toporama Web Map Service
From Natural Resources Canada
York Region Open Data

United States Data

Data.gov
From the United States Government
EnviroAtlas
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Geospatial Data Gateway
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Geospatial Resources
From the University of Waterloo

International Data

GeoPlatform
From the Federal Geographic Data Committee
Geospatial Hub
From the United Nations
Harmonized World Soil Database
From the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Open Data Portals Worldwide

Additional Sources for Data & Statistics

Statista This link opens in a new window (Statista, Inc.) Statistical data and analysis of business, industry, product brands, market share, media, and social scientific topics, obtained from both private and public sector sources, and covering all regions of the world.
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Statistics Canada Data Tables (formerly CANSIM) This link opens in a new window (Statistics Canada) Statistics Canada's key site for statistics.
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Data & Statistics Subject Guide

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