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Title Availability Data Type Geography Description
Scholars GeoPortal
Scholars GeoPortal
GIS
Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Access a variety of Ontario and Canada-wide datasets available to current members of the Brock University community.

Open Data Niagara Region
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Download GIS data layers for Niagara Region including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more.

Open Data Welland
Open Data
GIS
Welland

Download GIS data layers for the city of Welland including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more.

Open Data Niagara Falls
Open Data
GIS
Niagara Falls

Download GIS data layers for Niagara Falls including cultural features, land use planning, recreation, transportation and more.

Canada Open Data
Open Data
GIS
Canada cities

Provincial and Municipal Open Data Portals in Canada. Maintained by the Government of Canada.

Ontario Open Data
Open Data
GIS
Ontario

Metadata browser for all provincial data sources. Access may be restricted. Click the "Open Data" filter to browse immediate data downloads. Contact us if there is a resource you want that isn't ready for public download. Maintained by Land Information Ontario (LIO).

Niagara Vector Data
Brock LicensedOpen Data
GIS
Niagara

Licensed data includes building footprints, campgrounds, chambers of commerce, 2.5 metre contours, government facilities, schools, tourist information centres, township lots & concessions, waste management and wineries of the Niagara region.

Niagara Licensed Child Care Centres
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Licensed child care centres in Niagara for January 2006 and August 2014. These Excel workbooks include address details for geocoding.

Brock Campus GIS Data
Brock Licensed
GIS
Brock

Data includes large scale layers such as contours (5 m), buildings, wooded areas, trees, hydro poles, sidewalks, ditches, culverts, roads, tennis courts, to name a few.

Soil Survey Complex
Scholars GeoPortal
GIS
static
Ontario

Data set describing soil patterns of Southern Ontario. Attributes include soil name, texture, drainage and slope.

Agricultural Resource Inventory
Scholars GeoPortal
GIS
static
Ontario

Detailed land use and land cover patterns for Southern Ontario, based on 1:50,000 scale mapping originating from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1990. Descriptions include urban, recreation, woodlot, idle agricultural land, vineyards, orchards, peaches, tobacco, corn, mixed systems, hay, pasture, grazing, sod farms and berries.

Water Well Information System
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Point data representing water well locations in Niagara. Using the well ID number, a manual search of the printed Groundwater Bulletin Report (MapBk TD 405 O58 2006) will provide further details including elevation, water kind, water use, depth to bedrock, depth to water and soil profiles.

Natural Areas Inventory (NPCA)
Brock LicensedScholars GeoPortal
GIS
static
Niagara

Polygon data for the Niagara Watershed with attributes describing natural areas such as: cliffs, talus, rock, shoreline, bluff, sand, dunes, bog, marsh, agriculture (as open, shrub, treed, barren), woodland, thicket, swamp, hedgerow (as coniferous, deciduous, mixed) and aquatic features (as floating leaved shallow, submerged shallow, open water), and wetlands. These data are useful for large scale mapping for landuse or land cover analysis.

Niagara Natural Environment (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

An inventory of the regulated natural environment within the Niagara watershed. Layers include:  shoreline mapping, floodplains, wetlands, riverine floodplains, top of slope, top of slope allowance, and wetland allowance.

Source Water Protection Data (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

GIS data layers related to NPCA Groundwater Vulnerability Analysis and Groundwater Recharge Areas including: highly vulnerable aquifers, significant ground recharge areas, catchment areas, rivers and watershed areas.

Large Scale Surface Water Inventory (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

GIS layers reflecting large scale (1:2k, 1:10k) surface water features of the Niagara Watershed such as waterbodies (lakes, ponds, reservoirs, large rivers, marshland), rivers, streams, creeks, ditches, hydronet basins and catchments, watersheds and subwatersheds. These data help identify and map surface water interactions with water and wastewater systems and other municipal infrastructure (storm water systems, culverts, bridges). Stream Flow data is available under Related Information.

Conservation Areas (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

A single layer representing conservation areas under the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority jurisdiction with attributes including name, access fees and amenities (parking, trails, Bruce Trail access, boat launch, picnic tables, restrooms, hunting, education demos).

Digital Elevation Model 2002 (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

A raster data set including a DEM (5 metre pixel resolution), hillshade layer and breaklines (2D shapefile) used to enhance the model for hydrologic purposes covering the Niagara Watershed.

1m Contours and Digital Terrain Model (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

A geodatabase of 1 meter contours, breaklines and mass points representing elevation characteristics of the Niagara Watershed.

Watershed Planning Areas (NPCA)
Brock Licensed
GIS
static
Niagara

Boundary file representing the Niagara Watershed Planning Areas. Attributes include simply the planning area name.

SWOOP Orthoimagery 2015
Scholars GeoPortal Access
RS
SW Ontario

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario captured in the spring of 2015. 1km tiles.

Niagara Orthoimagery - 2015
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

High resolution aerial MOSAIC imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2015.

Niagara Orthoimagery - 2013
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2013.

SWOOP Orthoimagery - 2010
Scholars GeoPortal Access
RS
SW Ontario

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario including the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2010.

SWOOP Orthoimagery - 2006
Scholars GeoPortal Access
RS
SW Ontario

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Southwestern Ontario excluding Niagara captured in the spring of 2006.

Niagara Orthoimagery - 2002
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Greater Toronto Area including Niagara captured in the spring of 2002.

Niagara Orthoimagery - 2000
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the Niagara Region captured in the spring of 2000.

Niagara Orthoimagery - 1995
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for St.Catharines and Niagara Falls in 1995.

Worldview-2 Satellite Imagery, July 10, 2018
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara
Remote sensing Worldview-2 satellite imagery for the town of Lincoln in Niagara.
WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery, May 9, 2015
Brock Licensed

RS
GIS

Niagara

WorldView-3 satellite 1.5m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic (30cm), coastal, red, red edge, blue, green, yellow and near-infrared 1& 2 bands.

Niagara LiDAR
Brock Licensed

RS
GIS

Niagara
Two Niagara datasets provide select coverage over the Niagara Falls area.
Niagara Remote Sensing Imagery Index
Brock Licensed

RS
GIS

Niagara
This index offers an interactive view of satellite imagery available over the Niagara Region. Imagery includes Landsat, Worldview, GeoEye, SPOT and LiDAR.
GEOEYE-1 Satellite Image over Niagara, July 31, 2009
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

GEOEYE-1 satellite 2m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic, red, blue, green and near-infrared bands.

Pleiades Satellite Image over Niagara-on-the-Lake, April 23, 2013
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

Pleiades very high resolution satellite 50cm PAN, 2m multi-spectral remote sensing image including panchromatic, red, blue, green and near-infrared bands for the Niagara-on-the-Lake municipality.

SPOT-5 Satellite Image over Niagara, July 22, 2007
Brock Licensed
RS
Niagara

SPOT-5 satellite 10m multi-spectral remote sensing image including bands 1, 2, 3 & SWIR.

Landsat-7, ETM+ Satellite Image over Niagara, June 10, 2000
Open Data
RS
Niagara

Remote sensing image for LANDSAT 7, ETM+ SLC-on; All Bands. Also available for download from USGS Explorer Landsat Archive.

LiDAR - Humber River
Brock Licensed
RS
Toronto

Remote sensing LiDAR imagery sample of the Humber River area in Toronto.

1934 Air Photo Mosaics of the Niagara Peninsula
Open Data
static
RS
Niagara

The 1934 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. The historical imagery is available in a variety of formats through this site.

1954 Air Photo Mosaics of Niagara
Open Data
static
RS
Niagara

The 1954 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. Geotiff files are available for direct download and use in GIS software.

1965 Air Photo Mosaics of Niagara
Open Data
static
RS
Niagara

The 1965 air photo collection of Niagara has been digitized, mosaicked and georeferenced. Geotiff files are available for direct download and use in GIS software.

Ontario Parcel Data (Teranet)
Brock Licensed
GIS
Ontario

Property boundary files for Ontario municipalities.

Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:25k 1960-1965
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Georeferenced 1:25,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the first edition of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1960-1965).

Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:25k 1970
Brock Licensed
GIS
Niagara

Georeferenced 1:25,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the second or third editions of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1970).

Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:50k
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Georeferenced 1:50,000 topographic maps of Niagara based on the first edition of the National Topographic Series (NTS)(1965-1969).

Niagara Topographic Map Images, 1:63,360
Open Data
GIS
Niagara

Georeferenced 1:63,360 topographic maps of Niagara based on the National Topographic Series (NTS)(circa 1908 - 1917).

Ontario Base Map (OBM) Data
Open Data Scholars GeoPortal
Web
GIS
Ontario

Seamless coverage of topographic features include: airports, buildings, contour lines (5 metre contour interval), spot heights, drainage, municipal boundaries, pits, quarries, roads, railways, utility lines, waterbodies and wetlands.

Ontario Road Network
Open Data Scholars GeoPortal Access
interactive
GIS
Ontario

Geometry and attributes of Ontario's roads describing name, address ranges, direction of traffic flow, municipality, road classification and speed limit.

Ontario School Boards 2009-2010
Brock Licensed
GIS
Ontario

Ontario public and catholic school board boundary files published in 2009, updated in 2010.

Niagara Escarpment Plan 2014
Brock LicensedOpen Data
GIS
static
Ontario

Published in June 2005, plan documents, maps and GIS data are available for research relating to this protected area.

Ontario Integrated Hydrology Data
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Ontario

Stream network, hydrology enforced digital elevation model, flow direction grid, raster representation of the stream network.

Ontario Flow Assessment Tools III
Open Data
GIS
Ontario

This is an interactive water resources assessment tool used to calculate watershed boundaries, 2011 land cover characteristics and flow statistics. The user selects a point along a river as the source point and the tool generates the watershed boundary. All results may be downloaded in shapefile or table format. A User Guide is available.

Provincial DEM Tiled Data Set
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Ontario

A raster data set including a continuous surface of elevation (10 metre pixel resolution for Southern Ontario, 20 metre for Northern Ontario) for the province of Ontario.

Quaternary Geology of Ontario
Open Data
GIS
Ontario

Layers defining landform deposits typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:1 million scale mapping. Accessible through OGSEarth.

Surficial Geology of Southern Ontario (1:50,000)
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Ontario

Layers defining landform deposits typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:50,000 scale mapping.

Bedrock Geology of Ontario (1:250,000)
Scholars GeoPortal AccessOpen Data
GIS
Ontario

Layers defining bedrock features typical of geology in Ontario. Based on 1:250,000 scale mapping. Also available through OGSEarth.

Bedrock Topography and Overburden Thickness Mapping, Southern Ontario
Open Data
GIS
Ontario

Grid files defining bedrock elevation and drift thickness. Available through OGSEarth.

OGSEarth
Open Data
Google Earth / GIS
Ontario

Use Google Earth to view OGS geology maps that are available from Geology Ontario. Instructions for using OGSEarth.

Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System (SOLRIS)
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Ontario

Grid and layer files describing landcover. Download "SOLRIS" from Scholars GeoPortal.

Provincial Landcover Ed.2 [Ontario, North of the Shield]
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Ontario

Grid and layer files describing landcover north of the Canadian Shield.

CLAIMaps
Open Data
interactive
GIS
static
Ontario

An interactive mapping tool that provides information on mining claims in Ontario. The site allows users to download map images as well as data in ESRI shapefile format.

TABI-1800 Thermal Imagery
(Heber Downs Conservation Area, Macedonia, ON)
Brock Licensed
RS
Ontario

Sample thermal remote sensing imagery supplied by ITRES Research for academic purposes. This airborne thermal data offers a wide imaging array of 1800 pixels at 25 cm resolution.

Pelee Island Orthophotos [2004]
Brock Licensed
RS
Ontario

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for Pelee Island in Essex Region captured in the spring of 2004.

Landsat-7 Imagery
Brock Licensed
RS
Ontario

False colour infrared and fused true-colour composites.

QUICKBIRD Imagery
Scholars GeoPortal Access
RS
Ontario

Orthorectified image derivatives using panchromatic, multi-spectral (true colour, false colour) and pan-sharpened false colour.

Ontario Imagery
Brock Licensed
RS
Ontario

Summary of imagery projects with graphical indexes.

Grand River Information Network (GRIN)
Open Data
interactive
GIS
Grand River

An interactive mapping tool and GIS data portal for information describing the Grand River watershed. Users are required to register before files can be downloaded.

Peterborough GIS data 2018
Brock Licensed
GIS
Peterborough

Vector data including streets, hydrology, sidewalks, building footprints, bus stops, land use, parcel fabric (property boundaries), zoning and schools.

Peterborough GIS data 2009
Brock Licensed
GIS
Peterborough

Vector data including streets, hydrology, sidewalks, bike trails, bus stops, property parcels, buildings, land use (agriculture, commercial, industrial, major institution, major open space, protected natural areas, residential, rural, urban fringe control area and village), floodplain boundary.

Peterborough 2005 Orthoimagery
Brock Licensed
GIS
Peterborough

High resolution aerial imagery (orthophotos) for the city of Peterborough, Ontario captured in the spring of 2005.

South St. Catharines Streetlights
Brock Licensed
GIS
St.Catharines

Point data locating streetlights from downtown to Brock area.

St. Catharines Transit 2015
Brock Licensed
GIS
St.Catharines

The St. Catharines Transit Commission has provided transit stops, routes and additional network data for public transportation planning.

St. Catharines Official Plan 2014
Brock Licensed
GIS
St.Catharines

These GIS layers represent themes expressed in the Garden City Official Plan 2014. For example: heritage districts, transportation network, bicycle network, municipal structure, general land use, land use designation, parklands, trail systems, potential development constraints and community improvement areas.

Landcover 2002 Greater Toronto Area
Brock Licensed
GIS
Toronto

Grid and layer files describing landcover for the GTA.

CASI-1500 VNIR (hyperspectral) Imagery (Osoyoos, BC)
Brock Licensed
RS
British Columbia

Hyperspectral visible near Infrared (VNIR) remote sensing imagery with a 1500 pixel field of view at 1.5m resolution for a sample area in Osoyoos, BC.

CASI-1500 VNIR (hyperspectral) Imagery (University of Calgary, AB)
Brock Licensed
RS
Alberta

These sample data include hyperspectral visible near Infrared (VNIR) remote sensing imagery with a 1500 pixel field of view at 25cm resolution.

Canadian Weather Stations
Open Data
GIS
Canada

Point data representing weather stations associated with Canadian Climate Normals organized by province.

Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP)
Open Data
GIS
Canada

Vector land use data collected in two phases consisting of the following years: [1966, 1971, 1976] and [1981-1986] with differing land use/activity/land cover classifications for urban areas across Canada.

DMTI Postal Code Suite
Brock Licensed
GIS
Canada

National coverage of six-digit Postal Code points, Local Delivery Units and Forward Sortation Areas. The suite also includes a table linking postal data to census boundaries for 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011. Forward Sortation Areas are also available through Scholars GeoPortal.

DMTI Enhanced Points of Interest
GIS
Canada

A national database of ~ 1 million Canadian business and recreational points of interest. These point data include but are not limited to: schools, banks, hotels, shopping malls, gas stations, health care facitilites and golf courses.

DMTI Neighbourhoods Boundaries
Scholars GeoPortal
GIS
Canada

A boundary file representing neighbourhoods in Canadian communities.

DMTI Parks & Recreation
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

A national database including parks of all varieties (national, provincial, amusement, golf, zoos, wildlife areas, conservation areas, bird santuaries, etc.).

DMTI Water
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

Vector layers reflecting water features by province based on 1:50,000 scale mapping. Features include points, lines and polygons for major and minor hydrology.

DMTI Land Use Layer
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

A vector layer for major Canadian communities including land use categories such as: commercial, government/institutional, open area, parks & recreational, residential, resource & industrial and waterbody.

The Geography Network
Open Data
GIS
interactive
static
Canada

The Geography Network (ESRI portal) Canada is an online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps and data, from many of Canada's leading providers.

GeoGratis

Data Extraction Tool

Open Data
GIS
interactive
static
Canada

Developed by Natural Resources Canada, this is a one stop shop for geospatial data, topographic and geoscience maps, images and scientific publications.  Easy to search, view and download, and completely FREE! Instructions for using GeoGratis are available.

GeoBase
Open Data
GIS
Canada

Developed by the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG), this portal offers easy access to remote sensing imagery, administrative boundaries, National Hydro Network, National Power Line Network, National Railway Network or the National Road Network.

Census Mapper
Open Data
GIS
interactive
static
Canada
Interactive census mapping for all of Canada.
Census 2016
Brock Licensed
tables
Canada

As the census is being released, data tables can be accessed here.

Census Profiles Tables (CHASS)
Brock Licensed
tables
Canada

Site provides census data and documention for various years of the census of Canada. NOTE: access is limited to valid Brock University academia only. This is the University of Toronto portal for Statistics Canada Census data. Census data profile tables are used for census mapping. For more information see Data and Statistics.

Geography Files (Scholars GeoPortal)

Open Access

Open DataScholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

Cartographic boundary files are available by searching the GeoPortal or by direct download from Statistics Canada. Geographic boundaries include census dissemination areas, census tracts, census divisions, census subdivisions, federal electoral districts, etc.

Elections Ontario Geography Files

Open Data
GIS
Canada

Polling divisions are available in PDF maps and GIS shapefile format for the province of Ontario.

Health Region Boundary Files
Open Data Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

Health region boundaries including Public health units and Local Health Integration Network.

DMTI CanMap Route Logistics (Roads)
Scholars GeoPortal Access
GIS
Canada

National vector data including roads, highways, street names and address ranges, routing attributes (Route Hierarchy, Roads, Highways, Rush Traffic, Median, Speed Limits and Travel Time), other transportation features, points of interest, parks, populated placenames, Canadian area code boundaries, Canadian time zones boundaries, general water features and municipal/provincial/federal boundaries.

National Hydro Network
Open Data
GIS
Canada

Geospatial vector data describing hydrographic features such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, canals, islands, obstacles and constructions

TopoQuest
Open Data
GIS
United States

Site offers USGS and Canadian 1:50K topographic maps in GeoTIFF format.

GeoCommunity Marketplace - GIS Data Depot
Open Data
GIS
United States

The data depot provides a variety of GIS layers for the United States.

U.S. Census Bureau
Open Data
interactive
GIS
United States

Site offers details, interactive mapping and data download for the American Census.

ESRI Maps & Data
Brock LicensedOpen Data
GIS
World
North America
Europe

Scaled base map themes including: populated places, transportation networks (roads, streets, highways, railways, airports, routing utilities, address locators), water features (hydrology, rivers, lakes, waterbodies), political boundaries, recreational areas, census data, etc.

USGS Earth Explorer
Open Data

RS
GIS

World

Landsat 1-8 Imagery (including thermal), ASTER, Elevation Data, Vegetation index, Land Cover, Tree Cover; Global coverage. Access remote sensing data of the world captured by various satellite sensor platforms. These data are freely available for direct download. A tutorial is available.

LandsatLook Viewer
Open Data

RS
GIS

World

Using an interactive map, explore landsat archived remote sensing images, view metadata and download full-band source Landsat satellite imagery.

DIVA-GIS
Open Data
GIS
World

This site offers direct download for most countries across the world. Includes administrative areas, inland water, roads, railroads, elevation, land cover, population in shapefile, Grid or DBF format. Source data is mainly Digital Chart of the World.

ArcGIS Online
Open Data
tool
Cloud GIS
World

ArcGIS Online is a collaborative, cloud-based platform that allows you to create, store and manage maps, apps and data, and share them with others. You also get access to maps and apps shared by Esri and GIS users around the world. ArcGIS.com has many tools for managing your content. You can upload different types of data, such as packages, and desktop files like MXDs and LYRs and you also get 2 GB of storage in the secure cloud. A free ESRI Global Account is required.

Natural Earth
Open Data
tool
Cloud GIS
World

Free downloads containing vector and raster datasets of the world. This data is available in 1:10 million, 1:50 million and 1:110 million scales. Themes include water (lakes, rivers), major highways, roads, coastlines and country boundaries, to name a few.

Canada Climate Data
Brock Licensed
GIS
Canada

Gridded daily temperature and precipitation data for all of Canada from 1950 - 2010.

Environment Canada Climate Data
Open Data
GIS
Canada

Monthly, daily and hourly climate data are available for Environment Canada weather stations through this website. A tutorial is available.

Libra Landsat Satellite Imagery
Open Data
GIS
World

Open Landsat-8 remote sensing data search and retrieval.

GeoScan
Open Data
static,
GIS
Canada

Access geology maps (GSC) and data using the Advanced Search option.

National Atlas of Canada
Open Data
static,
GIS
Canada

Access archived map content from the National Atlas of Canada series, Federal Elections, Glacier Atlas, National Parks and more.

BIG Academic Alliance GeoPortal
Open Data
static,
GIS
United States

Portal for accessing geospatial data of the United States (USA).

OCUL Historical Topographic Maps Digitization Project
Open DataScholars GeoPortal Access
static,
GIS
Ontario

Historical topographic maps have been digitized, georeferenced and are available through this discovery portal.

Open Street Map Data
Open Data
static,
GIS
World
Download Open Street Map data in GIS ready formats. These data include streets, highways, transporation features, points of interest, land use, water features, etc. You are required to create a free login before data will be delivered.
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Open Data
GIS
Toronto
Toronto transit data including surface routes (bus, streetcar) and stops.