Northern Canada Shoreline Classification

This dataset is part of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Shoreline Classification and Pre-Spill database and it covers various locations across the Canadian Arctic i.e. James Bay, Resolute Bay and the south coast of Devon Island, the south-west coast of Hudson Bay, Labrador Coast, Victoria Strait, Beaufort Sea, and the North-east coast of Baffin Island. Shoreline classification data has been developed for use by the Environmental Emergencies Program of Environment and Climate Change Canada for environmental protection purposes. Marine and freshwater shorelines are classified according to the character of the upper intertidal (foreshore) or upper swash zone. This is the area where oil from a spill usually becomes stranded and where the treatment or cleanup activities take place. The basic parameter that defines the shoreline type is the material that is present in the intertidal zone. The presence or absence of sediments is a key factor in determining whether oil is stranded on the surface of a substrate or can penetrate and/or be buried. This dataset contains thousands of linear shoreline segments ranging in length from 200 m and 2 km long. The entities represent the location of the segments and their geomorphological description.

There exist further fields in the attribute table for this dataset. We are currently working on standardizing our shoreline segmentation datasets and the updated data will soon be uploaded to the catalog.

Sergy, G. (2008). The Shoreline Classification Scheme for SCAT and Oil Spill Response in Canada. Proceedings of the 31stArctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar.Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Pp. 811-819.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2017-05-11
Date ( RI_366 )
2017-05-05
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; National Environnemental Emergencies Centre (NEEC) - Anthony Pouw ( Manager, Program Development and Innovation )
Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown; inconnu RI_543
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • SCAT; Shoreline Classification; Shoreline; Segmentation; Bedrock Cliff; Bedrock Vertical; Bedrock Platform; Boulder Beach; Man-made Permeable; Man-made Solid; Mud Tidal Flat; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Wetlands; Not Classified; Bedrock Sloping; Bedrock Ramp; Boulder Bank; Marsh; Mixed Sediment Beach; Mixed Sediment Bank; Pebble Beach; Cobble Beach; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Sediment Cliff; Vegetated Bank; Canada; Geomorphology; Coastal Landforms; Coastal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Coastal Landform; Mud Bank; Clay Bank; Sand Tidal Flat; Beach; Rocky Coast; Driftwood; Glacier Ice; Ice-Poor Tundra Cliff; Ice-Rich Tundra Cliff; Inundated Low-Lying Tundra; Peat Shoreline; Snow; Ice; Banks Island; Hudson Bay; Beaufort Sea; James Bay; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; North; Newfoundland; Labrador; Quebec; Ontario; NL; QC; ON
local.theme.EC_Information_Category local.theme.EC_Information_Category ( RI_528 )
  • Other
local.theme.EC_Waf local.theme.EC_Waf ( RI_528 )
  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
  • Respond to Environmental Emergencies
local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope local.place.EC_Geographic_Scope ( RI_525 )
  • Territories - Northwest Territories (NT)
  • Atlantic - Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
  • Territories - Yukon (YT)
  • Territories - Nunavut (NU)
  • Water - Ocean basin - Hudson Bay
  • Water - Ocean basin - Arctic Ocean
  • Water - Ocean basin - Atlantic Ocean
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Oceans
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
Begin date
2017-05-11
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( FGDB / GDB )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , QC , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
OnLine resource
Northern Canada Shoreline Classification ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Northern Canada Shoreline Classification ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Northern Canada Shoreline Classification ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Northern Shoreline Classification Canada ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
ShorelineClassification_NO.csv ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
ShorelineClassification_NO_OpenDataCatalogue.gdb.zip ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Web Service;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
How To Guide - Navigating Through Open Data Portals - for ECCC Shoreline Data.pdf ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Guide Pratique - Naviguer à travers les catalogues de données ouvertes - pour les rivages d'ECCC.pdf ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

File identifier
1c61d457-4d03-4f3a-9005-9aabb5a201bb XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Shoreline Segmentation with Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) Classification deb2db19-1ec7-4465-b2de-dba43fb0f8c0
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2019-01-11T18:38:25
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Inquiry Centre )
10 Wellington, 23rd Floor , Gatineau , QC , K1A 0H3 ,
819-997-2800
819-994-1412
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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