Remote Communities Energy Database (2025)
The Remote Communities Energy Database (RCED) is a tool that aims to collect and show pertinent information about the generation and use of electricity and other energy sources for all remote communities of Canada. This data is collected from a variety sources, including Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Governments, utilities, public reports and communities.
The term “remote community” refers to any community not currently connected to the North American electrical grid nor to the piped natural gas network; and which is a permanent or long-term (five years or more) settlement with at least 10 dwellings.
Disclaimer:
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) accepts no responsibility or liability for any errors, inaccuracies and/or omissions in the Remote Communities Energy Database (RCED). The content of the RCED is a compilation of data obtained from many sources and the data is subject to change without notice. Neither does NRCan warrant or guarantee that the information is accurate, complete or current at all times. In no event will NRCan or the Government of Canada and its employees be liable or responsible for any damages resulting from any such errors, inaccuracies or omissions nor will they be liable or responsible for any lost profits, loss of revenue or earnings, claims by third parties or for any economic, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damage including but not limited to any demands or causes of action in contract, tort or otherwise including any liability for negligence.
Simple
- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2018
- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2026
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
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- Renewable energy
- Renewable resources
- Energy
- Hydroelectric plants
- Diesel fuel
- Electric power stations
- Electricity
- Use limitation
- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access constraints
- licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
- Use constraints
- licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
- Spatial representation type
- vector; vecteur RI_635
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Topic category
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- Utilities communication
- Begin date
- 2017-04-07
- End date
- 2024-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4269 /
- Distribution format
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ESRI REST
(
10.5
)
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ESRI REST
(
10.5
)
- OnLine resource
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Remote communities by main power source (2025)
(
ESRI REST: Map Server
)
Web Service;ESRI REST;eng
- OnLine resource
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Remote communities by main power source (2025)
(
ESRI REST: Map Server
)
Web Service;ESRI REST;fra
- OnLine resource
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Remote Communities Energy Database
(
HTTPS
)
Application;Web App;eng
- OnLine resource
-
Base de données sur l’énergie dans les collectivités éloignées
(
HTTPS
)
Application;Web App;fra
- File identifier
- 1d912ea1-919b-449d-8e8b-eb6a2313a401 XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Date stamp
- 2026-04-21T17:19:24
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
- Hours of service
- 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Overviews
Spatial extent
Provided by
Arctic SDI catalogue