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Critical Habitat for Species at Risk National Dataset - Canada

This dataset displays the geographic areas within which critical habitat (CH) for terrestrial species at risk, listed on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), occurs in Canada. Note that this includes only terrestrial species and species for which Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Parks Canada Agency (PCA) lead.

Under SARA, critical habitat is “the habitat that is necessary for the survival or recovery of a listed wildlife species and that is identified as the species’ critical habitat in the recovery strategy or action plan for the species.”

To precisely define what constitutes critical habitat for a particular species it is essential that this geospatial information be considered in conjunction with complementary information provided in a species’ recovery document. Recovery documents are available from the Species at Risk (SAR) Public Registry (https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry.html) for two posting stages (proposed and final posting). The recovery documents contain important information about the interpretation of the geospatial information, especially regarding the biological and environmental features (“biophysical attributes”) that complete the definition of a species’ critical habitat. Within any defined critical habitat geospatial boundary, not all of the area is necessarily critical habitat.

It is important to note that recovery planning documents (and, therefore, critical habitat) may be amended from time to time as new information becomes available, which may occur after a document has been posted as proposed or final on the SAR Public Registry. The SAR Public Registry should always be considered as the main source for critical habitat information. In cases where the data are sensitive, the geographic area within which critical habitat occurs may be represented as grids. These are coarse grids (1, 10, 50 or 100 square kilometres) that serve as indicators to locate critical habitat in the recovery planning document.

More detailed information on critical habitat may be made available on a need-to-know basis by contacting Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service at ec.planificationduretablissement-recoveryplanning.ec@canada.ca.

The data is current as of the date of the most recent revision.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2014-11-28
Date ( RI_367 )
2015-07-09
Date ( RI_368 )
2025-01-23
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service - ( )
351 St. Joseph Blvd., 14th Floor , Gatineau , Quebec , Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - ( )
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Canada
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Critical Habitat
  • Species at Risk (SAR)
  • Species at Risk Act (SARA)
  • Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS)
  • Biological diversity
  • Migratory Birds
ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity - Habitat
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Protected species
  • Habitats
  • Environment
  • Endangered species
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Protect Species Well-Being
  • Protect and Restore Species
Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
  • National (CA)
external.theme.EC_Branch local.theme.external.theme.EC_Branch ( RI_528 )
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
external.theme.EC_Directorate local.theme.external.theme.EC_Directorate ( RI_528 )
  • Wildlife Assessment and Information
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA local.theme.external.theme.EC_Program_PAA ( RI_528 )
  • 1.1.2 Species at Risk
external.theme.GC_Security_Level local.theme.external.theme.GC_Security_Level ( RI_528 )
  • Unclassified
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, fr; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
2014-09-15
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • ZIP ( 1 )

Distributor

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries )
351 St. Joseph Blvd., 14th Floor , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
http://ec.gc.ca
Fees
None
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Critical Habitat ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

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Critical Habitat ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

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Critical Habitat ( HTTPS )

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Critical Habitat ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Critical Habitat ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

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Critical Habitat ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;fra

OnLine resource
Critical Habitat - Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;XLSX;eng,fra

File identifier
47caa405-be2b-4e9e-8f53-c478ade2ca74 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2025-02-12T18:53:52.155Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
Enviroment Canada - Version 1
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( CWS-WAID-MAID-DMO )
351 St. Joseph Blvd. , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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