BC Environmental Monitoring Locations

**PLEASE NOTE:** The Environmental Monitoring System will be replaced by the EnMoDS system on March 5th, 2026. The EMS results objects will not contain new data after Feb 26th, 2026. For recent data please refer to [EnMoDS spatial locations and location groups](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f60fa4b5-e3d0-44ad-b5d8-778d29764e34). Environmental Monitoring Stations (EMS) spatial points coverage for the Province by LOCATION TYPES. The following spatial layers reference this as a data source: 1. Environmental Monitoring - All Stations 2. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Ambient Air Site) 3. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Air Monitoring (Air Permit) 4. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Monitoring) 5. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Water Permits) 6. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Well) 7. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Observation Well) 8. Environmental Monitoring Stations - Water Sites (Spring)

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Date ( RI_367 )
2011-03-09
Date ( RI_366 )
2008-10-28
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - EMS Helpdesk ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - Robert Williams ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • EMS
  • Environmental Monitoring Systems
  • Water Chemistry
  • air quality
  • ambient monitoring
  • environmental monitoring
  • groundwater quality chemistry
  • meteorological
  • monitoring locations
  • surface water
  • waste
  • water quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
0001-01-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:3005 / unknown
Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 / unknown
Distribution format
  • HTML ( unknown )

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  • WMS ( unknown )

RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - EMS Helpdesk ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - Robert Williams ( )
OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
BC Geographic Warehouse Custom Download ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
EMS_MONITORING_LOCN_TYPES_SVW ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;eng

OnLine resource
EMS_MONITORING_LOCN_TYPES_SVW ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
EMS_MONITORING_LOCN_TYPES_SVW ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

File identifier
634ee4e0-c8f7-4971-b4de-12901b0b4be6 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-03-24
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - EMS Helpdesk ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management - Robert Williams ( )
 
 

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