Québec Boréale Waterfowl Survey 1985-1989

The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) Québec Boréale Waterfowl Survey used helicopters to annually survey breeding waterfowl over five years from 1985-1989 on 10x10 km (100 km²) plots located within the Chibougamau region of Québec, a boreal zone at the heart of the American Black Duck's breeding range. The goals of the QCBO100 were to assess the impact of new hunting restrictions for the American Black Duck and to act as a pilot survey to help establish a standardized helicopter-based breeding pair survey for the Black Duck Joint Venture (BDJV) across the American Black Duck’s range. Similar pilot surveys were carried out in Ontario, the Maritimes, and on the island of Newfoundland, using different survey protocols in terms of plot size, selection, and survey frequency, providing an opportunity to compare result quality and cost. For further details and comparisons among these pilot surveys, see Ross et al. (2017).

Complete bilingual metadata including detailed survey design, protocols and data dictionaries is available in downloadable files.

Ross, R.K., Bateman, M.C. and Bordage, D. 2017. Experimental Helicopter-based Waterfowl Breeding Pair Surveys in Eastern Canada,1985–1989. Pages 83 – 94 in Bordage, D., Bateman, M.C., Ross, R.K. and Lepage, C. (editors). Helicopter-based waterfowl breeding pair survey in eastern Canada and related studies. Black Duck Joint Venture Special Publication. 236 pp.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2026-07-31
Date ( RI_366 )
2026-05-28
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • waterfowl
  • bird
  • aerial survey
  • survey
  • aerial
  • waterbirds
  • shorebirds
  • helicopter
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Game (Wildlife)
Environment Canada - Program Environment Canada - Program ( RI_528 )
  • 1.1.3. Migratory Birds
Canada/US States and Provinces Canada/US États et provinces ( RI_528 )
  • Quebec
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Assess Status of Species
  • Protect Species Well-Being
Directorate Direction ( RI_528 )
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
ECCC Government Titles EN ECCC Government Titles FR ( RI_528 )
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada
ECCC Geographic Scope EN ECCC Geographic Scope FR ( Place )
  • Quebec (QC)
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
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
1985-05-06
End date
1989-07-09
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • GDB ( 1 )

  • KMZ ( 1 )

  • CSV ( 1 )

  • PDF ( 1 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada
OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_AllData_ToutesLesDonnées.gdb.zip ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;ZIP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_BMDE.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_ProtocolDataDictionary.pdf ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_ProtocolDataDictionary.pdf ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_SurveyAreas_Plots_SecteursInventaire_Quadrats.kmz ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;KMZ;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_SurveyConditions_ConditionsInventaire.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CWS_QCBO100_SurveyObservations_ObservationsInventaire.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

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Metadata language
eng; CAN
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utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
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Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-06-11T19:21:19.475844Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada
 
 

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