Department of National Defence Firing Practice and Exercise Areas, Atlantic Canada

The Department of National Defence has designated Firing Practice and Exercise Areas off the coasts of Canada. Activities in these areas may include bombing practice from aircraft, air-to-air, air-to-sea or ground firing, and anti-aircraft firing, etc. In Atlantic Canada, the Nova Scotia Area includes sea area employments for sub-surface operations and firing exercises (FIREX). The Gulf of St. Lawrence Area, excluding the French territorial waters of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, includes sea area employments for sub-surface operations and underwater demolition training. For full details, see the Notices to Mariners, Section F, National Defence Military Notices, available online: https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/annual-annuel/section-f/f35-en.pdf.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2019
Date ( RI_367 )
2019
RI_414
  Government of Canada; National Defence - Operational Response Team Leader ( )
902-427-3226
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Firing Practice and Exercise Areas
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Military training
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
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
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints
Legal Constraints: Users should be aware that the polygons depicting firing practice and exercise areas are intended for illustration only and should not be used for navigational or legal purposes.
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vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Boundaries
Begin date
2019
End date
2019
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Distribution format
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RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Scott Coffen-Smout ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1106 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
OnLine resource
Notice to Mariners, Section F, National Defence Military Notices ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Notice to Mariners, Section F, National Defence Military Notices ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
DND Firing Practice and Exercise Areas, Atlantic Canada ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
DND Firing Practice and Exercise Areas, Atlantic Canada ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
DND Firing Practice and Exercise Areas, Atlantic Canada ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Attribute descriptions ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

File identifier
73111c78-298b-4be9-97f1-7aaa73cab477 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-06T00:29:44.422Z
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; National Defence - Operational Response Team Leader ( )
Canada
902-427-3226
 
 

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