Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia

This geospatial data depicts potential future development areas recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia. These areas were identified as an interim product during the Regional Assessment process. They do not reflect official offshore wind licencing or development areas.

The Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia (Committee) is providing federal and provincial Ministers with information, knowledge, and analysis regarding future offshore wind development (OSW). Their work is intended to inform and improve future planning, licencing, permitting, and impact assessment processes.

The Committee is tasked to complete its Regional Assessment Report by January 2025. As part of the terms of the amended agreement set out by the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia, the Committee submitted an interim report to Ministers on March 22, 2024. This report included the preliminary identification of recommended areas for potential future offshore wind. Based on work completed to date, the Committee has identified areas where offshore wind development is technically feasible (based on available information) and will have the least impact within other offshore users. These areas are preliminary and will be refined throughout the remainder of the Regional Assessment.

The offshore wind areas identified by the Committee do not reflect official offshore wind licencing areas. The Committee is providing these areas to Ministers for their consideration, as the offshore wind regulatory process is being established.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024-03-25
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-02-29
RI_418
  Government of Canada;Impact Assessment Agency of Canada;Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia - ( )
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Potential Future Development Areas
  • Regional Assessment
  • Offshore Wind Energy
  • Nova Scotia
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Wind energy
  • Assessment
  • Climate
  • Renewable energy
  • Renewable resources
  • Wind
  • Offshore area
  • Environment
  • Licensing
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
English
Metadata language
French
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Planning cadastre
  • Environment
  • Structure
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Begin date
2024-02-29
End date
2024-02-29
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • SHP ( Unknown )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.81 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada;Impact Assessment Agency of Canada - Government of Canada ( )
OnLine resource
Agreement to Conduct a Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Ministers Response – Interim Report ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia: Interim Report ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Interim Report – Correction ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Potential Future Development Areas Recommended by the Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

File identifier
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Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-05-24T14:37:52
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada;Impact Assessment Agency of Canada;Committee for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Nova Scotia -
 
 

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