Canada's ocean drainage regions

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Canada's ocean drainage regions layer was developed using the Drainage regions of Canada to illustrate the water bodies into which the 25 drainage regions ultimately drain.

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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Date ( RI_367 )
2026-04-15
Date ( RI_366 )
2026-04-15
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • ocean, drainage, region
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Water
  • Sustainable development
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Environment Canada - Program Environment Canada - Program ( RI_528 )
  • 1.3.1. Sustainability Reporting and Indicators
GC Security Level GC Restrictions de manipulation ( 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
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
  • Inland waters
Begin date
2003-01-01
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • Web App ( unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Public Inquiries Centre
OnLine resource
Ocean drainage regions – English (ESRI REST) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Ocean drainage regions – French (ESRI REST) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Ocean drainage regions – English (WMS) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Ocean drainage regions – French (WMS) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

File identifier
ebb1a0a6-3f5e-4fb3-94b0-0628088a6055 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-04-29T16:43:26.963133Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
 
 

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