Provincial Park Regulated Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: Revision Note: Please note that this dataset has been revised and is available from the Land Information Ontario (LIO) Warehouse. Ontario provincial parks are classified as one of the following classes: Wilderness, Nature Reserve, Cultural Heritage, Natural Environment, Waterway, and Recreational. Public lands set aside under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006: To permanently protect representative ecosystems, biodiversity and provincially significant elements of Ontario's natural and cultural heritage and to manage these areas to ensure that ecological integrity is maintained. To provide opportunities for ecologically sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities and encourage associated economic benefits. To provide opportunities for residents of Ontario and visitors to increase their knowledge and appreciation of Ontario's natural and cultural heritage. To facilitate scientific research and to provide points of reference to support monitoring of ecological change on the broader landscape. Supplementary look-up table descriptions are available in the data description document, which is available for download from the additional documentation section. This layer is part of what was known as the OMNR Fundamental Dataset.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2013-03-28

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  fed23891-e19e-4156-86e4-23aa580a969e

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Series

  Name: Protected Areas

  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: environment

  Keywords:

  ONTARIO PARKS, NATURAL HERITAGE, LAND USE PLANNING, PARKS PLANNING, NATURE RESERVES, ADMINISTRATION, FUNDAMENTAL

  NATURAL AREAS, PARKS, LAND USE PLANNING, CONSERVATION

  Provincial parks, Parc provincial, Land management, Gestion des terres

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  To display areas regulated under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 and managed by Ontario Parks.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Natural Resources Values Information System (NRVIS). Boundaries have been reviewed to ensure quality control. Spatial information is directly based on regulation plans, published by the Office of the Surveyor General.; NRVIS

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.153592

  East Longitude: -74.389185

  North Latitude: 55.919696

  South Latitude: 41.724420

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  UPDATE: the spatial boundary for Algonquin Provincial Park (P1915) is draft only. It was uploaded to the Provincial Park Regulated data class on May 2, 2007 to satisfy the requirements for Forest Management Planning. Refer to regulation 386/93 (revised to 316/07) and regulation plan (February 1993; File No. 180215) for the official boundary details. The official update to the spatial boundary will be uploaded when the re-regulation gets approved. Legislated or Legal Authority for Collection: Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006. Additional Time Period Information: First park regulated in 1893 and most recent package of regulations was gazetted on July 9, 2008.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 342

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  
  

  Process step:

  Boundaries are public information, but CAUTION against sharing boundaries of NON-OPERATING parks for road map use etc.

  Regulation Plan: Regulation Plan Oldest regulation plan from 1957. Last package of protected areas gazetted June 9, 2008 Data collected from 12/05/1957 to 09/06/2008. Office of the Surveyor General, Ontario Parks.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange, Ministry of Natural Resource (OMNR) Peterborough Ontario, Canada