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The federal, provincial, and territorial governments recognize the importance of surveillance in providing evidence about the contexts, risk factors and …

Record Modified: Jul 8, 2019
Record Released: Jul 8, 2019
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada
Formats: HTML PDF
Keywords: child protection legislation child protection policy child protection Canada

Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program (https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm?

Record Modified: Apr 17, 2026
Record Released: May 3, 2022
Publisher: Government of Nova Scotia
Formats: HTML CSV Other RDF RSS XML
Keywords: community counts census long form labour force ages 1991 2006

The Official Languages Act (OLA) requires the President of the Treasury Board to submit an annual report to Parliament on …

Record Modified: Dec 14, 2023
Record Released: Dec 12, 2023
Publisher: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Formats: HTML
Keywords: Official Languages

The Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program is administered by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

Record Modified: Apr 9, 2026
Record Released: Sep 25, 2016
Publisher: Public Services and Procurement Canada
Formats: CSV XML HTML
Keywords: PILT PILT amount taxing authority
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The live published metadata content of the BC Data Catalogue is accessible through an application programming interface (API) an example …

Record Modified: Apr 17, 2026
Record Released: Apr 13, 2023
Publisher: Government of British Columbia
Formats: JSON HTML
Keywords: API CKAN OpenAPI spec bc data catalogue bcdc catalogue catalogue content metadata

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues.

Record Modified: Feb 3, 2026
Record Released: Feb 16, 2023
Publisher: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Keywords: Environment Endangered species Sustainable development Protected species Environmental indicators Game (Wildlife) biodiversity nature wild species status general status wild species report ...

This program captures the relative abundance and distribution of five common seabirds occurring in the waters of Pacific Rim National …

Record Modified: Dec 9, 2024
Record Released: Apr 17, 2018
Publisher: Parks Canada
Formats: CSV
Keywords: Pacific Rim NPR Seabird populations At-sea surveys Fixed-route strip transects Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Common Murre (Uria aalge) Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) Pigeon Guillemot (Cephus columba) Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) Near-shore Habitat

This list includes the following details: * funding program * name of company * location * fiscal year contract signed …

Record Modified: Jun 10, 2026
Record Released: Jan 27, 2021
Publisher: Government of Ontario
Formats: XLSX TXT HTML
Keywords: Economy and Business Government

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues.

Record Modified: Mar 30, 2026
Record Released: Nov 18, 2022
Publisher: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Keywords: Environmental indicators environmental indicators air and climate water air pollution emissions harmful substances toxic substances mercury lead cadmium heavy metals ...

More than one-third of the collection is on view in public spaces and private organizations across Canada, through art rentals, …

Record Modified: Feb 27, 2023
Record Released: Sep 25, 2016
Publisher: Canada Council for the Arts
Formats: HTML
Keywords: Art Bank art bank painting installation sculpture media work on paper fibre photograph