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The Fish and Wildlife Stewardship regional boundaries divides the province into three areas: Northeast, Northwest and South. The areas were created using the existing boundaries of Wildlife Management Units (WMUs). These boundaries are to be used to determine juridiction between each Fish and Wildlife Stewardship Region.

Wildlife Management Units are used for a number of wildlife management purposes, like indicating the areas of Ontario where hunting open seasons and harvest quotas apply. Wildlife Management Unit boundaries are regulated under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act - Ontario Regulation 663/98, Part 6 as amended.

This data breaks down estimated hunter and harvest numbers by: * wildlife management unit (WMU) * calendar year Harvest and active hunter numbers are estimates based on replies received from a sample of hunters and are therefore subject to statistical error. Additional technical and statistical notes can be found in the data dictionary.

This data breaks down estimated hunter and harvest numbers by: * wildlife management unit (WMU) * calendar year Harvest and active hunter numbers are estimates based on replies received from a sample of hunters and are therefore subject to statistical error. Additional technical and statistical notes can be found in the data dictionary.

This data breaks down spring, fall and total harvest numbers by: * wildlife management unit (WMU) * calendar year Harvest numbers are based on mandatory reports received from successful turkey licence holders. These are absolute numbers and are not statistically projected as with the bear, deer, and moose hunting activity and harvest estimates. Missing values represent no open season.

This data breaks down estimated hunters as well as antlered, antlerless and total harvest numbers by: * wildlife management unit (WMU) * calendar year Harvest and active hunter numbers are estimates based on replies received from a sample of resident hunters and are therefore subject to statistical error. Additional technical and statistical notes can be found in the data dictionary.

TAWILDLIFEMGMTAREASSVW contains the spatial representation (polygon) of the areas under the administration and control of the Conservation Lands Program of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development and designated as Wildlife Management Areas under the Wildlife Act due to the significance of their wildlife/fish values. The view was created to provide a simplified view of this data from the administrative boundaries information in the Tantalis operational system

National Wildlife Areas are lands designated by Order-in-Council under the Canada Wildlife Act (1973). Most are on Crown Lands and are dedicated to providing or enhancing habitat for waterfowl, upland game birds, or game mammals. Instructions for downloading this dataset: * select the link below and scroll down the metadata record page until you find Transfer Options in the Distribution Information section * select the link beside the Data for download label * you must provide your name, organization and email address in order to access the dataset This product requires the use of GIS software. *[GIS]: geographic information system

Nova Scotia is divided in 12 deer management zones and deer hunting regulations may vary by zone.

As of 2021, moose tags are distributed to Ontario residents using a points-based tag allocation process. See the Hunting Regulations Summary for more information about requirements to hunt moose in Ontario. This data breaks down the results of previous years’ moose tag allocation process results by: * year * Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) * moose type * season * allocation stage * choice * points of applicants * number of applicants * tags available * tags awarded * tags claimed Definitions of these variables can be found in the data dictionary below. An explanation of how the moose tag allocation process works, how to interpret results and what to consider when you apply, are available at ontario.ca/moosetagprocess.