Great Lakes Areas of Concern Monitoring and Surveillance Data

Water quality and ecosystem health surveillance and monitoring data collected to complete assessments of beneficial use impairments of Areas of Concern (AOCs) and to track the effectiveness of remedial measures and confirm restoration of beneficial uses are included in this dataset. AOCs are geographic areas in the Great Lakes that were identified in the mid-1980s where significant impairment of beneficial uses has occurred as a result of human activities at the local level. Remediating AOCs contributes to the sustainability of local communities and of the Great Lakes region, and is a joint commitment under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA).

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
48f3a45e-851a-45c7-96fd-959a6fb485a9 XML
Date Stamp
2022-07-26T19:45:47
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2012-05-18
Date (Publication)
2015-09-08
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Water Qualiity Monitoring and Surveillance - Daryl McGoldrick ( Head - Great Lakes Water Quality )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • Great Lakes

  • Areas of Concern

  • Monitoring

  • Surveillance

  • Trends

  • Status

  • Toxics

  • Great Lakes Action Plan

  • Metals

  • Nutrients

  • Lake Ontario

  • Lake Erie

  • Lake Superior

  • Ontario
Keywords

  • Lake Huron

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water quality

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Geography

  • Water - Drainage regions - Great Lakes

  • Water - Major drainage area - St. Lawrence

  • Water - Ocean basin - Atlantic Ocean

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 3.1.1. Substances Management

  • 1.3.4. Great Lakes

  • 1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2015-09-08

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment Canada and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Areas of Concern Great Lakes Great Lakes Action Plan Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Superior Metals Monitoring Nutrients Ontario Status Surveillance Toxics Trends
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Water quality
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health 1.3.4. Great Lakes 3.1.1. Substances Management
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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