Quebec - Saint-Lawrence River - Shoreline Classification

The Quebec—Saint-Lawrence River dataset is part of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Shoreline Classification and Pre-Spill database. Shoreline classification data has been developed for use by the Environmental Emergencies Program of Environment and Climate Change Canada for environmental protection purposes. Marine and freshwater shorelines are classified according to the character (substrate and form) of the upper intertidal (foreshore) or upper swash zone (Sergy, 2008). This is the area where oil from a spill usually becomes stranded and where the treatment or cleanup activities take place. The basic parameter that defines the shoreline type is the material that is present in the intertidal zone. The presence or absence of sediments is a key factor in determining whether oil is stranded on the surface of a substrate or can penetrate and/or be buried. This dataset contains thousands of linear shoreline segments ranging in length from 200 m and 2 km long. The entities represent the location of the segments and their geomorphological description.



There exist further fields in the attribute table for this dataset. We are currently working on standardizing our shoreline segmentation datasets and the updated data will soon be uploaded to the catalog.



Sergy, G. (2008). The Shoreline Classification Scheme for SCAT and Oil Spill Response in Canada. Proceedings of the 31stArctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar.Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Pp. 811-819.

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Metadata Record Information

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Date Stamp
2025-03-21T15:35:16.287Z
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

Title

Quebec - Saint-Lawrence River - Shoreline Classification
Date (Publication)
2017-05-11
Date (Creation)
2017-05-05
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Spatial representation type
Vector
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; National Environnemental Emergencies Centre (NEEC) - Anthony Pouw ( Manager, Program Development and Innovation)

Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • SCAT; Shoreline Classification; Segmentation; Bedrock Cliff; Bedrock Vertical; Bedrock Platform; Boulder Beach; Man-made Permeable; Man-made Solid; Mud Tidal Flat; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Wetlands; Not Classified; Bedrock Sloping; Bedrock Ramp; Boulder Bank; Marsh; Mixed Sediment Beach; Mixed Sediment Bank; Pebble Beach; Cobble Beach; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Sediment Cliff; Vegetated Bank; Canada; Quebec; QC; AR; Saint-Lawrence; Geomorphology; Coastal Landforms; Coastal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Coastal Landform; Mud Bank; Clay Bank; Sand Tidal Flat; Beach; Rocky Coast; New Brunswick; NB; N.B.; Newfoundland and Labrador; NL; N.L.; Nova Scotia; NS; N.S.; Prince Edward Island; PE; P.E.I.; Que; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Sable Island

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Resources management

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Other

Business Functions

  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions

  • Respond to Environmental Emergencies

Geography

  • Quebec (QC)

  • Water - Major drainage area - St. Lawrence

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Environmental Stewardship Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Environmental Protection Operations

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
2017-05-05

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( FGDB / GDB)

 
Distributor
  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
 
 

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Keywords

SCAT; Shoreline Classification; Segmentation; Bedrock Cliff; Bedrock Vertical; Bedrock Platform; Boulder Beach; Man-made Permeable; Man-made Solid; Mud Tidal Flat; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Wetlands; Not Classified; Bedrock Sloping; Bedrock Ramp; Boulder Bank; Marsh; Mixed Sediment Beach; Mixed Sediment Bank; Pebble Beach; Cobble Beach; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Sediment Cliff; Vegetated Bank; Canada; Quebec; QC; AR; Saint-Lawrence; Geomorphology; Coastal Landforms; Coastal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Coastal Landform; Mud Bank; Clay Bank; Sand Tidal Flat; Beach; Rocky Coast; New Brunswick; NB; N.B.; Newfoundland and Labrador; NL; N.L.; Nova Scotia; NS; N.S.; Prince Edward Island; PE; P.E.I.; Que; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Sable Island
Business Functions

Oversee and Manage Site Conditions Respond to Environmental Emergencies
ECCC Information Category EN

Other
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Resources management
external.theme.EC_Branch

Environmental Stewardship Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Environmental Protection Operations
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified


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