Datasets

Current ecology dataset catalog

The public Rangifer catalog now spans living systems, climate and environment, blue-green networks, and urban equity. Tree inventory remains one dataset in the stack, but this page tracks the broader ecology surface behind the platform.

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Public datasets

Study areas

Live layers

Derived layers

Current Public Catalog

These are the ecology datasets currently published in the product. This view is driven by the same layer catalog that powers the map and methodology pages, so it reflects what is actually available now.

Living Systems

3 published datasets

Snapshot

Urban Forest Inventory

Public tree records with species, size, carbon, and ecosystem-service attributes.

Coverage

6 cities

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when a city inventory is updated or enrichment logic changes.

Living Systems

Methodology

Snapshot

Wildlife Observations

Verified wildlife observations used as a biodiversity signal across study areas.

Coverage

7 study areas

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when the wildlife observation crawl is rerun and the tile package is rebuilt.

Living Systems

Methodology

Snapshot

Pollinator Observations

Observed bees, hoverflies, and butterflies mapped as biodiversity signals.

Coverage

7 study areas

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when the pollinator crawl is rerun and the PMTiles asset is regenerated.

Living Systems

Methodology

Climate & Environment

5 published datasets

Snapshot

Heat Islands

Surface heat intensity zones linked to canopy gaps and impervious cover.

Coverage

Montreal

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when new heat-island source vintages are processed.

Climate & Environment

Methodology

Live

Air Quality

Live AQHI observations from Environment Canada for broad regional context.

Coverage

Canada

Delivery

Live feed

Refresh cadence

Live service. The layer updates with the upstream GeoMet feed.

Climate & Environment

Methodology

Live

Land Cover

Live land-cover context for vegetation, bare surfaces, and built cover.

Coverage

Canada

Delivery

Live feed

Refresh cadence

Live service. Visual output updates when the upstream land-cover service changes.

Climate & Environment

Methodology

Live

Flood Risk

Flood-prone areas for resilience planning and site risk screening.

Coverage

Study areas

Delivery

Live feed

Refresh cadence

Snapshot asset. Refresh when the Montreal source changes or the ETL is rerun.

Climate & Environment

Methodology

Live

Active Wildfires

Live wildfire perimeters for smoke, habitat loss, and regional disturbance context.

Coverage

Canada

Delivery

Live feed

Refresh cadence

Live service. The layer updates with the public CWFIS feed.

Climate & Environment

Methodology

Blue & Green Networks

3 published datasets

Snapshot

Parks & Protected Areas

Protected landscapes and park footprints that anchor local green networks.

Coverage

Study areas

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when the CPCAD source or clipping workflow is rerun.

Blue & Green Networks

Methodology

Snapshot

Community Gardens

Civic food-growing sites and stewardship spaces in Vancouver.

Coverage

Vancouver

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when municipal garden datasets are rerun.

Blue & Green Networks

Methodology

Derived

Ecological Connectivity

A derived corridor score combining parks, blue infrastructure, and biodiversity signals.

Coverage

6 cities

Delivery

Derived layer

Refresh cadence

Derived snapshot. Refresh when the upstream parks, hydro, wildlife, or census layers are rebuilt.

Blue & Green Networks

Methodology

Urban Systems & Equity

3 published datasets

Snapshot

Cycling Network

Cycling corridors that reveal lower-emission mobility structure and network access.

Coverage

6 cities

Delivery

Snapshot asset

Refresh cadence

Snapshot ETL. Refresh when municipal cycling datasets are rerun.

Urban Systems & Equity

Methodology

Derived

Impervious Surface

A derived estimate of built-surface intensity across dissemination areas.

Coverage

6 cities

Delivery

Derived layer

Refresh cadence

Derived snapshot. Refresh when roads, buildings, or census geometry are updated.

Urban Systems & Equity

Methodology

Derived

Planting Priority

A derived restoration score for where planting could deliver the most combined benefit.

Coverage

6 cities

Delivery

Derived layer

Refresh cadence

Derived snapshot. Refresh when the upstream heat, tree, impervious, or census inputs are updated.

Urban Systems & Equity

Methodology

Coverage and Delivery

The public catalog mixes Canada-wide live layers, study-area snapshots, and derived planning overlays. Coverage is broader than the old tree page, but it still varies by area and by delivery mode.

Study-area availability

Each total includes the 3 Canada-wide layers.

Montreal

10 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Toronto

8 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Vancouver

9 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Calgary

8 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Edmonton

8 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Winnipeg

8 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Victoria

3 study-area layers + 3 Canada-wide layers

Live layers

AQHI, land cover, wildfire context, and the currently published flood and wetland overlays are delivered as live or live-published assets.

Snapshot layers

Most catalog entries are versioned ETL outputs published as stable map assets rather than live feeds.

Derived layers

Connectivity, impervious-surface, and planting-priority surfaces are composite analytical layers built on top of multiple upstream datasets.

Bulk export today

Tree DuckDB

The only direct bulk package exposed today is the tree inventory export. The broader ecology catalog is currently accessed through map layers, methodology pages, and platform interfaces.

Access Paths

Not every ecology dataset is delivered the same way. The public product is currently map-first, methodology-backed, and only partially packaged for direct bulk download.

Ecology map

Use the live map to inspect layers spatially, stack them, and compare conditions in context.

Open the map

Layer methodology

Every published layer has a methodology page covering sources, cadence, coverage, and caveats.

Read methodology

Tree inventory export

The current bulk download remains the packaged tree DuckDB export while the wider catalog is surfaced layer by layer.

Download DuckDB

API and MCP

Programmatic access lives in the platform interfaces for apps, scripts, and AI-assisted workflows.

View interfaces

Tree Inventory Audit Trail

The tree inventory still has the deepest field-level lineage documentation in the repo. It remains available here as a compact audit surface while the broader ecology catalog expands beyond the original urban-forest core.

Documented fields

Public tree fields with field-level transformation notes and implementation references.

City normalizations

Source-specific mapping contracts for the municipal inventory pipelines that feed the tree table.

Validation checks

Runtime checks, artifact QC, and manifest-to-code validation for the legacy tree pipeline.

What remains documented here

Field lineage, city normalization rules, and the public JSON contract for the tree inventory are still maintained. That documentation is now one audit surface within a larger ecology catalog rather than the organizing structure of this entire page.

Open methodology overview Open JSON contract

Validation ledger

Legacy tree-pipeline audit checkpoints

3 ETL runtime checks

1 artifact QC checks

2 documentation validation checks

These checks remain tree-specific today. Wider ecology datasets already have per-layer methodology pages, and deeper lineage contracts can expand from there as more layers stabilize.