Soil Survey Complex

The soil complex database contains other descriptive information including slope class, Canada Land Inventory (CLI) ranking, stoniness, drainage class, texture etc. The CLI components of the data layer is generally intended to be used as a tool for broad land use planning decision making, and not necessarily for field-level management. For more information on the guidelines: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/landuse/classify.htm The soil complex information can also be applied to source water protection, nutrient management and soil erosion modeling. Note: The soil complex data layer is subject to a continuous improvement strategy.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, have compiled a geo-spatial soils database for Southern Ontario. The database consolidated the existing digital soil data mapped on a county basis into a digitally stitched and standardized product.

The soil survey data was mapped by a number of soil surveyors from the 1920s to the 1990s. The Soil Ontario product incorporates soil information from a variety of map scales. The project has brought the individual county or regional municipality surveys together in a digitally stitched database which reveals inconsistencies in soil data across county boundaries. Using GIS and NRVIS (Natural Resource Values Information System) a GIS Specialist matched the soil polygons that crossed boundaries using the best available resources.

Additional Metadata Location: Agriculture and AgriFood Canada - Canada Soils Information System

Additional Metadata:

Additional Documentation Status On going: data is being continually updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency
 As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary

Contact
 Daniel Saurette, [email protected]

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Last Updated September 16, 2026, 06:37 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 21:48 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Soil Survey Complex
Description
A description of the dataset.

The soil complex database contains other descriptive information including slope class, Canada Land Inventory (CLI) ranking, stoniness, drainage class, texture etc. The CLI components of the data layer is generally intended to be used as a tool for broad land use planning decision making, and not necessarily for field-level management. For more information on the guidelines: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/landuse/classify.htm The soil complex information can also be applied to source water protection, nutrient management and soil erosion modeling. Note: The soil complex data layer is subject to a continuous improvement strategy.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, have compiled a geo-spatial soils database for Southern Ontario. The database consolidated the existing digital soil data mapped on a county basis into a digitally stitched and standardized product.

The soil survey data was mapped by a number of soil surveyors from the 1920s to the 1990s. The Soil Ontario product incorporates soil information from a variety of map scales. The project has brought the individual county or regional municipality surveys together in a digitally stitched database which reveals inconsistencies in soil data across county boundaries. Using GIS and NRVIS (Natural Resource Values Information System) a GIS Specialist matched the soil polygons that crossed boundaries using the best available resources.

Additional Metadata Location: Agriculture and AgriFood Canada - Canada Soils Information System

Additional Metadata:

Additional Documentation Status On going: data is being continually updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency
 As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary

Contact
 Daniel Saurette, [email protected]

Tags / Keywords
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
0.09
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
86302406-ddff-4505-b3af-39c293a6702a
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2019-11-06
Time Period Data Span (start date)
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
public
License
License used to access the dataset.
Open Government Licence – Ontario
Limits on use
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Location
Location of the dataset.
https://ontario-soils-geohub-ontarioca11.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/ontarioca11::soil-survey-complex
Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
OMAFRAGIS
Contact Point
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OMAFRA
Contact Point Email
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[email protected]
Publisher
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OMAFRA
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
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OMAFRAGIS
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2025-12-11
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
a0eec61f72334bf7b4fc85d2f67456bd
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
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https://ontario-soils-geohub-ontarioca11.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/ontarioca11::soil-survey-complex
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Contains data about individuals
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
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Contains Indigenous Data
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Portal Type
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Field Value
Version
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None
Source
Source of the dataset.
None
Version notes
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Is version of another dataset
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Other versions
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Provenance Text
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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
144947
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
77
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
11160919
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
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