Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves bioregions, offshore Atlantic Canada

The Marine Geoscience for Marine Spatial Planning (MGMSP) program, implemented by

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is an initiative with the goal of offering innovative

regional geoscience products to support the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in

their Marine Spatial Planning endeavors. To develop spatial management plans for various

expansive bioregions across Canada, the DFO has undertaken the task of creating

comprehensive ocean management strategies. Presently, the MGMSP program is

concentrating its efforts on two significant bioregions, namely the Scotian Shelf and

Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves bioregions.

In pursuit of this objective, the work presented in this report has focused on the

assimilation and gridding of numerous disparate bathymetry datasets sourced from

authoritative and reliable channels. The purpose of this comprehensive data gathering

approach is to establish a unified bathymetric grid, with a consistent spatial resolution,

which can be utilized in both oceanographic modeling and geological interpretation. By

collating information from a diverse range of sources, we aim to create a comprehensive

and reliable foundation that will enable accurate and informed decision-making in the field

of marine spatial planning, as well as enhance the accuracy and reliability of subsequent

analyses and simulations.

Datasets available for download

• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...Esri REST
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...Esri REST
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...WMS
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...WMS
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...FGDB/GDB
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...FGDB/GDB
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...GeoTIF
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• Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and...GeoTIF
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• Digital elevation data
• Form Descriptors
• Geology
• Geophysics
• Nature and Environment
• Science and Technology
• corer
• geology
• grab sampler
• marine geology
• marine sediment
• ocean bottom
• seafloor texture
• sediment

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (54%)
• Maturity Level 2 (38%)
• Maturity Level 3 (0%)
• Maturity Level 4 (0%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 03:07 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 03:07 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.	Geoscientific Information
Title Title for the Dataset.	Bathymetric compilation for Scotian Shelf and Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves bioregions, offshore Atlantic Canada
Description A description of the dataset.	The Marine Geoscience for Marine Spatial Planning (MGMSP) program, implemented by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), is an initiative with the goal of offering innovative regional geoscience products to support the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in their Marine Spatial Planning endeavors. To develop spatial management plans for various expansive bioregions across Canada, the DFO has undertaken the task of creating comprehensive ocean management strategies. Presently, the MGMSP program is concentrating its efforts on two significant bioregions, namely the Scotian Shelf and Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves bioregions. In pursuit of this objective, the work presented in this report has focused on the assimilation and gridding of numerous disparate bathymetry datasets sourced from authoritative and reliable channels. The purpose of this comprehensive data gathering approach is to establish a unified bathymetric grid, with a consistent spatial resolution, which can be utilized in both oceanographic modeling and geological interpretation. By collating information from a diverse range of sources, we aim to create a comprehensive and reliable foundation that will enable accurate and informed decision-making in the field of marine spatial planning, as well as enhance the accuracy and reliability of subsequent analyses and simulations.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Digital elevation data Form Descriptors Geology Geophysics Nature and Environment Science and Technology corer geology grab sampler marine geology marine sediment ocean bottom seafloor texture sediment
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2023-11-01
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Open Government Licence - Canada
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/335408ab-e7c9-581f-09fe-44487e1fd213
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Atlantic, Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, voice; 1 (902) 4268355, [email protected], [email protected]
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.	[email protected]
Author Author of the dataset.
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.

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Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.
Language Language(s) of the dataset
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

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Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
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.

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Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
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 A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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