Ontario Forest Historical Annual Report Data

The Ontario Forest Historical Annual Report Data is a province-wide, consolidated dataset of annually reported GIS information on forestry operations dating back to 2002. Data format: ESRI Geodatabase

Click the Open button on the right to download the data package. 

Each year, forest managers report on the activities they conduct under approved forest management plans. Each annual report includes data for only a single year and a single management unit. We then consolidate this information for all of Ontario’s managed forests (all management units).  

We make this data available in two ways: 
1. Tabular data through statistics (text), visual trends (charts), or open data (CSV files).  If you are not familiar with GIS data, these options provide a great way to explore the information. 

2. Spatial (map-based) data through this ESRI geodatabase data package.   This option is intended for users who need to analyze forestry operations across the province and/or over extended time periods. It consolidates hundreds of individual layers into a smaller number of comprehensive layers. (Click the Open button on the right to download this data package.) 

The data package includes the data dictionary (Technical Specification) in PDF format, which contains information about: 
•    Forest Harvest (HRV) 
•    Establishment Survey (EST/FTG) 
•    Forest Regeneration (RGN) 
•    Site Preparation (SIP) 
•    Forestry Tending (TND) 
•    Silviculture Ground Rule Changes (SGR) 

This data package is updated periodically once all management units publish their annual reports. This means the most recent annual report data for a specific management unit may not yet be included. You can find the latest management unit annual report data on the Forest Management Planning Annual Report page. 

For additional annual report information—including text, tabular data, and maps—the Forest Information Manual requires the Natural Resources Information Portal (NRIP) as the means to transfer and store the source information.  

Status
On going: data is continually being updated. 

Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually

Contact
Daniel Kim, Crown Forests and Lands Policy Branch 

• [email protected]  

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• AGG
• AR
• Annual Report
• Crown Forests and...
• EST
• FTG
• Forest
• Forest Operation
• Forestry
• HRV
• Harvest
• Herbicide
• Natural Resources
• PRT
• Planting
• RGN
• Regeneration
• SGR
• SIP
• Seeding
• Site Prep
• Spray
• TND
• Trees

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (62%)
• Maturity Level 2 (69%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (10%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	June 17, 2026, 09:18 (UTC)
Created	March 24, 2026, 20:42 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Ontario Forest Historical Annual Report Data
Description A description of the dataset.	The Ontario Forest Historical Annual Report Data is a province-wide, consolidated dataset of annually reported GIS information on forestry operations dating back to 2002. Data format: ESRI Geodatabase Click the Open button on the right to download the data package.  Each year, forest managers report on the activities they conduct under approved forest management plans. Each annual report includes data for only a single year and a single management unit. We then consolidate this information for all of Ontario’s managed forests (all management units).   We make this data available in two ways:  1. Tabular data through statistics (text), visual trends (charts), or open data (CSV files).  If you are not familiar with GIS data, these options provide a great way to explore the information.  2. Spatial (map-based) data through this ESRI geodatabase data package.   This option is intended for users who need to analyze forestry operations across the province and/or over extended time periods. It consolidates hundreds of individual layers into a smaller number of comprehensive layers. (Click the Open button on the right to download this data package.)  The data package includes the data dictionary (Technical Specification) in PDF format, which contains information about:  •    Forest Harvest (HRV)  •    Establishment Survey (EST/FTG)  •    Forest Regeneration (RGN)  •    Site Preparation (SIP)  •    Forestry Tending (TND)  •    Silviculture Ground Rule Changes (SGR)  This data package is updated periodically once all management units publish their annual reports. This means the most recent annual report data for a specific management unit may not yet be included. You can find the latest management unit annual report data on the Forest Management Planning Annual Report page.  For additional annual report information—including text, tabular data, and maps—the Forest Information Manual requires the Natural Resources Information Portal (NRIP) as the means to transfer and store the source information.   Status On going: data is continually being updated.  Maintenance and Update Frequency Annually Contact Daniel Kim, Crown Forests and Lands Policy Branch  [email protected]
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	AGG AR Annual Report Crown Forests and... EST FTG Forest Forest Operation Forestry HRV Harvest Herbicide Natural Resources PRT Planting RGN Regeneration SGR SIP Seeding Site Prep Spray TND Trees
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	0.02
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry	a2746970ec744ed38acdd9bfc45cdeb8
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2026-01-30
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).	public
License License used to access the dataset.	Open Government Licence – Ontario
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::ontario-forest-historical-annual-report-data
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	LandInformationOntario
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Land Information Ontario
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	[email protected]
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.	Land Information Ontario
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.	LandInformationOntario
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2026-05-07

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	a2746970ec744ed38acdd9bfc45cdeb8
Language Language(s) of the dataset	English
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.	https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::ontario-forest-historical-annual-report-data
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.

Field	Value
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.	Ministry of Natural Resources, Crown Forests and Lands Policy Branch
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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