Ontario Land Cover Version 1.0
OLC consists of: two baseline raster layers for the 2015 and 2020 reporting periods, and one polygon layer showing landscape changes from 2015 to 2020
Ontario Land Cover (OLC) is a primary data layer. It provides a comprehensive, standardized, landscape level inventory of Ontario’s natural, rural and anthropogenic (human made) features.
Product Packages:
Esri-compatible Package
Open source compatible Package
Service:
Now also available through a web service which circumvents the need to download data by exposing it for visualization over the internet. When using the ESRI Image Server URL in ESRI software full geoprocessing and analysis can also be done using just the service URL.
Services can be accessed directly in ArcPro by using Add Data -> Add Data From Path and copying the desired service URL below into the text box. They can also be accessed by setting up an ArcGIS server connection in ESRI software using the ArcGIS Image Server REST endpoint URL.Services can also be accessed in open-source software. For example, in QGIS you can right click on the type of service you want to add in the browser pane (e.g., ArcGIS Rest Server, WCS, WMS/WMTS) and add the appropriate URL in the resultant popup window.. All services are in Web Mercator projection.
For more information on what functionality is available and how to work with the service, read the Ontario Web Raster Services User Guide. If you have questions about how to use the service, email GeospatialOntario (GEO) at [email protected].
Service URL’s
ArcGIS Image Server Rest
Web Mapping Service (WMS)
Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Additional Documentation
- Baseline Class Descriptions - Ontario Land Cover Version 1 (TEXT)
- Changes Descriptions - Ontario Land Cover Version 1 (TEXT)
Status
Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Contact
Joel Mostoway, Natural Resources and Forestry, Science and Research Branch, [email protected]
Datasets available for download
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Document LinkHTML
Linked dataset resource
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ONTARIO_LAND_COVER_Version_1_0_Geodatabase.zipZIP
Additional resource from ArcGIS Hub
Additional Info
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| Last Updated | March 24, 2026, 20:43 (UTC) |
| Created | March 24, 2026, 20:43 (UTC) |
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Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Ontario Land Cover Version 1.0 |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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OLC consists of: two baseline raster layers for the 2015 and 2020 reporting periods, and one polygon layer showing landscape changes from 2015 to 2020 Ontario Land Cover (OLC) is a primary data layer. It provides a comprehensive, standardized, landscape level inventory of Ontario’s natural, rural and anthropogenic (human made) features. Product Packages:
Services can be accessed directly in ArcPro by using Add Data -> Add Data From Path and copying the desired service URL below into the text box. They can also be accessed by setting up an ArcGIS server connection in ESRI software using the ArcGIS Image Server REST endpoint URL.Services can also be accessed in open-source software. For example, in QGIS you can right click on the type of service you want to add in the browser pane (e.g., ArcGIS Rest Server, WCS, WMS/WMTS) and add the appropriate URL in the resultant popup window.. All services are in Web Mercator projection. For more information on what functionality is available and how to work with the service, read the Ontario Web Raster Services User Guide. If you have questions about how to use the service, email GeospatialOntario (GEO) at [email protected]. Service URL’s ArcGIS Image Server Rest Web Mapping Service (WMS) Web Coverage Service (WCS) Additional Documentation
Status Maintenance and Update Frequency Contact |
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
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0.07 |
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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667367a759214a089917adccdbae7cb2 |
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2023-10-19 |
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Start date of the data in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
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Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
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public |
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License
License used to access the dataset.
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Open Government Licence – Ontario |
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Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
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Location
Location of the dataset.
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https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::ontario-land-cover-version-1-0 |
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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LandInformationOntario |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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Land Information Ontario |
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Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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Land Information Ontario |
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Email of the publisher.
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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LandInformationOntario |
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Email of the author.
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2025-11-27 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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667367a759214a089917adccdbae7cb2 |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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English |
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::ontario-land-cover-version-1-0 |
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Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
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Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
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Platform type of the source portal.
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Version of the datatset
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Source
Source of the dataset.
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry |
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Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
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Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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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.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.
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