Utility Line

Identifies utility lines in Ontario.

This data set shows utility lines that provide services for:

  • power
  • water
  • communications
  • heating fuel

They include:

  • communication lines/submerged communication lines
  • hydro lines/submerged hydro lines
  • natural gas pipelines/submerged natural gas pipelines
  • water pipelines/submerged water pipelines
  • unknown pipelines
  • unknown transmission lines

Additional Documentation

Status
 Required: data needs to be generated or updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency
 Not planned: there are no plans to update the data

Contact
 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Geospatial Ontario, [email protected]



Recommendations
 Not for legal purposes. This data is collected with varying aerial photography dates and scales. It is a snap shot in time and maintenance of these features are uncertain.CAVEAT:Data for this information holding varies by OMNR District in terms of...-Completeness: - Concentrated surveys in one or more areas of the District. - Instances where no surveys were initiated, even though there is evidence of the value. - Instances where the value is not known to exist within the District. - Instances where attributes collected for the value will be minimal to verbose. - The data may exist only in a tabular form (files, hardcopy maps) within the District.-Accuracy: -Dependant on the value's source capture methodology. -G.P.S. coordinates vs. sketched location. -Generalized location (buffered point) vs. mapped area (polygon)-Vintage: -New vs. old value survey information for values in part(s) or all of the District.-Sensitivity: -Some OMNR Districts may consider a specific value or group of values sensitive, others may not. -Some of the values may be flagged as sensitive due to intellectual copyright. (i.e.: Professional Research). -The value may be flagged as sensitive due to its link or relation to First Nation Peoples. Please refer to this same section within the OMNRF District's version of this record for specific use constraints details.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated August 26, 2026, 09:01 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 20:43 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Utility Line
Description
A description of the dataset.

Identifies utility lines in Ontario.

This data set shows utility lines that provide services for:

  • power
  • water
  • communications
  • heating fuel

They include:

  • communication lines/submerged communication lines
  • hydro lines/submerged hydro lines
  • natural gas pipelines/submerged natural gas pipelines
  • water pipelines/submerged water pipelines
  • unknown pipelines
  • unknown transmission lines

Additional Documentation

Status
 Required: data needs to be generated or updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency
 Not planned: there are no plans to update the data

Contact
 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Geospatial Ontario, [email protected]



Recommendations
 Not for legal purposes. This data is collected with varying aerial photography dates and scales. It is a snap shot in time and maintenance of these features are uncertain.CAVEAT:Data for this information holding varies by OMNR District in terms of...-Completeness: - Concentrated surveys in one or more areas of the District. - Instances where no surveys were initiated, even though there is evidence of the value. - Instances where the value is not known to exist within the District. - Instances where attributes collected for the value will be minimal to verbose. - The data may exist only in a tabular form (files, hardcopy maps) within the District.-Accuracy: -Dependant on the value's source capture methodology. -G.P.S. coordinates vs. sketched location. -Generalized location (buffered point) vs. mapped area (polygon)-Vintage: -New vs. old value survey information for values in part(s) or all of the District.-Sensitivity: -Some OMNR Districts may consider a specific value or group of values sensitive, others may not. -Some of the values may be flagged as sensitive due to intellectual copyright. (i.e.: Professional Research). -The value may be flagged as sensitive due to its link or relation to First Nation Peoples. Please refer to this same section within the OMNRF District's version of this record for specific use constraints details.
Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
0.09
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
cd6832d6a7cd4f6c8b615732e5c6c965
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2019-12-03
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/mnrf::utility-line
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
OntarioProvincialMapping
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
[email protected]
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
OntarioProvincialMapping
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2026-08-13
Field Value
Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
cd6832d6a7cd4f6c8b615732e5c6c965
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/mnrf::utility-line
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.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
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.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
5612
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
26
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
145912
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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