Wildlife Species Inventory - Survey Observations - Ungulates - Publicly Available

This dataset contains the Province of British Columbia’s ungulate survey observations originating from the Species Inventory (SPI) database, including both secured and publicly available point locations. An observation is made when a surveyor makes a visit to a Design Component (block, transect, sample station) on a specific date at a specific time and enumerates the target species or its sign. Observations may include information on count, species, sex, age class, activity, and survey conditions. Observations may result from various survey methodologies, such as stratified random block, distance sampling, reconnaissance, mark-resight, wildlife camera traps, pellet group counts, and snow tracking. Each observation may be geo-referenced individually or by association with a specific Design Component.

The majority of ungulate survey observations are publicly available in the 'Wildlife Species Inventory – Survey Observation Points – Ungulates – Publicly Available' dataset. However, some observations are secured in accordance with the Species and Ecosystems Data and Information Security Policy (SEDIS).

'Wildlife Species Inventory - Masked Survey Observations - Publicly Available' contains wildlife survey observation data for secured species occurrences that have been obfuscated (masked) to allow for public distribution in accordance with the Species and Ecosystems Data and Information Security Policy. The masked layer may be used to approximate where secured point data for species observations occur.

'Wildlife Species Inventory – Survey Observations – Ungulates – All' contains both publicly available and secure records for survey observations points that are specific to ungulates. To request access to secure data, please submit a request using the contact information provided below.

Most species and ecosystems data and information in B.C. data systems are available online to the public, consistent with B.C.'s Open Information and Open Data Policy. Data and information which are routinely secured are noted in the ‘List of Species and Ecosystems Susceptible to Persecution or Harm’. Secured data is managed and distributed in accordance with the Species & Ecosystems Data & Information Security (SEDIS) policy. For the current list of species and ecosystems that are considered susceptible to persecution or harm and for more information on SEDIS see here.

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• Bison
• Caribou
• Deer
• Elk
• Moose
• Mountain Goat
• Mule Deer
• SPI
• Sheep
• Species
• Survey
• Thinhorn Sheep
• WSI
• WSI Surveys
• White-tailed Deer
• Wildlife
• Wildlife Management
• Wildlife Observations
• observations
• public
• ungulate
• wildlife inventory
• wildlife species inventory

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Last Updated	October 19, 2025, 23:21 (UTC)
Created	October 19, 2025, 23:21 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Wildlife Species Inventory - Survey Observations - Ungulates - Publicly Available
Description A description of the dataset.	This dataset contains the Province of British Columbia’s ungulate survey observations originating from the Species Inventory (SPI) database, including both secured and publicly available point locations. An observation is made when a surveyor makes a visit to a Design Component (block, transect, sample station) on a specific date at a specific time and enumerates the target species or its sign. Observations may include information on count, species, sex, age class, activity, and survey conditions. Observations may result from various survey methodologies, such as stratified random block, distance sampling, reconnaissance, mark-resight, wildlife camera traps, pellet group counts, and snow tracking. Each observation may be geo-referenced individually or by association with a specific Design Component. The majority of ungulate survey observations are publicly available in the 'Wildlife Species Inventory – Survey Observation Points – Ungulates – Publicly Available' dataset. However, some observations are secured in accordance with the Species and Ecosystems Data and Information Security Policy (SEDIS). 'Wildlife Species Inventory - Masked Survey Observations - Publicly Available' contains wildlife survey observation data for secured species occurrences that have been obfuscated (masked) to allow for public distribution in accordance with the Species and Ecosystems Data and Information Security Policy. The masked layer may be used to approximate where secured point data for species observations occur. 'Wildlife Species Inventory – Survey Observations – Ungulates – All' contains both publicly available and secure records for survey observations points that are specific to ungulates. To request access to secure data, please submit a request using the contact information provided below. Most species and ecosystems data and information in B.C. data systems are available online to the public, consistent with B.C.'s Open Information and Open Data Policy. Data and information which are routinely secured are noted in the ‘List of Species and Ecosystems Susceptible to Persecution or Harm’. Secured data is managed and distributed in accordance with the Species & Ecosystems Data & Information Security (SEDIS) policy. For the current list of species and ecosystems that are considered susceptible to persecution or harm and for more information on SEDIS see here.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Bighorn Sheep Bison Caribou Deer Elk Moose Mountain Goat Mule Deer SPI Sheep Species Survey Thinhorn Sheep WSI WSI Surveys White-tailed Deer Wildlife Wildlife Management Wildlife Observations observations public ungulate wildlife inventory wildlife species inventory
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.	2021-01-13
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.

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Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Access Only
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/wildlife-species-inventory-survey-observations-ungulates-publicly-available
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	Knowledge Management
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Wildlife Species Inventory Mailbox
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	[email protected]
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
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.	https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/067f8b29-1329-4878-8be8-faf893b9c3eb
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.	All source data reside in the Species Inventory (SPI) database managed by the Ministry Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.
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.

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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.

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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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