Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy data

This highly specialized publication (Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy data) is available in English only in accordance with Regulation 671/92, which exempts it from translation under the French Language Services Act. To obtain information in French, please contact the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry at (1-800-667-1940). The Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy ensures that seed used to regenerate forests has a good chance of producing trees that are adapted to their growing environment. It specifies where seed can be collected and used and the conditions under which seed may be transferred. The data is provided as part of Appendix 1 of the Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy. It is available in both table and map formats , and also includes CSV and shape files. Tabular display This dataset includes three tables that show the spatial direction of the seed transfer policy based on the climate similarity analysis (refer to Appendix 1 of the policy for information on the climate similarity analysis): * Table 1. For transitional period: Acceptable seed transfer from the 2010 Seed Zones of Ontario to current seed zones * Table 2. Acceptable seed transfer from the 2010 Seed Zones of Ontario to ecodistricts * Table 3. Acceptable seed transfer among ecodistricts Within the tables, you can click and sort by your location of interest to understand the best seed sources to collect from or deploy to. You can sort by either seed zone or ecodistrict. The policy recommends a climate similarity of 0.9 or greater to the targeted collection or deployment site. Visual display The climate similarity analysis used in developing this policy is also available as an interactive map. Maps are available to help you make seed collection and deployment decisions, including: * collecting seed by ecodistrict or county * deploying seed by ecodistrict * deploying seed by seed zone You can also view: * a detailed map of management unit by seed zone or by ecodistrict * maps to help you make seed transfer decisions related to growing season, precipitation and temperature

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• Ecodistrict (CSV)CSV
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• Climate data (CSV)CSV
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• Seed Zone and Ecodistrict data (CSV)CSV
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• Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca)HTML
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• Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr)HTML
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• Seed transfer policy appendix 1 – tables for...XLS
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• Seed ZonesZIP
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• EcodistrictZIP
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• Ecodistrict and countiesZIP
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• Forest Management Units, Seed Zone, EcodistrictZIP
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• Economics and Industry
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• Government information
• seed collection
• seed deployment
• seed transfer
• seed zone
• tree seed

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• Maturity Level 2 (31%)
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Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 01:59 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 01:59 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.	Economy
Title Title for the Dataset.	Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy data
Description A description of the dataset.	This highly specialized publication (Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy data) is available in English only in accordance with Regulation 671/92, which exempts it from translation under the French Language Services Act. To obtain information in French, please contact the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry at (1-800-667-1940). The Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy ensures that seed used to regenerate forests has a good chance of producing trees that are adapted to their growing environment. It specifies where seed can be collected and used and the conditions under which seed may be transferred. The data is provided as part of Appendix 1 of the Ontario Tree Seed Transfer Policy. It is available in both table and map formats , and also includes CSV and shape files. Tabular display This dataset includes three tables that show the spatial direction of the seed transfer policy based on the climate similarity analysis (refer to Appendix 1 of the policy for information on the climate similarity analysis): * Table 1. For transitional period: Acceptable seed transfer from the 2010 Seed Zones of Ontario to current seed zones * Table 2. Acceptable seed transfer from the 2010 Seed Zones of Ontario to ecodistricts * Table 3. Acceptable seed transfer among ecodistricts Within the tables, you can click and sort by your location of interest to understand the best seed sources to collect from or deploy to. You can sort by either seed zone or ecodistrict. The policy recommends a climate similarity of 0.9 or greater to the targeted collection or deployment site. Visual display The climate similarity analysis used in developing this policy is also available as an interactive map. Maps are available to help you make seed collection and deployment decisions, including: * collecting seed by ecodistrict or county * deploying seed by ecodistrict * deploying seed by seed zone You can also view: * a detailed map of management unit by seed zone or by ecodistrict * maps to help you make seed transfer decisions related to growing season, precipitation and temperature
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Economics and Industry Environment and... Government information seed collection seed deployment seed transfer seed zone tree seed
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.	2020-10-28
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.	Open Government Licence – Ontario
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/14aef4c1-40d4-40a1-ab72-bdc1a9c30fb5
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	Government of Ontario | Gouvernement de l'Ontario
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry, https://www.ontario.ca/feedback/contact-us?id=26930&nid=65620
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?
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.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
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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.

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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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