Ecosystem Sites, Speciated Mercury, Validated Data, Oil Sands Region

Measurements of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) and particulate bound mercury on PM2.5 (referred to as PBM2.5) were collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada from August to September 2013 at the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) Air Monitoring Station (AMS) 13 – Fort McKay South, and at WBEA AMS 4 – Buffalo Viewpoint.

Monitoring resumed at WBEA AMS 13 in September 2014 with two speciated mercury instruments and is ongoing. One speciated mercury instrument monitors GEM, GOM, and PBM2.5; the second speciated mercury instrument monitors GEM, GOM, and mercury on PM10 (referred to as PBM10).

These data are the first atmospheric speciated mercury measurements to be reported in the oil sands region. Speciated mercury concentrations reported are comparable to those measured at sites across Canada (Cole et al., Atmosphere, 2014, 5(3), 635-668). Longer-term speciated mercury measurements will provide information on how mercury is cycling in the local ecosystem. There are no Environment and Climate Change Canada or Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) air quality guidelines, nor Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives for speciated Hg measurements.

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• Air quality
• Ambient air
• CAPMoN
• Fort McKay
• Nature and Environment
• Oil sands
• PM composition
• PM10
• PM2.5
• active sampling
• coarse particulate matter
• fine particulate matter
• gaseous elemental mercury
• gaseous oxidized mercury
• oil sands
• particle composition
• particulate bound mercury
• particulate matter
• speciated...
• trace gases

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (46%)
• Maturity Level 2 (23%)
• Maturity Level 3 (22%)
• Maturity Level 4 (0%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 03:41 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 03:41 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Ecosystem Sites, Speciated Mercury, Validated Data, Oil Sands Region
Description A description of the dataset.	Measurements of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) and particulate bound mercury on PM2.5 (referred to as PBM2.5) were collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada from August to September 2013 at the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) Air Monitoring Station (AMS) 13 – Fort McKay South, and at WBEA AMS 4 – Buffalo Viewpoint. Monitoring resumed at WBEA AMS 13 in September 2014 with two speciated mercury instruments and is ongoing. One speciated mercury instrument monitors GEM, GOM, and PBM2.5; the second speciated mercury instrument monitors GEM, GOM, and mercury on PM10 (referred to as PBM10). These data are the first atmospheric speciated mercury measurements to be reported in the oil sands region. Speciated mercury concentrations reported are comparable to those measured at sites across Canada (Cole et al., Atmosphere, 2014, 5(3), 635-668). Longer-term speciated mercury measurements will provide information on how mercury is cycling in the local ecosystem. There are no Environment and Climate Change Canada or Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) air quality guidelines, nor Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives for speciated Hg measurements.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Air quality Ambient air CAPMoN Fort McKay Nature and Environment Oil sands PM composition PM10 PM2.5 active sampling coarse particulate matter fine particulate matter gaseous elemental mercury gaseous oxidized mercury oil sands particle composition particulate bound mercury particulate matter speciated... trace gases
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Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2014-03-11
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

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License License used to access the dataset.	Open Government Licence - Canada
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Location Location of the dataset.	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/6082dbee-675b-4496-904e-d18fccfa3a27
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Owner Owner of the dataset.	Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
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Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	10.18164/ff26ca54-5389-4077-956b-869e19a9eff7
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Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.	Yes
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

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