CLASS JUSTIFICATION

Ministry of Natural Resource areas, districts and regions were compiled to help manage ministry programs and resources.

This data represents the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative boundaries from 1997-2022.

Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative areas divide Ontario into smaller organizational units. These units were used to manage ministry programs and resources at a district and regional level.

Regional and district boundaries were originally created based on:

• metes and bounds
• topographic features
• geographic townships boundaries
• territorial district boundaries

We made changes to district boundaries over time.

We are no longer updating this data. It is best suited for historical research and analysis.

MNR regions
MNR regions were created to help manage ministry programs and resources at a regional level. Regions consist of several districts.

MNR districts
MNR regions were divided into smaller organizational units called districts.

MNR areas
MNR districts were further divided into areas.

Additional Documentation

• MNR Area - Data Description (PDF)
  
• MNR Area - Documentation (Word)
  
• MNR District - Data Description (PDF)
  
• MNR District - Documentation (Word)
  
• MNR Region - Data Description (PDF)
  
• MNR Region - Documentation (Word)
  

Status Completed: production of the data has been completed Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned: there are no plans to update the data Contact Emily Hill, Divisional Support Branch, [email protected]

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• Boundaries
• Divisional Support Branch
• Integration Branch
• MNR
• MNRF
• Ministry of...
• ODCSYNC
• Regional...
• Sensitivity Unclassified
• administrative boundaries
• area
• district
• open data
• region

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (62%)
• Maturity Level 2 (69%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (30%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (12%)

Field	Value
Last Updated	September 16, 2026, 07:09 (UTC)
Created	March 24, 2026, 20:43 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	CLASS JUSTIFICATION
Description A description of the dataset.	Ministry of Natural Resource areas, districts and regions were compiled to help manage ministry programs and resources. This data represents the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative boundaries from 1997-2022. Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) administrative areas divide Ontario into smaller organizational units. These units were used to manage ministry programs and resources at a district and regional level. Regional and district boundaries were originally created based on: metes and bounds topographic features geographic townships boundaries territorial district boundaries We made changes to district boundaries over time. We are no longer updating this data. It is best suited for historical research and analysis. MNR regions MNR regions were created to help manage ministry programs and resources at a regional level. Regions consist of several districts. MNR districts MNR regions were divided into smaller organizational units called districts. MNR areas MNR districts were further divided into areas. Additional Documentation MNR Area - Data Description (PDF) MNR Area - Documentation (Word) MNR District - Data Description (PDF) MNR District - Documentation (Word) MNR Region - Data Description (PDF) MNR Region - Documentation (Word) Status Completed: production of the data has been completed Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned: there are no plans to update the data Contact Emily Hill, Divisional Support Branch, [email protected]
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Boundaries Divisional Support Branch Integration Branch MNR MNRF Ministry of... ODCSYNC Regional... Sensitivity Unclassified administrative boundaries area district open data region
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	35344.0
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry	f1bb7d070b4b4329a8902dd904ec2fe5
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2023-02-06
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::class-justification
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	[email protected]_mnrf
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.	[email protected]_mnrf
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2024-03-05

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	f1bb7d070b4b4329a8902dd904ec2fe5
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::class-justification
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.	Unified: CLASS JUSTIFICATION
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.	CLASS JUSTIFICATION
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.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.	12
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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