Description: This data shows the regional boundary which indicates the jurisdiction between York Region and neighbouring regions. The municipal boundaries define the limits of the Region's nine area municipalities: Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville and Vaughan. In 2007 an extensive investigation and clean-up of the municipal boundary locations was completed which included: snapping the boundaries to the road centrelines (which were spatially adjusted to the orthophotography in 2005); recalculating the boundary along Highway 404 to follow the 150 feet west of the centre line of the highway as outlined in the 1970 Regional Municipality of York Act; spatially adjusting the boundary along the Holland River to coincide with the centre of the river as illustrated in the 2005 orthophotography; spatially adjusting the boundary along Lake Simcoe according to the recent corrections completed by the Lake Simcoe Regional Conservation Authority according to the 2002 orthophotography; and several areas often questioned by users of the municipal boundary data were clarified in cooperation with the local municipalities.
Description: The data shows the Vulnerability Scoring (VS) zones in accordance with the Technical Rules for the Clean Water Act (issued in December 2008) for all municipal well fields in York Region. VS values of 2-10 are provided within Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPA) A, B, C and D (which represent the 100 metre, 0-2 year, 2-5 year and 5-25 year zones respectively), as based on scoring rules provided by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) in the Clean Water Act. The figures and the final report present results of data compilation and computer simulations of a complex geologic setting. As outlined in the final report, data errors and data gaps are likely present in information provided to the consultant (EarthFX Inc.). In addition, computer models represent a simplification of the actual geologic and hydrogeologic conditions, and are subjected to simplifying assumptions. The data has been created by EarthFX Inc. The geologic and hydrogeologic data used as input into the numerical modelling procedure has been provided by various sources, including the MOE water-well records, previous consulting/research reports, and York Region.Please refer to the Clean Water Act approved symbology when using this data. (http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/std01_079853.pdf)
Description: This data set displays the elevation contour lines for the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario Canada. The interval of the contours is 1 metre and is stated above mean sea level.
Description: This data set displays the elevation contour lines for the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario Canada. The interval of the contours is 5 metre and is stated above mean sea level.
Description: Water sample testing results for 14 beaches in York Region, containing beach names, beach locations, the date of sampling, the status of beaches, as well as an explaination of the beach status (reason for closure etc). York Region monitors the water quality at local public beaches. Water sampling is done in the summer starting in mid-June and continues until the end of August. A minimum of five samples are collected from each beach once a week and tested for bacteria. Results are used to post red or blue signs at each beach to indicate safe or unsafe bacteria levels for swimming.
Description: Contains the information gathered during the 2011 Census with respect to the population within a census tract and the breakdown of this population by age and sex. This data covers the census tracts in York Region only. Statistics Canada has suppressed the profiles for one census tract (412.21) due to very low population count and so will appear as NULL values in the attribute table.
Copyright Text: Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released May 29 2012. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
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Adapted from tatistics Canada, Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE."Ottawa. Released May 29 2012. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Description: Contains data on the location of bike paths in York Region as well as details about the path such as, surface type, facility class (i.e. shared road, bike lane, etc…) and the path length. The data is a line network representing existing bike facilities within York Region. Bike facility types identified are: bike lane, cycle track, off-road multi use trail, paved shoulder, shared pathway (in-boulevard), shared roadway (signed route), shared roadway (unsigned route), and connections.
Description: Contains limits of buildings in York Region. This data is derived from 2014 orthophotography and updated annually to reflect additions, modifications and deletions. Deleted footprints remain in the feature class.
Description: A representation of York Region's road network centreline featuring address ranges and street names, along with other attribute information for all elements of the road network.
Description: Wellhead Protection Areas are the areas of influence on the land around a municipal well, the size of which is determined by how quickly water travels underground to the well, measured in years. For source protection planning, the Clean Water Act required that a standard 100 metre radius circle be provided around each municipal well; that is called the WHPA-A. The WHPA-B represents the 2-year time of travel. The WHPA-C represents the 5-year time of travel and the WHPA-D represents the 25-year time of travel.The shape of the WHPAs is based on numerical hydrogeological modelling results for all of the York Region production wells and are dynamic to some degree, since they can be influenced by a number of factors such as the slope of the land, the depth of the well, and the type of sediment. The maps that this data is based on have supporting reports that discuss their development and are available via the Water Resources group.Please refer to the Clean Water Act approved symbology when using this data. (http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/std01_079853.pdf)
Description: A representation of York Region's road network centreline featuring address ranges and street names, along with other attribute information for all elements of the road network.
Description: Identifies the locations where red light cameras have been installed on regional roads and under the jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality of York.
Description: This data set represents the elevation contour lines for the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario Canada. The interval of the contours is 5 meter and is stated above mean sea level. The data set was compiled from the 2016 digital elevation model having a 15cm resolution using ArcGIS 10.3.1 in a geodatabase format. Each arc representing a contour carries with it the elevation in meters above mean sea level. In past years, elevated structures (ramps and bridges) have been factored out of the elevation dataset. This year however, rather than being removed, "ramp or bridge" sections were instead differentiated by classification. A "Descriptor" field was created and populated with applicable classifications. This way, elevated feature presence can be controlled through symbology.
Description: This data set displays the elevation contour lines for the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario Canada. The interval of the contours is 1 metre and is stated above mean sea level.
Description: The data is a geographical representation of a portion of the urban street trees that the Region owns and/or maintains. This data was created by York Region Natural Heritage and Forestry Division with assistance from York Region Geographic and Information Services Branch, and consultants. The data is collected using a custom GIS application, on a hand held GPS enabled tablet unit, to capture the pertinent attributes for street trees in the field.
Description: The woodland cover dataset was created based on the interpretation of the most current available orthoimagery. It is updated and produced to estimate woodland cover in the Region and is not intended to create definitive boundaries of woodland cover for the use in the administration of the forest conservation by-law. For any by-law or policy implementation, further site verification of woodland boundaries would be required.
Description: 64 EDI neighbourhoods have been delineated in York Region. Neighbourhoods are identified by socio-demographic similarities and distinctive characteristics throughout a geographic area, and they reflect the communities in which children live. Several criteria were assessed when delineating the EDI Neighbourhood boundaries: an extensive community consultation process was conducted that identified geographic areas which reflected residents’ perceptions of the communities in which they lived; natural boundaries such as highways, railways and watercourses were taken into consideration; it was required that the EDI sample size be large enough in each neighbourhood to support statistically sound data analysis and to ensure that no child could be identified; it was necessary to limit the EDI neighbourhoods to a reasonable number for data analysis purposes; EDI neighbourhood boundaries were based on dissemination areas (DAs) to facilitate the use of Census/NHS data which are available at the DA level. Each EDI neighbourhood consists of a complete set of DAs; EDI results for each neighbourhood include all children that live within the neighbourhood regardless of which school they attend.