Natural heritage system areas
This dataset shows the boundaries of systems of natural heritage features and areas, lands and waters that support connectivity and have significant ecological value. It includes areas defined in provincial plans such as the: * Greenbelt Plan * Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan * Niagara Escarpment Plan * Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe This dataset does not include modifications to systems made by municipal governments as part of their official plans.
- Publisher
- Government of Ontario
- Resources
- 12
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-05-27
Data overview
- Formats
- DOCX, ESRI REST, HTML, OTHER, PDF, ZIP
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Complete File Geodatabase (extracted from geohub) (English, ZIP) ZIP
- Complete Shapefile (extracted from geohub) (English, ZIP) ZIP
- Growth Plan Natural Heritage System - Technical Report (English, PDF) PDF
- Natural Heritage System Area (English, HTML) HTML
- Natural Heritage System Area - Data Description (English, PDF) PDF
- Natural Heritage System Area - Documentation (English, DOCX) DOCX
- Natural Heritage System Area (extracted from geohub) (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Natural Heritage System Area (extracted from geohub) (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca) (English, HTML) HTML
- Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr) (French, HTML) HTML
- QGIS Layer Definition File (.qlr) (extracted from geohub) (English, OTHER) OTHER
- Systèmes naturels patrimoniaux (English, HTML) HTML