Extractive data resources

Tools and datasets supporting transparency across Canada’s extractive value chain aligned with the EITI Standard.

Legal and institutional framework

• National Geospatial Data Portal
  Offers access to a wide range of maps and datasets on natural resources and environmental conditions across Canada.
• Geospatial Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Rating Tool
  1996–2023 data provides environmental, social, and governance risk ratings to support early-stage exploration planning and identify areas with lower potential development risks. 
• Mine Permit Navigator
  Federal regulatory navigation tool that helps proponents understand mine permitting processes, legislation, and requirements applicable to mining projects.
• Major Projects Office Project Map
  Project data and interactive mapping on major federal natural resource projects and transformative strategies, including project status, location, and regulatory review information.
• Major Energy and Natural Resources Projects Inventory
  Information on major energy, mining, and natural resource developments, including project stage, estimated value, and location.

Licensing and ownership

• Mining, Oil, and Gas Licence Registries
  Most minerals, oil and gas rights are held by Provinces and Territories, who each maintain active cadastral systems. At the federal level, the Canada Energy Regulator manages oil and gas rights in the north and offshore, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission manages uranium rights.
• Alberta: Energy maps
• British Columbia: Mineral Titles Online (MTO)
• Manitoba: Integrated Mining and Quarrying System and Interactive Oil & Gas GIS Map Gallery
• New Brunswick: Minerals and Petroleum – Energy and Mines
• Newfoundland and Labrador (NL): Mineral Lands Administration Portal and Canada-NL Offshore Energy Regulator Land Registry System
• Northwest Territories: Mineral Tenure Map Viewer and Oil and Gas Licenses
• Nova Scotia (NS): Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles and Canada-NS Offshore Energy Regulator Lands Management
• Nunavut: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Oil and Gas Maps & Digital Files
• Ontario: Mining Lands Administration System and Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library
• Quebec: Portal de Gestion des Titres Miniers
• Saskatchewan: Mining Permits and Oil and Gas Licensing and Operations
• Yukon: Mining Resources
• Canada Energy Regulator: Oil and gas operating licenses in the north and offshore
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Uranium mines and mills
• Federal Corporation and Beneficial Ownership Registry
  Information on federally incorporated companies, including shareholders and individuals with significant control.

Exploration, production, and exports

• Critical Minerals Atlas
  Geospatial data on critical mineral occurrences, mines, developmental projects, and processing facilities across Canada.
• Canadian Minerals and Mining Map
  Geospatial data on active mines, major projects, exploration sites, and their geographic distribution.
• Minerals Exploration and Development Data
  Information on exploration expenditures by commodity, region, and phase of development.
• Capital Expenditures
  Data on mining sector capital expenditures by commodity, activity, and region.
• Minerals and Metals Production and Export Data
  Data on production volumes and export values by commodity and province.
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
  Project-level greenhouse gas emissions data across all sectors to support environmental performance tracking. 

Payments to governments

• Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) Data Portal
  Access to project-level data on payments reported over the last five years by over 1,110 Canadian mining, oil and gas companies to more than 2,050 government payees in 120 countries, disaggregated by company, project, payee, and payment type.
• SEDAR+ (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval Plus) Company Filings
  Disclosures by Capital markets securities issuers, including mining, oil and gas technical reports.

Revenue allocation

• Open Government Portal
  Access to public accounts, estimates, and Government of Canada (GC) InfoBase open datasets to support independent budget modelling.
• GC InfoBase
  An interactive data-visualization tool for tracking budget items down to the program level.

Environmental and social context

• Canadian Impact Assessment Registry
  Project-level information on environmental and social impact assessments across Canada.
• Indigenous Mining Agreements Map
  Geospatial data on agreements between mining companies and Indigenous governments, supporting insight into benefit-sharing and partnerships.
• Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory
  Information on known and suspected contaminated sites under federal responsibility, including site location, contamination status, and remediation activities.
• Northern Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program
  Information on major abandoned mine closure, remediation, and long-term management projects in northern Canada.
• Mining Sector Performance Report
  Economic, social, and environmental indicators tracking performance trends in Canada’s mining sector.