Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT) – Eastern Arctic

The Eastern Arctic dataset comes from the Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool (PEMT). The online tool was decommissioned in 2019 and the data was transferred to Open Data in order to preserve it.

The PEMT was originally developed in 2009 to help guide development in the Canadian Arctic by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). The online tool mapped the sensitivities of a variety of Arctic features, ranging from whales to traditional harvesting, across the Arctic. The tool was intended to aid government, oil and gas companies, Aboriginal groups, resource managers and public stakeholders in better understanding the geographic distribution of areas which are sensitive for environmental and socio-economic reasons.

The study area is located east of Baffin Island, Nunavut and encompasses marine habitat in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. The boundaries of the study area are based on NOGB leasing grids applied in the Eastern Arctic, under which exploration and production licenses may be issued. Although portions of the study area hold high oil and gas potential and several small oil fields and substantial reserves of gas have been found since the 1960s in the north Baffin region, exploration for oil and gas has been limited to seismic operations and geological field work.

DISCLAIMER: Please refer to the PEMT Disclaimer document or the Resource Constraints - Use Limitation in the Additional Information section below.

Note: This is one of the 3 (three) datasets included in the PEMT application which includes the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta and High Arctic datasets.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:36 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:36 (UTC)
contact_email	infopubs@sac-isc.gc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Canada;Indigenous Services Canada;Information Management Branch, Geomatics Services,1-800-567-9604,infopubs@sac-isc.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada;Services aux Autochtones Canada;Direction générale de la gestion de l'information, Services géomatiques,infopubs@sac-isc.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:4617,http://www.epsg-registry.org,7.11.2
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2009-09-10 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Petroleum and Environmental Management Tool", "PEMT", "Environment", "Arctic", "Canadian Arctic", "Environmental Sensitivity", "Exploration", "Production", "Petroleum", "Oil", "Beaufort Sea", "Mackenzie Delta", "High Arctic", "Eastern Arctic", "Economic development", "Environmental impact", "Environmental management", "Geology", "Petroleum industry", "Natural gas", "Northern Canada"], "fr": ["Outil de gestion de l’environnement et des ressources pétrolières", "OGERP", "Environnement", "Arctique", "Arctique canadien", "Sensibilité environnementale", "Exploration", "Production", "Pétrole", "Gaz naturel", "Mer de Beaufort", "Delta du Mackenzie", "Extrême Arctique", "Arctique de l'Est", "Développement économique", "Impact sur l'environnement", "Gestion de l'environnement", "Géologie", "Industrie pétrolière", "Nord canadien"]}
open_canada_subject	["economics_and_industry", "form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Outil de gestion de l’environnement et des ressources pétrolières (OGERP) – Arctique de l’Est
update_frequency	not_planned