Lake Ice Database

Since 2009, the Watershed Hydrology and Ecosystems Research Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has coordinated spring time multi point ice thickness and composition surveys at up to 15 lake sites in the Northern Hemisphere. Data collected includes on ice snow depth, total ice thickness, depth of white ice, depth of black ice and hydrostatic water level. A review of open data, literature and data request sources identify additional ice thickness, composition and phenology datasets for the locations. This report summarizes the work undertaken to compile these Lake Ice (LI)- Thickness, Composition(TC) and Phenology(P) datasets for upload to a government of Canada open data portal. Compiling these historical lake ice data is a necessary first step towards better understanding the effects of climate on lake ice and its implication on water quality.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 17:29 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 17:29 (UTC)
contact_email enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca
contact_person {"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Environnement et Changement climatique Canada; Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie/ Division de la recherche sur l'hydrologie et l'écologie des bassins versants, , ec.enviroinfo.ec@canada.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch - Water Science and Technology Directorate – Watershed Hydrology Research Division, , ec.enviroinfo.ec@canada.ca"}
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open_canada_collection primary
open_canada_date_modified 2023-11-02 17:56:25
open_canada_date_published 2022-03-15 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"fr": ["Climat", "Lac", "Changement climatique", "Glace", "épaisseur de la glace", "niveau d’eau", "épaisseur de la neige", "phénologie", "profondeur de la glace", "glace blanche", "glace noire", "Canada", "hémisphère Nord"], "en": ["Climate", "Lakes", "Climate change", "Ice", "ice thickness", "water level", "snow depth", "phenology", "ice depth", "white ice", "black ice", "Canada", "Northern Hemisphere"]}
open_canada_subject ["nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr Base de données sur la glace lacustre
update_frequency as_needed