Canada groundwater wells, integrated national, provincial and territorial dataset

This layer comprises all the available water wells in GIN (Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador) and published through the open data platforms. This layer is a combination of all individual provincial and territorial layers. The original databases are dynamically converted by an automatic process managed by Natural Resources Canada (Groundwater Information Network).

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:00 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:00 (UTC)
contact_email	nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
contact_person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada; Commission géologique du Canada - CGC Québec,Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada; Commission géologique du Canada,francois.letourneau@canada.ca,nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec,Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada,voice; 1 (418) 6543826,francois.letourneau@canada.ca,nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:4326,http://www.epsg-registry.org/,6.14
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2016-03-31 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Hydrogéologie", "puit d'eau souterrain"], "en": ["Hydrogeology", "groundwater well"]}
open_canada_subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Puits d'eau souterraine du Canada, données nationales, provinciales et territoriales intégrées
update_frequency	as_needed