Qualitative petroleum resource assessment of the Magdalen Basin in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador

GIS compilation of data used to perform the stacked cumulative chance of success (resource potential map) in Open file 8556. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has been tasked, under the Marine Conservation Targets (MCT) initiative announced in Budget 2016, with evaluating the petroleum resource potential for areas identified for possible protection as part of the Government of Canada's commitment to conserve 10% of its marine areas by 2020. As part of this initiative, NRCan's Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) conducted a broad regional study of the petroleum potential over the majority of the Magdalen Basin, which is the principal geological basin in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The GSC resource assessment is visually represented by a qualitative petroleum potential map. Disclaimer: A simplified colored version of the map is displayed on the Web Mapping Service (WMS). The correct version is available for download through the Federal Geospatial Platform (FGP) and GEOSCAN.

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Dernière modification	avril 17, 2026, 18:48 (TU)
Créé le	avril 17, 2026, 18:48 (TU)
contact_email	nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
contact_person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada; Commission géologique du Canada - CGC Calgary,Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada; Commission géologique du Canada,lindsay.kung@canada.ca,nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Calgary,Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada,lindsay.kung@canada.ca,nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca"}
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data_dictionary	EPSG:42304,http://www.epsg-registry.org/,6.14
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2020-03-10 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["aire de protection marine", "géologie pétrolière", "évaluation des ressources", "Nouvelle-Écosse", "Nouveau-Brunswick", "Îles-du-Prince-Édouard", "hydrocarbure", "Géologie"], "en": ["marine protected area", "petroleum geology", "resource assessment", "Nova Scotia", "New Brunswick", "Prince Edward Island", "hydrocarbon", "Geology"]}
open_canada_subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Évaluation qualitative des ressources pétrolières du bassin de la Madeleine dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent; Québec, Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nouvelle-Écosse et Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
update_frequency	as_needed