Waste disposal inventory site data

Description

This data resource provides the locations of all active and inactive waste disposal sites in Ontario. This data is based on the 1991 publication "Waste Disposal Site Inventory" published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. More recent data is available from https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/waste-management-site

The data includes the following waste disposal site information:

Location
County
Municipality
Lot
Concession

Closest street intersection
Closing year
Closing date
Class

Spatial reference and data type

This data is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) co-ordinates; horizontal datum is North Amercan Datum (NAD) 83. These data are stored as Esri shapefiles. Other data formats can be accommodated, as the Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.

Data access

To request this data, please fill out the Ask-Us form and include which layers (shapefiles) you are interested in obtaining. The dataset will be shared with you via OneDrive upon completion of the data release agreement form. You may also make an in-person appointment using the same form.

Use restrictions/licensing/copyright

This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. A data release agreement must be agreed to before the data is delivered. The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.