Data Attribution
All data on the Energy Labs North platform is sourced from Canadian government open data or publicly licensed sources. We don't use proprietary or personally-identifiable data about the people who live in the locations you search. Below are the organizations and licences that underpin every report on the platform.
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada Open Licence
Demographics, population estimates, economic data, crime statistics, housing and commuting patterns, infrastructure and amenity access measures, and related census and survey data.
Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
CMHC Open Data Licence
Housing market data, rental market surveys, housing starts and completions, and mortgage and credit trend data.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Open Government Licence – Canada
Seismic hazard data, flood hazard mapping, terrain and elevation data, and land cover classifications.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Open Government Licence – Canada
Historical climate normals, real-time air quality data, industrial pollutant release data, water quality monitoring, and protected and conserved area boundaries.
Health Canada
Open Government Licence – Canada
Radon survey data (forward sortation area level aggregates) used to assess indoor radon risk by region.
Province of British Columbia
BC Open Government Licence
Wildfire perimeters and wildland-urban interface risk data (BC Wildfire Service); tsunami notification zones; Agricultural Land Reserve boundaries (BC Agricultural Land Commission); provincial park boundaries; terrain stability data; and school enrolment data (BC Ministry of Education).
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Open Government Licence – Canada
Federal Indian Reserve and settlement land legislative boundaries. This data covers legislated boundaries only - it does not represent traditional territories, asserted title lands, or the full scope of Indigenous rights. Displayed with contextual framing on all profile pages where it appears.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Open Government Licence – Canada
National broadband internet service availability data, used to assess broadband access by location.
Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver Open Government Licence
Urban Containment Boundary data for the Metro Vancouver region.
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
US Public Domain
Real-time earthquake event data used to display recent seismic activity near a location. Seismic site hazard scoring uses Natural Resources Canada data.
OpenStreetMap contributors
ODbL
Address geocoding and map tile display. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Open-Meteo
CC BY 4.0
Historical and forecast weather and solar irradiance data used in the Solar Assessment product.
Licence Text
Open Government Licence – Canada: open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Open Government Licence – British Columbia: gov.bc.ca - Open Government Licence BC
Open Database Licence (ODbL) - OpenStreetMap: opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl