Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, have compiled a geo-spatial soils database for Southern Ontario. The database consolidated the existing digital soil data mapped on a county basis into a digitally stitched and standardized product. The soil survey data was mapped by a number of soil surveyors from the 1920s to the 1990s. The Soil Ontario product incorporates soil information from a variety of map scales. The project has brought the individual county or regional municipality surveys together in a digitally stitched database which reveals inconsistencies in soil data across county boundaries. Using GIS and NRVIS (Natural Resource Values Information System) a GIS Specialist matched the soil polygons that crossed boundaries using the best available resources.Additional Metadata Location: Agriculture and AgriFood Canada - Canada Soils Information SystemAdditional Metadata:Canadian Soil Information Service Additional DocumentationSoil Survey Complex - Data Description (PDF)Soil Survey Complex - Documentation (Word)StatusOn going: data is being continually updated Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary Contact Daniel Saurette, omafra.gis@ontario.ca

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, have compiled a geo-spatial soils database for Southern Ontario. The database consolidated the existing digital soil data mapped on a county basis into a digitally stitched and standardized product. The soil survey data was mapped by a number of soil surveyors from the 1920s to the 1990s. The Soil Ontario product incorporates soil information from a variety of map scales. The project has brought the individual county or regional municipality surveys together in a digitally stitched database which reveals inconsistencies in soil data across county boundaries. Using GIS and NRVIS (Natural Resource Values Information System) a GIS Specialist matched the soil polygons that crossed boundaries using the best available resources.Additional Metadata Location: Agriculture and AgriFood Canada - Canada Soils Information SystemAdditional Metadata:Canadian Soil Information Service Additional DocumentationSoil Survey Complex - Data Description (PDF)Soil Survey Complex - Documentation (Word)StatusOn going: data is being continually updated Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed: data is updated as deemed necessary Contact Daniel Saurette, omafra.gis@ontario.ca