GIS Resources

Spatial and Numeric Data Services guide to GIS data available at the University of Calgary.

Biodiversity

Calgary

Open Calgary Habitat, Citywide Land Cover shapefiles
City of Calgary Biodiversity Report 2014
Calgary Parks and Pathways, Terry Bullick, 2007 (ebook)
- information on Calgary parks history, and flora and fauna

Alberta

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
- species and habitat data Excel format
Alberta Conservation Information Management System (ACIMS)
- data centre providing biodiversity information on Alberta's species, natural ecological communities and sites
Bio-Resource Information Management System (BRIMS)
- Publicly available data and information management system that collates inventories from forestry, agriculture, and municipal sectors to create a centralized, comprehensive assessment of biomass, ecosystem services, and land-use data.
Fish & Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS)
- maintained by Alberta Environment and Parks, provides a central repository to store and access extensive fish and wildlife inventory data
Wildlife Sensitivity Maps and Data sets
- from Alberta Environment and Parks, key range and wildlife layers
Wildlife Corridors
- from Alberta Environment and Parks. Provincial Sanctuary - Corridor Wildlife is area designated for the protection of wildlife within 400 yards corridors of various road centre-lines.