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Environmental and physical-risk data sources for property screening

A quality-layer guide to flood, contaminated sites, wetland, hazard, protected-area, and environmental open-data sources used in preliminary property screening.

Quality Layer

How this topic guide should be used

This cluster includes environmental sources that help agents locate official flood, contamination, hazard, wetland, and land-constraint datasets.

Agent use cases

Find official flood, contamination, wetland, hazard, and protected-area sources before generating environmental-screening context.
Separate preliminary open-data screening from Phase I/II environmental assessment, engineering, insurance, or legal conclusions.
Route province-specific questions to official map viewers and GIS layers where available.

Quality checks

Use official map viewers and agency datasets where possible, and report coverage gaps or coarse geometry.
State that environmental open data is screening context and does not replace professional environmental assessment.
Confirm site-specific regulatory status with the responsible authority before final reliance.

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Source discovery, not final authority

Use this topic guide to find and organize source paths. Final zoning, assessment, environmental, planning, infrastructure, market, or development facts should be verified against the official source links and responsible authorities.

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FAQ

Does this replace environmental due diligence?

No. It helps locate screening data. Formal environmental work still requires qualified professionals and current regulatory confirmation.

Why include flood and contaminated sites together?

Both are common property-screening constraints that agents are often asked to locate quickly before deeper professional review.

Are all Canadian parcels covered?

No. Environmental coverage varies by layer, province, municipality, date, and mapping methodology.

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Environment / NB

New Brunswick Flood Hazard Maps

JSON API

Official flood hazard map viewer for New Brunswick. It helps screen coastal and riverine flood exposure and includes climate-change-informed flood hazard mapping where available.

Provider: Government of New Brunswick / GeoNB
Coverage: New Brunswick coastline and many riverine flood-prone areas
Formats: Web map, GeoNB application, ArcGIS web layers

Official source Application

Environment / NB

GeoNB Contaminated Sites

JSON API

Public GeoNB application and ArcGIS REST service showing contaminated sites files across New Brunswick over GeoNB base maps.

Provider: Government of New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
Coverage: Open and closed contaminated site files in New Brunswick
Formats: Web map, ArcGIS REST, JSON, GeoJSON, PBF

Official source Application API

Environment / CA

Canadian Environmental Open Data Layers

JSON API

Curated environmental layers used for property screening, including wetlands, protected areas, species-at-risk habitat, hazard context, forest, soil, and provincial open-data layers.

Provider: Federal, provincial, and municipal open data portals
Coverage: Canada-wide federal layers plus province and municipality specific layers where available
Formats: GeoJSON, ArcGIS REST, Shapefile, Open data portal

Official source

Environment / CA

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database

JSON API

CPCAD layer used to identify protected areas and other conserved lands near a subject property or development site.

Provider: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Coverage: Federal, provincial, territorial, Indigenous, and other protected and conserved areas across Canada
Formats: Open data, GIS downloads, Web map

Official source

Environment / CA

Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

JSON API

CWFIS data used for wildfire event history, active fire context, and hazard screening in property and land research.

Provider: Natural Resources Canada / Canadian Forest Service
Coverage: Canada-wide active fire, historical fire, and wildfire hazard information
Formats: Web map, GIS data, API-like feeds

Official source

Environment / CA

Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory

JSON API

Federal inventory used to screen for known federal contaminated sites and remediation status near a property or market area.

Provider: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Coverage: Federal contaminated sites across Canada
Formats: Search portal, Open data, CSV

Official source

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How this topic guide should be used

This cluster includes environmental sources that help agents locate official flood, contamination, hazard, wetland, and land-constraint datasets.

Agent use cases

Find official flood, contamination, wetland, hazard, and protected-area sources before generating environmental-screening context.
Separate preliminary open-data screening from Phase I/II environmental assessment, engineering, insurance, or legal conclusions.
Route province-specific questions to official map viewers and GIS layers where available.

Quality checks

Use official map viewers and agency datasets where possible, and report coverage gaps or coarse geometry.
State that environmental open data is screening context and does not replace professional environmental assessment.
Confirm site-specific regulatory status with the responsible authority before final reliance.

FAQ

Does this replace environmental due diligence?

No. It helps locate screening data. Formal environmental work still requires qualified professionals and current regulatory confirmation.

Why include flood and contaminated sites together?

Both are common property-screening constraints that agents are often asked to locate quickly before deeper professional review.

Are all Canadian parcels covered?

No. Environmental coverage varies by layer, province, municipality, date, and mapping methodology.