Some major Biodiversity Data Repositories in BC
HabitatWizard
https://maps.gov.bc.ca/ess/hm/habwiz/
A map-based tool that enables users to spatially access detailed fish, wildlife, and ecosystem information, including survey results.
EcoCat (Ecological Reports Catalogue)
This database allows you to search for reports and information regarding freshwater fish inventories and projects.
Fisheries Inventory Data Queries (FIDQ)
This is the main tool to search for fish and fish habitat data, including results from permitted sampling, fish presence, and species data.
BC Conservation Data Centre (CDC)
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/plants-animals-ecosystems/conservation-data-centre
Provincial database of rare and at risk species and ecosystems; underpins the BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer, providing conservation status records for thousands of species and ecological communities in BC.
BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer
Web portal built on CDC data that gives public access to species and ecosystem level conservation information, legal designations, and distribution summaries for BC.
EIRS Biodiversity (Environmental Information Resources System – Biodiversity)
BC government document management system for environmental and natural resource reports, including many biodiversity related studies, habitat assessments, and species monitoring publications.
E Flora BC (Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC)
Online atlas of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in BC, integrating specimen records, maps, and ecological information; hosted at UBC.
E Fauna BC (Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of BC)
Complementary to E Flora, this portal provides distribution maps and occurrence data for terrestrial vertebrates, butterflies, and selected invertebrates in BC.
BC BigTree Registry
Database of the largest known trees by species in BC, maintained by UBC Forestry; used for conservation, education, and tracking notable forest individuals.
Royal BC Museum Collections (Natural History)
https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Natural-History
Natural history collections (plants, animals, fossils) with digitized specimen records and associated biodiversity data relevant to BC.
UBC Sustainability Research & Data Portal (Biodiversity of BC gateway)
https://sustain.ubc.ca/programs/seeds-sustainability-program/sustainability-research-and-data-portal
Gateway that links to E Flora BC, E Fauna BC, and other BC focused biodiversity resources, serving as a thematic entry point for provincial biodiversity data.
BC Government Land and Resource Information Systems (LandBC / spatial data)
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-catalogue
Provincial spatial data infrastructure that includes habitat, land cover, and ecosystem mapping layers used in biodiversity assessments and planning.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) – BC datasets
International biodiversity portal that aggregates occurrence records from many BC based sources (museums, government, NGOs), enabling large scale analysis of BC species distributions.