Some major Biodiversity Data Repositories in BC
For each organization on this website, there is a "Data Repository" button that gives links to the sites where data are stored and curated for each of their biomonitoring programs. In addition to these, some major Biodiversity Data Repositories in BC can be found here.
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.
PSF Marine Data Centre
https://soggy2.zoology.ubc.ca/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/home
Acts as a centralized repository for Pacific salmon habitat, populations, and marine environmental data.
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)
https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/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 (BCSEE)
https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/
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)
https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/taxonomy.html
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)
https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/indexoneword.shtml
Complementary to E Flora, this portal provides distribution maps and occurrence data for terrestrial vertebrates, butterflies, and selected invertebrates in BC.
BC BigTree Registry
https://bigtrees.forestry.ubc.ca/
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://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/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)
UBC's main sustainability portal, which provides access to research, data, and programs including biodiversity-related resources for BC.
BC Data Catalogue (Spatial/Geographic Data)
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
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
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?sub_island=CA.BC
International biodiversity portal that aggregates occurrence records from many BC based sources (museums, government, NGOs), enabling large scale analysis of BC species distributions.