Data Exchange

The Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (Data Exchange) allows government and non profit organizations to easily share and exchange geographic data from the LIO Warehouse through a single legal agreement.

Membership in the Data Exchange is available to provincial government ministries, federal government departments, municipalities, First Nations communities and broader public sector organizations such as conservation authorities, as well as, non-profit organizations and academic institutions. There is no cost to join the LIO Data Exchange.

Current Data Exchange Members

Terms and Conditions of Membership:

Members of the Data Exchange are expected to share their geographic data unless there is a legal, legislated or privacy reason not to do so. Members may restrict access to sensitive or classified data.

Data Exchange members are required to compile standardized metadata records which will describe their data sets in LIO’s Data Directory.

Data accessed through the Data Exchange may only be used for internal or non-commercial purposes and cannot be redistributed. Any external or commercial use or redistribution of borrowed data will require a separate licence agreement with the owner of the data.

How to Become a Member:

Eligible organizations are required to sign a legal agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources that outlines the terms and conditions of membership.

If your organization is interested in becoming a member of the Data Exchange, please contact us at (705) 755-1878 or by email at lio@ontario.ca.

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