Data Licences & Sharing Data
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There are four ways to obtain LIO data:
1. Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE)
2. Unrestricted Use License (UUL)
3. Priced data
1. Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE)
The Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) is a community of organizations that share and use digital geographic data about Ontario. Join the Exchange today to reduce your data collection and maintenance costs. The OGDE allows organizations to voluntarily share data at no cost through standard licence agreements, a metadata directory and optional LIO Warehouse.
Which organizations are eligible?
- Municipalities, Provincial ministries and Federal departments
- First Nations communities
- Conservation Authorities, Public Health Units and other public sector organizations
- Non-profit organizations
- Academic institutions
- Public Utilities
Who are the current members?
To view the current members, please see the OGDE Membership List.
How do I 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. There is no cost to join the OGDE.
The Legal Agreement is made up of the following:
i. Membership application form: Please provide two (2) copies of the Membership Application Form with the original signature of your signing authority and return both copies to LIO at address below.
ii. Data licence agreement (Appendix A): This appendix is for members that want to share data with, or receive data from, other members. This appendix does not require a signature and is not required for membership.
iii. Licensor agency agreement (Appendix B): This appendix only applies to non-Ontario Public Service members who would like to use the LIO Warehouse and Infrastructure to distribute data indirectly to other members. Appendix B is optional.
iv. Memorandum of understanding: This document only applies to Ontario Public Service members who would like to use the LIO Warehouse and Infrastructure to distribute data indirectly to other members.
Data Exchange Administrator
Land Information Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7000, 300 Water Street
3rd Floor, North Tower
Peterborough, ON
K9J 8M5
How Can I Learn More About the OGDE?
For more information, please read:
2. Unrestricted use License
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) makes a number of digital geographic data sets available through an Unrestricted Use License (UUL). These data sets are provided at no cost to promote the use of standardized data across the province. Data obtained under this license may be used in any way as long as copyright is cited.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the UUL frequently asked questions and order data pages before requesting a license.
To become a licensed user, you must fully complete and sign two copies of the Unrestricted Use License and return both copies to MNR. Please note that incomplete license agreements cannot be processed.
Return copies to Christine Bolton at christine.bolton@ontario.ca or by mail:
Information Access Section
Ministry of Natural Resources
300 Water Street, 3rd Floor North Tower
Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5
3. Priced Data
Purchased data can be used for non-commercial, internal and professional purposes only as defined in the End User License Agreement. A complete list of data available can be found in the Data in the Warehouse Order Form. The cost for data is $16.00 per megabyte (MB) with a minimum $100.00 administrative fee.
How do I order priced Data?
i. Prepare a Shape file outlining the area you are interested in purchasing.
ii. Send the completed form and Shape file to christine.bolton@ontario.ca.
iii. We will review your request and provide you with a quote.
4. Ontario Parcel License
The Ontario Parcel is one of LIO's key LIO data sets. LIO provides assessment and Crown parcel data to municipalities, government ministries, conservation authorities, and other users. Please note that municipalities must access the ownership data from Teranet Enterprises Inc.
Eligible organizations must enter into the appropriate Ontario Parcel licenses and become members of the LIO Data Exchange to access the Ontario Parcel data. With these agreements in place, Ontario Parcel data is available at no cost.
Please contact us directly at lio@ontario.ca or (705) 755-1878 to obtain an Ontario Parcel licence.
