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Diego Ripley
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---
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title: Welcome to Data for Canada
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toc: false
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---
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## Mission
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Data for Canada exists to bridge the gap between open data availability and data usability. We curate, clean, and re-engineer high-value Canadian datasets into high-performance, analysis-ready formats for researchers, developers, and systems.
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## The Problem
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Canada creates incredible amounts of open data, from foundational road networks, federal census statistics, orthoimagery, and other. However, these datasets are often locked in legacy formats, fragmented portals, or structures that require significant engineering effort to normalize before they can be used. For a researcher or a system developer, the "time-to-insight" is often bottlenecked by data preparation.
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## The Solution
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We act as the transformation layer. We aggregate datasets with permissive licenses and process them into "digestible" standards optimized for modern downstream applications.
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* **For Researchers and Developers:** Skip the cleaning phase. Access normalized, documented data ready for analysis.
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* **For Systems:** Standardized data structures designed to feed directly into pipelines, data warehouses, and downstream services.
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## High-Level Overview
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```mermaid
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flowchart TD
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subgraph ds [Data Sources]
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StatProducts@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Statistical Products"}
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Orthoimagery@{ shape: lean-l}
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FieldImagery@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Field Imagery"}
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Elevation@{ shape: lean-l}
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EnvironmentClimate@{ shape: lean-l, label: "Environmental & Climate"}
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end
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subgraph pp [Processing Pipeline]
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Raw@{ shape: rect, label: "Raw Data Ingestion"}
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Transform@{ shape: rect, label: "Transform and Optimize"}
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end
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subgraph df [Dissemination Formats]
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Parquet@{ shape: lean-l}
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FlatGeoBuf@{ shape: lean-l}
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PMTiles@{ shape: lean-l}
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COG@{ shape: lean-l}
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Zarr@{ shape: lean-l}
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JPEGXL@{ shape: lean-l, label: "JPEG XL"}
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AV1@{ shape: lean-l, label: "AV1"}
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end
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subgraph di [Distribution Infrastructure]
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ObjectStorage@{ shape: bow-rect, label: "Object Storage"}
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Metadata@{ shape: rect}
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HTTP@{ shape: rect, label: "Static Files & API"}
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DecentralizedDistribution@{ shape: rect, label: "Decentralized Distribution"}
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end
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subgraph ei [Experimental Infrastructure]
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Panoramax@{ shape: rect}
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Martin@{ shape: rect}
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GeoServer@{ shape: rect}
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ZOOProject@{ shape: rect, label: "ZOO-Project"}
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BBOXServer@{ shape: rect, label: "BBOX Server"}
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end
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subgraph "Consumption"
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DataSci@{ shape: rect, label: "Researchers & Developers"}
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Systems@{ shape: rect, label: "Systems"}
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end
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%% Relationships
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StatProducts a1@--> Raw
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a1@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Orthoimagery a2@--> Raw
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a2@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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FieldImagery a32@--> Raw
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a32@{animate:true, animation: fast}
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EnvironmentClimate a31@--> Raw
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a31@{animate: true, animation: fast}
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Elevation a3@--> Raw
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a3@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Raw a4@--> Transform
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a4@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Transform a5@--> df
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a5@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Parquet a7@--> FlatGeoBuf
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a7@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Parquet a8@--> PMTiles
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a8@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Zarr a39@ --> PMTiles
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a39@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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df a36@ --> di
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a36@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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COG a28@--> PMTiles
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a28@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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ObjectStorage a14@--> Metadata
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a14@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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Metadata a15@--> HTTP
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a15@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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HTTP a16@--> ei
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a16@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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HTTP a17@--> DecentralizedDistribution
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a17@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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HTTP a18@--> DataSci
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a18@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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DecentralizedDistribution a22@--> Systems
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a22@{animate: true, animation: fast}
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DecentralizedDistribution a23@--> DataSci
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a23@{animate: true, animation: fast}
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Systems a38@ --> DataSci
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a38@{animate: true, animation: fast}
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ei a39@ --> DataSci
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a39@{animate: true, animation: slow}
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click Parquet "https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/" _blank
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click FlatGeoBuf "https://flatgeobuf.org/" _blank
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click PMTiles "https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles/blob/main/spec/v3/spec.md" _blank
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click Zarr "https://github.com/zarr-developers/geozarr-spec/" _blank
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click StatProducts "/docs/processes/statistical_products/" _blank
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click Orthoimagery "/docs/processes/orthoimagery/" _blank
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%%click FieldImagery "/docs/processes/field_imagery/" _blank
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%%click EnvironmentClimate "/docs/processes/environmental_climate/" _blank
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%%click Elevation "/docs/processes/elevation/" _blank
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click JPEGXL "https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/" _blank
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click AV1 "https://aomedia.org/specifications/av1/" _blank
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click DecentralizedDistribution "/docs/dissemination/" _blank
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click Metadata "https://stac-utils.github.io/stac-geoparquet/latest/spec/stac-geoparquet-spec/" _blank
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click Martin "https://martin.maplibre.org/" _blank
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click GeoServer "https://geoserver.org/" _blank
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click Panoramax "https://gitlab.com/panoramax" _blank
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click COG "https://cogeo.org/" _blank
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click ZOOProject "https://zoo-project.org/" _blank
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click BBOXServer "https://www.bbox.earth/" _blank
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```
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