Biology: Government Sources

Can browse by subject or conduct searches for bills and parliamentary documents on topics such as biodiversity, etc.

Information on environmental topics, Acts and regulations, data, and publications

Reports, publications and statistical information on marine transport, fisheries, science and research, ecosystems, species, aquaculture

A permanent archive of publications written by organizations within the Government of Canada

Developed as an online service, the Public Registry has been accessible to the public since proclamation of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The website gives users easy access to documents and information related to SARA at any time and location with Internet access.

Reports, candidate endangered species, and assessment process information from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Includes search engine for endangered species information.

Primary data on biological species of interest to Canadians organized into the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Species Access Network, and Species Bank

Photographs, distribution maps, identification guidance, links to monographs and species-specific information about biological species of Canada.

Bilingual (English and French) search interface for taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world

Information on environmental assessments, public participation, legislation, and departmental publications

Information on energy, mining/materials, forests, earth sciences, hazards, explosives, the North, and the environment

Covers a wide variety of Canadian forest-related topics and publications

Information on wildlife/wild spaces, and videos from Canadian Wildlife Federation

Information, data, and publications on Canada's mining and materials production.

Detailed distribution records for taxa found in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Pacific oceans in the seafloor, water column, and sea-ice

Canadian Research Index includes federal, provincial, and municipal documents such as depository publications of research value issued by the federal government, the ten provinces, and two of the three territories; hard to find non-depository publications issued by hundreds of Canadian government agencies and departments;

Reports, data, legislation, and information about issues affecting Ontario's environment

Includes web pages, publications and open data

List of species at risk, guides and resources, permits and authorizations, grants for protecting species at risk

Information about the City of Toronto's environmental initiatives

York Region's environmental initiatives

Halton Region's needs for the natural environment and what Halton requests from the Province to ensure its protection

Gateway to U.S. Federal science information and resources

Standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.

Includes databases such as PubMed, and covers topics such as genes, proteins, and taxonomy

Science resources on topics such as climate change, wildlife impacts, hazards and disasters. Also includes maps and aerial photography

Research and information about U.S. ecosystems

Free & open access global biodiversity data

International laws concerning the environment and programs that use legal frameworks and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health and ensure a just and sustainable society.

A useful starting point to navigating UN documents, publications, databases and websites.

Taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on plants, fungi and animals that have been globally evaluated using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Categories and Criteria