Sharing your results

Across the country, water is continuously moving through vast river and lake networks. Because of the size and scale of freshwater ecosystems, it is extremely valuable to bring the findings from multiple monitoring programs together in one place.

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Interactive data visualizations are easy to create and enable comparison between monitoring results and national CCME guidelines for the protection of aquatic life.

About DataStream

DataStream provides a place to store, view and share water monitoring results being collected by communities and governments across Canada. And, it is free and open for anyone to use.

DataStream ensures all the results are stored in a harmonized format and provides a secure and sustainable home for data, so information doesn’t get lost over time.

It’s also a great place to learn what others are doing in your area, and beyond!

Here's how it works

Blue sketch of man measuring water quality in a boat with a Secchi disk attached to a string entering into the water.

Communities, governments and researchers are collecting valuable information through diverse water monitoring programs.

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DataStream is an open-access platform for organizing, storing and visualizing water quality data that monitoring groups want to share.

Blue sketch of a map of Canada showing watershed contours.

By bringing this data together in one place, we can get a clearer picture of watershed health from the local to regional scale.

Learn more at www.DataStream.org

DataStream was developed by The Gordon Foundation and is carried out in collaboration with regional partners and monitoring networks, including the Government of the Northwest Territories, Atlantic Water Network and the Lake Winnipeg Foundation.