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This data collection brings together waterfowl survey data collected in Canada by Environment and Climate Change Canada. All datasets included here have been exported from QWAC-QSC (Quantifying Waterfowl Across Canada database - Base de données sur la Quantification de la Sauvagine au Canada), which serves as an internal centralized and standardized repository for waterfowl survey data. The database harmonizes waterfowl survey datasets collected across CWS (Canadian Wildlife Service) regions within a common schema, enabling data generated through different initiatives and survey designs to be integrated and analyzed at broader spatial and temporal scales. This data collection makes information readily accessible for use in national initiatives, harvest management, environmental and impact assessments, conservation planning, and large-scale analyses such as trend estimation and species distribution modelling. Complete bilingual QWAC-QSC schema including data dictionary and relational diagram is available in downloadable files. Note: This is not a comprehensive inventory of all waterfowl survey datasets in Canada. The collection is limited to datasets that have been standardized and incorporated into QWAC-QSC. Additional waterfowl survey datasets, particularly those published prior to the development of QWAC-QSC or not formatted to its schema, are also available through the ECCC Data Catalogue. The collection is also not limited to surveys targeting or recording only waterfowl, but each survey includes protocols to record observations of waterfowl.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
QWAC-QSC_DatabaseSchema_SchémaDeBaseDeDonnées	xlsx		https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/api/file?path=%2Fspecies%2Fassess%2FWaterfowl-Surveys-in-Canada%2FQWAC-QSC_DatabaseSchema_Sch%C3%A9maDeBaseDeDonn%C3%A9es.xlsx
View ECCC Data Mart (English)	HTML		https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/data/species/assess/Waterfowl-Surveys-in-Canada?lang=en
View ECCC Data Mart (French)	HTML		https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/data/species/assess/Waterfowl-Surveys-in-Canada?lang=fr
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	XML		https://doi.org/10.18164/0af7faf5-495c-4074-9cf6-7dc12e6bfe3f

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