Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Spills Database (Nunavut)

Contact
Robert Eno
Manager, Pollution Control
Environmental Protection Service
Department of Sustainable Development
Government of Nunavut
P.O. Box 1000, Stn 1195
Iqaluit, NU
X0A 0H0
Tel: (867) 975-5907
E-mail: REno@gov.nu.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Environmental Protection Service, Department of Sustainable Development, Government of Nunavut

Purpose of Database
To monitor all spills of hazardous materials in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

Content
Data on spills of hazardous products from domestic and industrial sources in Nunavut and the NWT. Data types: domestic and industrial hazardous products; type of material, quantity, and associated hazards. Geolocators: longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. (The database is still under development).

Year Database Established
The original database was established in the late 1970s under an agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and Environment Canada.

Coverage Period
1978 to 2003

Data Updates
Monthly

Data Providers
Data are provided by government, industry, and the public through a 'spill line'. Collection of the data is done externally, under contract.

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are regulatory agencies; no one else has direct access to the data. There are data-sharing agreements with the Dept of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Environment Canada, the Dept of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Governments of Nunavut and of the Northwest Territories.

Reports
No

Additional Comments
The data are collected under the authority of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between various parties.