User Survey Feedback Analysis: Period of January 2026 to March 2026

One response was received between January 2026 and March 2026. Considering cumulative responses to date:

• Forty three percent of respondents were from the public sector (same), followed by 19% from academia/researchers (same) and 16% from private sector users (same), 14% from private citizens (slight increase), 7% from ENGOs (same) and 2% from Indigenous communities (same).
• Forty six percent of respondents reside in Ontario (same), followed by 13% from Alberta (same), 11% from B.C. (same), 8% from Quebec (same), 6% from Manitoba (same), 5% from Nova Scotia (same), 3% from Prince Edward Island (same), 3% from Newfoundland and Labrador, 3% from New Brunswick (same) and 2% from Saskatchewan.
• Reason for using the Open Science and Data Platform:
  • 27% to “understand and/or better manage cumulative effects” (slight decrease),
  • 26% “for background or insight on projects related to my work/research” (same),
  • 14% “for background or insight on information relevant to studies” (slight increase),
  • 11% to “facilitate participation in impact assessments and/or regulatory processes” (same),
  • 7% stated “for background or insight on information for the purpose of social causes and spreading awareness of cumulative effects-related issues” (same), and
  • 15% stated “for other reasons” (same).
• Users were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the following features of the Open Science and Data Platform in the following proportions:
  • Filter Classification (72%, slight increase),
  • Search Function (71%, same),
  • Learn about Development Activities section (71%, same),
  • Learn about Cumulative Effects (67%, same), and
  • Map Creation function (63%, slight increase).
• Eighty one percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Relevancy of the content” (slight increase). Seventy nine percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Accessibility of the content” (same). Seventy nine percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Quality of the content” (slight increase).