Wildlife Management Units API for Canada
Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) boundaries for Canada — full MultiPolygon geometry with pre-computed GeoJSON and pre-joined location hierarchy, for hunting, conservation and land-use context.
Wildlife management units, ready to map.
- WMU boundaries (MultiPolygon) with pre-computed GeoJSON
- Pre-joined hierarchy id arrays — province, county, municipality, neighbourhood
- Related management zones — fisheries and bait management zones (English & French)
- Viewport queries hit cached geometry, not runtime spatial joins
Endpoints
/wildlife_managment_unit/fisheries_management_zone/bait_management_zoneQuery by
- By coordinate
- By address
- By bounding box
What the Wildlife Management Units dataset gives your team.
Map-ready boundaries
GeoJSON geometry drops straight onto any map as an overlay.
Anchored to the hierarchy
Each unit is pre-joined to the provinces and municipalities it covers.
Fast viewport queries
Pre-computed geometry means no runtime spatial joins at request time.
Use cases.
A few of the things teams build on Wildlife Management Units data.
Hunting & outdoor apps
Resolve the WMU for any location or map view.
Conservation & wildlife
Analyze and visualize management units.
Land-use & planning
Overlay WMUs with other spatial layers.
Regulatory context
Map a point to the unit that governs it.
See it in a request.
curl -H "Api-Key: $NEIGHBOURLY_KEY" \ "https://api.neighbourly.io/api/v1/locations/wildlife_managment_unit?viewport=%7B...%7D&includes_boundaries=true"
[
{
"id": 67,
"name": "WMU 67",
"province_ids": [40],
"boundary_geojson": { "type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [ ... ] }
}
]Wildlife Management Units API — common questions
What is a Wildlife Management Unit?
A WMU is a designated area used to manage wildlife populations and regulate activities like hunting. The API provides WMU boundaries across Canada.
What format are WMU boundaries in?
MultiPolygon geometry with pre-computed GeoJSON, plus a bounding box and pre-joined hierarchy id arrays.
Can I find the WMU for a coordinate or viewport?
Yes — /wildlife_managment_unit takes a viewport and can return the boundary geometry for units in view.
Does it include fisheries and bait management zones?
Yes — related fisheries and bait management zones are available, with English and French names.
Is WMU data Canada-wide?
Yes — coverage is Canada-wide, hosted in Canadian data centres.
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