What is the Assessment File Research Imaging (AFRI) Database?
Assessment Files are the technical results from exploration programs carried out on Crown Land in the Province of Ontario. Since the 1940s, the Government of Ontario has required those who perform exploration on claims staked over Crown Land to submit results of that work, including all reports and maps, in exchange for the right to retain the claims. After a period of confidentiality, all Assessment Files are released to the public record to aid and promote further exploration. The AFRI database captures details on location, property ownership, type of work done and commodities sought for each Assessment File. It provides an index to the reports and maps that comprise the technical data as well as a link to complete digital images of that data. Spatial data is collected for each file in the form of polygons indicating property outlines.
