Map 2.6
Linear feature density by ecoregion, 2011

Map 2.6 Linear feature density by ecoregion, 2011

Description for Map 2.6

The title of this map is "Linear feature density by ecoregion, 2011." This map shows the density of infrastructure such as roads, rail lines, electrical transmission lines and cutlines for the 194 ecoregions of Canada.

On this map, a darker colour indicates a higher density of linear features. Category 1 (brown) is greater than or equal to 1200 m/km2, category 2 (dark orange) is 750 m/km2 to less than 1200 m/km2, category 3 (orange) is 500 m/km2 to less than 750 m/km2, category 4 (light orange) is 250 m/km2 to less than 500 m/km2 and category 5 (cream) is less than 250 m/km2.

A solid black line defines provincial boundaries while a grey line defines ecoregion boundaries. Water is pale blue.

Ecoregions with the highest linear feature density include the Lower Mainland in the Pacific Maritime ecozone in British Columbia, as well as the Lake Erie Lowland and St. Lawrence Lowlands in the Mixedwood Plains ecozone in southern Ontario and Quebec. Other ecozones where select ecoregions had a higher linear feature density include the Montane Cordillera, Prairies, Boreal Plains, Atlantic Maritime and Taiga Plains. In general, linear feature density was lower in Canada's more northerly ecoregions.

Notes: Linear feature density refers to the density of roads, rail lines, electrical transmission lines and cutlines (e.g., from seismic lines and firebreaks), measured in metres of linear features per square kilometre. Other infrastructure such as pipelines are not included. Data are aggregated into 194 ecoregions of Canada (Ecological Land Classification 2017).

Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2018, special tabulation of Natural Resources Canada, 2012, CanVec, Earth Science Sector, Mapping Information Branch, Centre for Topographic Information, http://geogratis.gc.ca (accessed October 9, 2017); Statistics Canada, 2013, "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada," Human Activity and the Environment, Catalogue no. 16-201-X.

Map 2.6 Legend
Table summary
This table displays the results of Legend for Map 2.6. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), Linear feature density (metres/square kilometres) and Colour (appearing as column headers).
Category Linear feature density (m/km2) Colour
1 ≥ 1,200 Brown
2 750 to < 1,200 Dark orange
3 500 to < 750 Orange
4 250 to < 500 Light Orange
5 0 to < 250 Cream
Map 2.6 Data
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Map 2.6. The information is grouped by Name (appearing as row headers), Code and Linear feature density (metres/square kilometres) (appearing as column headers).
Name Code Linear feature density (m/km2)
Arctic Cordillera
Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps 01.011.001 0.0
Baffin Mountains 01.012.005 0.3
Baffin Island Coastal Lowlands 01.012.006 2.4
Torngat Mountains 01.012.007 0.0
Northern Arctic
Sverdrup Islands Lowland 02.021.011 0.0
Ellesmere Mountains 02.022.008 0.0
Eureka Hills 02.022.009 0.2
Parry Islands Plateau 02.023.012 0.7
Banks Island Coastal Plain 02.023.014 0.9
Banks Island Lowland 02.023.015 0.2
Amundsen Gulf Lowlands 02.023.016 0.8
Shaler Mountains 02.023.017 0.0
Victoria Islands Lowland 02.023.018 0.1
Prince of Wales Island Lowland 02.023.019 0.0
Lancaster Plateau 02.024.013 0.1
Borden Peninsula Plateau 02.024.022 2.6
Boothia Peninsula Plateau 02.025.020 0.4
Melville Peninsula Plateau 02.025.023 0.1
Pangnirtung Upland 02.025.026 0.5
Meta Incognita Peninsula 02.025.028 0.9
Wager Bay Plateau 02.025.030 0.2
Northern Ungava Peninsula 02.025.031 1.3
Baffin Island Uplands 02.026.024 0.0
Hall Peninsula Upland 02.026.027 0.0
Baffin Upland 02.026.029 0.0
Gulf of Boothia Plain 02.027.021 0.3
Foxe Basin Plain 02.027.025 1.5
Southern Arctic
Yukon Coastal Plain 03.031.032 0.0
Tuktoyaktuk Coastal Plain 03.031.033 4.3
Anderson River Plain 03.031.034 2.3
Dease Arm Plain 03.031.035 29.5
Coronation Hills 03.031.036 0.3
Bluenose Lake Plain 03.031.037 1.2
Bathurst Hills 03.031.038 0.0
Takijuq Lake Upland 03.031.041 0.1
Queen Maud Gulf Lowland 03.032.039 0.0
Chantrey Inlet Lowland 03.032.040 0.0
Garry Lake Lowland 03.032.042 0.1
Back River Plain 03.032.043 0.0
Dubawnt Lake Plain/Upland 03.032.044 0.0
Maguse River Upland 03.032.045 1.1
Southampton Island Plain 03.032.046 1.2
Central Ungava Peninsula 03.033.047 0.9
Ottawa Islands 03.033.048 0.0
Belcher Islands 03.033.049 2.8
Taiga Plains
Peel River Plateau 04.041.051 102.2
Nahanni Plateau 04.041.061 0.0
Sibbeston Lake Plain 04.041.062 53.6
Mackenzie Delta 04.042.050 7.0
Great Bear Lake Plain 04.042.052 42.0
Fort McPherson Plain 04.042.053 294.3
Colville Hills 04.042.054 75.8
Norman Range 04.042.055 116.7
Mackenzie River Plain 04.042.056 146.0
Grandin Plains 04.042.057 0.0
Franklin Mountains 04.042.058 60.0
Keller Lake Plain 04.042.059 9.6
Great Slave Lake Plain 04.042.060 46.5
Horn Plateau 04.042.063 232.8
Hay River Lowland 04.043.064 631.0
Northern Alberta Uplands 04.043.065 778.8
Muskwa Plateau 04.043.066 622.4
Taiga Shield
Coppermine River Upland 05.051.068 1.0
Tazin Lake Upland 05.051.069 8.7
Kazan River Upland 05.051.070 0.1
Selwyn Lake Upland 05.051.071 0.4
La Grande Hills 05.052.072 15.7
Southern Ungava Peninsula 05.052.073 0.3
New Quebec Central Plateau 05.052.074 2.0
Kingurutik–Fraser Rivers 05.053.077 0.2
Smallwood Reservoir–Michikamau 05.053.078 17.8
Coastal Barrens 05.053.079 8.4
Mecatina River 05.053.080 11.0
Eagle Plateau 05.053.082 6.1
Winokapau Lake North 05.053.084 20.1
Goose River West 05.053.085 21.8
Ungava Bay Basin 05.054.075 1.9
George Plateau 05.054.076 1.2
Boreal Shield
Athabasca Plain 06.061.087 5.1
Churchill River Upland 06.061.088 26.3
Hayes River Upland 06.061.089 32.8
Big Trout Lake 06.061.095 20.3
Lac Seul Upland 06.062.090 40.0
Lake Nipigon 06.062.094 126.4
Abitibi Plains 06.062.096 163.7
Rupert River Plateau 06.062.100 35.9
Central Laurentians 06.063.101 70.5
Anticosti Island 06.063.102 100.9
Mecatina Plateau 06.063.103 14.3
Paradise River 06.063.104 19.6
Lake Melville 06.063.105 47.1
Strait of Belle Isle 06.064.106 239.2
Northern Peninsula 06.064.107 239.2
Long Range Mountains 06.064.108 40.3
Southwestern Newfoundland 06.064.109 479.5
Central Newfoundland 06.064.112 341.9
Northeastern Newfoundland 06.064.113 374.3
Maritime Barrens 06.064.114 255.3
Avalon Forest 06.064.115 598.0
South Avalon–Burin Oceanic Barrens 06.064.116 267.0
Lake of the Woods 06.065.091 276.8
Rainy River 06.065.092 599.0
Thunder Bay–Quetico 06.065.093 256.3
Lake Timiskaming Lowland 06.066.097 225.1
Algonquin–Lake Nipissing 06.066.098 669.7
Southern Laurentians 06.066.099 241.1
Atlantic Maritime
Appalachians 07.071.117 627.4
Northern New Brunswick Uplands 07.071.118 393.7
New Brunswick Highlands 07.071.119 66.9
Maritime Lowlands 07.072.122 714.8
Prince Edward Island 07.072.130 1,294.2
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 07.072.131 1,463.9
Saint John River Valley 07.073.120 1,072.0
Southern New Brunswick Uplands 07.073.121 689.9
Fundy Coast 07.073.123 1,005.9
Southwest Nova Scotia Uplands 07.073.124 550.7
Atlantic Coast 07.073.125 856.7
Annapolis–Minas Lowlands 07.073.126 1,207.9
South-central Nova Scotia Uplands 07.073.127 817.0
Nova Scotia Highlands 07.073.128 879.0
Cape Breton Highlands 07.073.129 118.1
Mixedwood Plains
St. Lawrence Lowlands 08.081.132 2,039.4
Frontenac Axis 08.081.133 1,248.4
Manitoulin–Lake Simcoe 08.081.134 1,442.0
Lake Erie Lowland 08.082.135 2,714.4
Boreal Plains
Clear Hills Upland 09.091.137 935.4
Western Alberta Upland 09.091.145 1,239.1
Slave River Lowland 09.092.136 91.0
Peace Lowland 09.092.138 832.7
Mid-Boreal Uplands 09.092.139 351.6
Wabasca Lowland 09.092.142 728.3
Western Boreal 09.092.143 1,085.5
Boreal Transition 09.092.149 814.0
Mid-Boreal Lowland 09.093.148 76.6
Interlake Plain 09.093.155 451.5
Prairies
Lake Manitoba Plain 10.101.162 1,092.6
Aspen Parkland 10.102.156 980.5
Southwest Manitoba Uplands 10.102.163 848.4
Moist Mixed Grassland 10.103.157 906.5
Fescue Grassland 10.103.158 1,128.5
Mixed Grassland 10.103.159 691.4
Cypress Upland 10.103.160 449.0
Taiga Cordillera
British–Richardson Mountains 11.111.165 4.1
Old Crow Basin 11.112.166 16.6
Old Crow Flats 11.112.167 10.7
North Ogilvie Mountains 11.113.168 17.4
Eagle Plains 11.113.169 246.4
Mackenzie Mountains 11.114.170 2.8
Selwyn Mountains 11.114.171 6.4
Boreal Cordillera
St. Elias Mountains 12.121.173 2.9
Ruby Ranges 12.122.174 38.6
Yukon Plateau-Central 12.122.175 36.5
Yukon Plateau-North 12.122.176 37.6
Yukon Southern Lakes 12.122.177 73.6
Pelly Mountains 12.122.178 13.6
Liard Basin 12.122.181 35.2
Hyland Highland 12.122.182 12.8
Yukon–Stikine Highlands 12.123.179 15.1
Boreal Mountains and Plateaus 12.123.180 12.2
Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains 12.123.183 18.2
Klondike Plateau 12.124.172 43.4
Pacific Maritime
Eastern Vancouver Island 13.131.194 1,048.4
Georgia–Puget Basin 13.131.195 1,162.5
Lower Mainland 13.131.196 3,240.4
Nass Basin 13.132.187 127.7
Queen Charlotte Ranges 13.132.188 86.4
Queen Charlotte Lowland 13.132.189 98.5
Nass Ranges 13.132.190 137.2
Coastal Gap 13.132.191 30.8
Pacific Ranges 13.132.192 84.4
Western Vancouver Island 13.132.193 164.8
Cascade Mountains 13.132.197 727.0
Mount Logan 13.133.184 0.0
Northern Coastal Mountains 13.133.185 9.3
Montane Cordillera
Skeena Mountains 14.141.198 13.4
Omineca Mountains 14.141.199 31.7
Central Canadian Rocky Mountains 14.141.200 97.0
Fraser Basin 14.141.203 231.6
Bulkley Ranges 14.142.201 59.5
Fraser Plateau 14.142.202 206.8
Chilcotin Ranges 14.142.204 33.9
Interior Transition Ranges 14.143.208 228.1
Thompson–Okanagan Plateau 14.143.209 659.9
Okanagan Range 14.143.210 213.8
Okanagan Highland 14.143.211 1,313.9
Columbia Mountains and Highlands 14.144.205 184.9
Western Continental Ranges 14.144.206 78.2
Eastern Continental Ranges 14.144.207 145.1
Selkirk–Bitterroot Foothills 14.144.212 325.1
Southern Rocky Mountain Trench 14.144.213 842.7
Northern Continental Divide 14.144.214 431.8
Hudson Plains
Coastal Hudson Bay Lowland 15.151.215 12.6
Hudson Bay Lowland 15.152.216 5.1
James Bay Lowlands 15.152.217 10.2
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