The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas

Articles and reports: 16-201-X201600014361
Description: The article "The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas" provides an analysis of land cover and land use change in Canada's largest cities. It focuses on the change in built-up area, arable land and natural and semi-natural land in and around CMAs from 1971 to 2011. The report includes CMA-specific geographical profiles that include tables, charts and maps as well as links to a wealth of other relevant information.

The June 2016 update includes the addition of spatial data files (ArcGIS®, file extension: .shp) for each CMA that can be downloaded from the HTML version of the publication.

Issue Number: 2016000
Author(s): Gagnon, Gabriel; Soulard, François; Wang, Jennie
Main Product: Human Activity and the Environment
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HTML March 22, 2016
PDF March 22, 2016

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