Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Ecosystem Accounts

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Ecosystem accounts are based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework, which was adopted as an international statistical standard by the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2021. This framework complements, and builds on, the accounting for environmental assets described in the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA-CF), which was adopted as an international standard in 2012.
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  • 1. Wildfire experiences among Indigenous Peoples
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202600100002
    Description: This article presents data on Indigenous Peoples and their experiences with wildfires, along with spatial data on forest fires and air quality from 2023. The analysis integrates results from the 2024 Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit - Emergency Preparedness and Extreme Weather with 2021 Census Indigenous population data, alongside spatial data on forest fires and air quality from 2023. This analytical article uses maps, charts and tables to show findings, including burned-area estimates and air quality index values, to provide a comprehensive overview of wildfire experiences among Indigenous populations in Canada.
    Release date: 2026-07-28
  • 2. Human landscape modification index: Geospatial files
    Table: 16-510-X2026001
    Description: This product contains a raster dataset that represents the degree of direct landscape modifications to Canada's terrestrial and freshwater extent (excluding the Great Lakes) circa 2020 at 30 m spatial resolution. It is an index with values ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores represent progressively more altered or intensively-used ecosystems and lower scores represent less altered and more naturally intact ecosystems. The main purpose of the dataset is to help measure ecosystem condition to support ecosystem accounting. It was created through the integration of multiple spatial datasets, including land cover and linear feature datasets.
    Release date: 2026-06-25
  • 3. Human landscape modification index: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2026002
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the human landscape modification index (HLMI) geospatial files that represent the degree of direct landscape modifications to Canada's terrestrial and freshwater extent (excluding the Great Lakes) around 2020. This document provides important technical information for users, including scope, data content and structure, data quality and data capture. This document also provides additional information about the datasets used to develop the HLMI.
    Release date: 2026-06-25
  • 4. Census of Environment Ecosystem Profile Explorer
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2026007
    Description: The ecosystem profile explorer is designed to provide users with a single, integrated view of the data produced by the Census of Environment. Users can select an area on the map and explore the ecosystem extent, condition and services data linked to ecological, drainage or marine areas. The latest data tables will be made available in this tool as new releases occur.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 5. Change in selected climate variables since 1971, by ecoprovince
    Table: 38-10-0197-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Long-term changes in air temperature and precipitation over the period beginning in 1971, by ecoprovince. Starting in 2000, estimates are reported at five-year intervals. Changes are expressed in degrees Celsius for air temperature and in millimetres for precipitation.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 6. Change in selected climate variables since 1971, by drainage region
    Table: 38-10-0198-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Long-term changes in air temperature and precipitation over the period beginning in 1971, by drainage region. Starting in 2000, estimates are reported at five-year intervals. Changes are expressed in degrees Celsius for air temperature and in millimetres for precipitation.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 7. Protected and conserved terrestrial extent account, by ecoprovince and ecozone
    Table: 38-10-0193-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Terrestrial area conserved, protected, or conserved under other effective methods by land cover, management category and protection type at the ecoprovince and ecozone levels.
    Release date: 2026-03-06
  • 8. Protected and conserved terrestrial extent by protection category, ecoprovince and ecozone
    Table: 38-10-0193-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Terrestrial conserved area by protection category or conservation under other effective conservation methods, by land cover at the level of ecoprovince and ecozone.
    Release date: 2026-03-06
  • 9. Conserved terrestrial extent by conservation type, management category, ecoprovince and ecozone
    Table: 38-10-0193-03
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Terrestrial area protected or conserved under other effective conservation methods by by land cover and management category at the ecoprovince and ecozone levels.
    Release date: 2026-03-06
  • 10. Protected and conserved terrestrial extent account by sub-drainage area, major drainage area and drainage region
    Table: 38-10-0194-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Terrestrial area conserved, protected, or conserved under other effective methods by land cover, management category, protection type, and hydrographic area.
    Release date: 2026-03-06
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  • 21. Water asset account
    Table: 38-10-0191-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Available stocks and changes to stocks of freshwater assets. Data for reference year 2021 are aggregated by drainage region and values are reported in millions of cubic metres.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 22. Selected population characteristics, Canada, ecozones, ecoprovinces and ecoregions
    Table: 38-10-0047-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Demographic and housing indicators by ecological area, every 5 years starting 1971. Includes total population, density of occupied private dwellings, urban/rural distribution, measured in numbers and percentages.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 23. Urban greenness and normalized difference vegetation index by 2021 population centre
    Table: 38-10-0158-01
    Geography: Population centre, Population centre part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Greenness measures based on normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) including percentage of land area classed as green and average NDVI, by population centre and by population centre size category, for population centres in Canada and by province, annual.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 24. Vegetation cover in large urban areas
    Table: 38-10-0187-01
    Geography: Dissemination area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Vegetative cover of 30 large cities in Canada in percentage and number of hectares, by province, contiguously settled area and dissemination area, from 2019 to 2024. Annual data.
    Release date: 2025-07-14
  • 25. Agroecosystem condition account
    Table: 38-10-0164-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Condition variables for agroecosystems by ecoprovince, ecoregion and ecodistrict for every 5th year between 1986 and 2021. The variables included measure soil erosion, days of soil cover, pesticide use, grazing density, risk of salinization, and phosphorus and carbon levels in soil.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 26. Ocean condition account by fishing unit
    Table: 38-10-0182-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Variables related to the condition of the ocean by fishing unit.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 27. Ocean condition account by marine bioregion
    Table: 38-10-0183-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Variables related to the condition of the ocean by marine bioregion.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 28. Statistical Ecosystem Register grid system reference files: Geospatial files
    Table: 16-510-X2025005
    Description: This product contains reference files that define the nested spatial grid system used by the Census of Environment's Statistical Ecosystem Register. The reference grids are available as 11 GeoTIFF files, one for each resolution, as well as a well-known text representation of the projected coordinate reference system (.prj file). The GeoTIFF files contain only placeholder values of 1 (stored as a compressed unsigned 1-bit integer, to minimize the size of the files). These files can be used as templates for integrating data from multiple sources into a single gridded spatial reference system, thus enabling a common approach for related spatial data products.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 29. Ecosystem services, biomass provisioning services by ecosystem type and type of product
    Table: 38-10-0171-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Products commercially harvested from ecosystems including forests, coastal and marine, agricultural, and other natural and semi-natural land and freshwater ecosystems, annually starting with 2002.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 30. Land Cover Register: Geospatial files
    Table: 16-510-X2025002
    Description: This product contains a raster dataset that maps Canada’s terrestrial and freshwater extent using an 11-class classification system. It represents land cover circa 2020 and has a 30-metre spatial resolution. The main purpose of the land cover register is to identify land cover and land use assets to support ecosystem accounting. It was created through the integration of multiple land cover and land use datasets.
    Release date: 2025-03-27
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  • 31. The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201600014361
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    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.

    Release date: 2016-03-22
  • 32. Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201300011875
    Description:

    The article "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada" presents preliminary results achieved through a two-year interdepartmental project to develop experimental ecosystem accounts and the required statistical infrastructure. It provides an overview of ecosystem accounting and valuation and presents several measures of the quantity and quality of ecosystems and ecosystem goods and services (EGS). These measures focus on land cover, human landscape modification, ecosystem potential of the boreal forest, biomass extraction, marine and coastal EGS, and wetland EGS. The report also includes a case study on the Thousand Islands National Park exploring monetary valuation of EGS and concludes with a research agenda for future work on this topic.

    Release date: 2013-11-29
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  • 11. Water yield: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024002
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the water yield geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 12. Contiguously Settled Areas: Boundaries and User Documentation
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2023001
    Description: This product contains contiguously settled area (CSA) boundaries for a subset of Canadian population centres for 2010 and 2020 with user documentation. The CSA boundaries are derived from land cover data and represent the geographic extent of settled areas based on their physical footprint on the landscape. The boundaries can be used for reference, mapping and spatial analysis of settled areas and urban ecosystems. The CSA boundaries are created and maintained under the umbrella of the Census of Environment, and will support Statistics Canada's ecosystem accounting efforts.
    Release date: 2023-10-27

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