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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  • 11. Linear features, landscape fragmentation and human landscape modification by ecoprovince and ecozone
    Table: 38-10-0196-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Ecosystem integrity measures including linear feature density, natural and semi-natural (NSN) patch count, average NSN patch size, average distance to NSN patches and human landscape modification index scores (0 to 100) at the ecoprovince and ecozone levels.
    Release date: 2026-03-06
  • 12. Sea ice extent account by marine bioregion
    Table: 38-10-0192-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Monthly average sea ice extent by marine bioregion.
    Release date: 2026-02-06
  • 13. Census of Environment: Sea ice extent 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202603741271
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-02-06
  • 14. Ecosystem spotlight—oceans
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202600100001
    Description: This article presents data on the extent and condition of Canada’s ocean and coastal ecosystems, as well as the ecosystem services—also known as “nature’s contributions to people”—they provide. Building on earlier pilot accounts, this article offers new physical and monetary estimates of ocean ecosystem services. It also marks the release of experimental monetary valuations of selected ocean ecosystem services, such as commercially harvested wild fish and seafood, nature-based tourism, and blue carbon sequestration.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 15. Protected and conserved ocean and coastal ecosystem extent account
    Table: 38-10-0157-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Protected and conserved area of Canadian ocean water layers and selected coastal and ocean floor ecosystems, by marine bioregion, conservation and protection category and management category.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 16. Conservation and protection category of ocean and coastal ecosystems
    Table: 38-10-0157-02
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Protected and conserved area of Canadian ocean water layers and coastal and ocean floor ecosystems, by marine bioregion and conservation and protection category.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 17. Protected and conserved ocean and coastal ecosystems by management category
    Table: 38-10-0157-03
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Protected and conserved area of Canadian ocean water layers and coastal and ocean floor ecosystems, by marine bioregion and management category.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 18. Ocean and coastal ecosystem services: Physical measures by marine bioregion
    Table: 38-10-0189-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Physical measures of selected ecosystem services provided by ocean and coastal ecosystems, by marine bioregion. Includes seafisheries landings, nature-based tourism, carbon sequestered, non-use values, and potential daily users.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 19. Ocean and coastal ecosystem services: Experimental monetary measures, Canada and ocean regions
    Table: 38-10-0190-01
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Experimental monetary values of selected ecosystem services provided by ocean and coastal ecosystems, for Canada and ocean regions (Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific), current and inflation-adjusted dollars, annual. Includes seafisheries landings, nature-based tourism, and carbon sequestered.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
  • 20. Ocean and coastal ecosystem services: Experimental monetary measures by marine bioregion and ecosystem type
    Table: 38-10-0190-02
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Experimental monetary measures of selected ecosystem services provided by ocean and coastal ecosystems, by marine bioregion and the ocean and ecosystem types that provide them.
    Release date: 2026-01-21
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  • 31. 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. 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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