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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  • 41. Resource-based community status and proportion of income and employment from a resource industry, by resource industry, 2016
    Table: 38-10-0167-01
    Geography: Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Proportion of income and employment from a resource industry (agriculture, fishing, forestry), and resource-based community status, for all census subdivisions, 2016.
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 42. Resource-based community status and proportion of income and employment from a resource industry, by resource industry, 2021
    Table: 38-10-0168-01
    Geography: Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Proportion of income and employment from a resource industry (agriculture, fishing, forestry), and resource-based community status, for all census subdivisions, 2021.
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 43. Selected population and resource income statistics, by resource industry
    Table: 38-10-0169-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average and median population, population change and proportion of rural population, as well as selected resource income statistics of all communities (census subdivisions) and resource-based communities, for 2016 and 2021.
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 44. Extent and growth of contiguously settled areas
    Table: 38-10-0163-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Measures of settled area extent and expansion based on Earth observation-derived land cover data. Variables include extent and growth of the contiguously settled area (CSA) and growth of built-up and artificial surfaces within surrounding buffer areas. CSA boundaries are created for Statistics Canada population centres with a population larger than 5,000 people or those located within a census metropolitan area or census agglomeration.
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 45. Agroecosystem extent
    Table: 38-10-0165-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total agroecosystem area, annual and perennial croplands area and areas of sown pasture and forage areas and natural pasture by ecoprovince, ecoregion and ecodistrict for every 5th year between 1986 and 2021.
    Release date: 2023-09-13
  • 46. Salt marsh ecosystem services account
    Table: 38-10-0161-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Variables related to ecosystem services of salt marshes by ecozone, ecoprovince and ecoregion.
    Release date: 2023-06-08
  • 47. Salt marsh ecosystem condition account
    Table: 38-10-0162-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Variables related to the condition of salt marshes by ecozone, ecoprovince and ecoregion.
    Release date: 2023-06-08
  • 48. Selected population characteristics, Canada, major drainage areas and sub-drainage areas
    Table: 17-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Demographic and housing indicators by hydrographic area, every 5 years starting 1971. Includes total population, density of occupied private dwellings, urban/rural distribution, measured in numbers and percentages.
    Release date: 2023-05-01
  • 49. Accounting for ecosystem change, 2021 Archived
    Thematic map: 38-20-00012021001
    Description: This product provides thematic maps associated with Human Activity and the Environment, 2021, covering various aspects of ecosystem accounts, including ecosystem extent and condition. The maps are based on the principles of ecosystem accounting and use multiple datasets from a variety of sources.
    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 50. Urban greenness and normalized difference vegetation index by population centre, inactive Archived
    Table: 38-10-0149-01
    Geography: Population centre, Population centre part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Greenness measures based on normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), including percentage area classed as green and average NDVI, by population centre.

    Release date: 2021-12-01
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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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  • 1. Urban greenness: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024003
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of annual estimates of average normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and green/grey classification.

    "Urban greenness" is a measure that assesses the condition and health of an urban landscape. Vegetation contributes to more livable, beautiful communities by helping to clean the air, moderate the local climate, control water flow and provide habitats for wildlife.

    Annual average normalized difference vegetation index datasets and annual green/grey classifications are available for the years 2000 to 2025 and cover Canada south of 60°N.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 2. Urban greenness: Data product specifications, 2025
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025006
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the urban greenness geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 3. Land Cover Register: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025003
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the land cover register geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 4. Statistical Ecosystem Register grid system reference files: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025004
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the Statistical Ecosystem Register grid system reference files. This document provides important technical information for users, including the coordinate reference system, resolution, and file contents and structure. This document also provides additional information about the grid system, reasons for some of the chosen parameters, and intended uses.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 5. Land Cover Register: Documentation
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025001
    Description: This document describes the methodology used to develop the land cover register, a raster dataset that maps Canada’s terrestrial and freshwater land cover using an 11-class classification system. The data product, with a spatial resolution of 30 metres, represents circa 2020 and was created through the integration of multiple land cover and land use datasets. The dataset and documentation were created by the Census of Environment program and will support Statistics Canada's ecosystem accounting efforts.
    Release date: 2025-03-27
  • 6. Ocean and coastal ecosystem extent: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024005
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the ocean and coastal ecosystem extent geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-12-16
  • 7. Ocean and coastal ecosystem extent: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024006
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of ocean and coastal ecosystem extent for ocean and coastal areas of Canada. Mapping the extent of ocean ecosystems is the first stage in creating spatially explicit accounts, to help understand the ocean and coastal ecosystems of Canada. The files cover the area from the coastline, defined by the 2021 Statistics Canada Census of Population, to the outer boundary of Canada’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Coastal areas of salt marsh are also included in the files.
    Release date: 2024-12-16
  • 8. Urban greenness: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024004
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the urban greenness geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-11-21
  • 9. Water yield: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024001
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of annual and 30-year average estimates of water yield. Tracking water yield—an estimate of renewable water supply derived from National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) streamflow data—provides information to help understand water resources available for human use and ecosystem needs. Annual datasets are available for the years 1971 to 2021 and cover southern Canada. Thirty-year averages are available for 1971-2000, 1981-2010, and 1991-2020. They cover the terrestrial and freshwater extent of Canada, except for the Arctic Archipelago.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 10. 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

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