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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  • 61. Ocean and coastal ecosystem extent account
    Table: 38-10-0153-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Area of Canadian ocean water layers and selected coastal and ocean floor ecosystems, by marine bioregion.
    Release date: 2024-01-26
  • 62. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 14, Life Below Water
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100014
    Description: As the fourteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of life below water, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25
  • 63. Selected population characteristics of people living in resource-based communities, by resource industry
    Table: 38-10-0166-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Gender, age, language, income, poverty status, indigenous identity, immigrant status, visible minority, education and labour force status of the population residing in resource-based communities (census subdivisions where a relatively high proportion of employment income comes from fishing, forestry, or agriculture), for 2021.
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 64. 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
  • 65. 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
  • 66. 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
  • 67. 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
  • 68. Census of Environment: Measuring settled area expansion, 2010 to 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202330036869
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 69. 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
  • 70. Ecosystem Accounting in Canadian Agroecosystems
    Articles and reports: 16-001-M2023001
    Description: This technical paper provides an ecosystem accounting framework to assess Canada’s agroecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. These accounts will measure ecosystem extent, condition and services following the internationally accepted environmental accounting standard. The technical paper will serve as guidance for the development of agroecosystem accounts as part of the Census of Environment and will be used to engage with stakeholders about needs, methods, and uses of new data.
    Release date: 2023-09-13
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  • 21. Census of Environment: Protected and conserved ocean and coastal ecosystems Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202231136405
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-11-07
  • 22. Accounting for ecosystem change in Canada: Selected findings from Human Activity and the Environment, 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021073
    Description: Using data from the publication Human Activity and the Environment (HAE), 2021, this infographic provides selected highlights from the report, covering ecosystem extent, condition and services.
    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 23. Study: Accounting for ecosystem change Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202202531384
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 24. Urban greenness, 2001, 2011 and 2019
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202100100002
    Description: Urban greenness reflects the presence and health of vegetation in urban areas and is a measure of urban ecosystem condition. This study uses data from satellite imagery to track greenness across population centres for three reference years over an 18-year period.
    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 25. Study: Urban greenness Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202122929503
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 26. Canada's oceans and the economic contribution of marine sectors
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202100100001
    Description: This article provides estimates of the economic contribution of marine sectors in Canada in 2014 to 2018 and describes some of the environmental challenges faced by these sectors.
    Release date: 2021-07-19
  • 27. Study: Canada's oceans and the economic contribution of marine sectors 2014 to 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202120030743
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-07-19
  • 28. Forests in Canada
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X2018001
    Description: Forests in Canada tells the story of Canada's forests, providing up-to-date statistics on forest area, forest products and ecosystem services, economic and social contributions of the forest sector and forest management activities and environmental impacts.
    Release date: 2018-03-14
  • 29. Freshwater in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201700014784
    Description: The article "Freshwater in Canada" provides up-to-date statistics on freshwater supply and demand. The report includes includes maps, charts and tables for each of Canada's 25 drainage regions. It also provides data on some of the factors that influence the supply and quality of freshwater.
    Release date: 2017-03-21
  • 30. 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
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Reference (11) (0 to 10 of 11 results)

  • 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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