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Table 1
St-Laurent Lowlands ecoregion
| St-Laurent Lowlands ecoregion | Canada | Percentage of Canada total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total area (km2) | 41,770 | 9,976,182 | 0.4 |
| Land cover circa 20001 | |||
| Annual cropland and perennial cropland (km2) | 21,496 | .. | ... |
| Developed land (km2) | 2,884 | .. | ... |
| Exposed land (km2) | 773 | .. | ... |
| Forest (km2) | 12,240 | .. | ... |
| Grasses-herbaceous (km2) | 1,724 | .. | ... |
| Other classes (km2) | 12 | .. | ... |
| Shrubland (km2) | 703 | .. | ... |
| Water (km2) | 1,106 | ||
| Wetland (km2) | 832 | ||
| Agricultural land | |||
| Area of dependable agricultural land2 (km2) | 20,504 | 454,630 | 4.5 |
| Proportion of area in dependable land (percent) | 49.1 | 4.6 | ... |
| Population | |||
| Population in 1971 (number) | 5,011,683 | 21,568,310 | 23.2 |
| Population in 1981 (number) | 5,353,916 | 24,343,181 | 22.0 |
| Population in 1991 (number) | 5,917,826 | 27,296,859 | 21.7 |
| Population in 1996 (number) | 6,146,869 | 28,846,761 | 21.3 |
| Population in 2001 (number) | 6,305,435 | 30,007,094 | 21.0 |
| Population in 2006 (number) | 6,586,347 | 31,612,895 | 20.8 |
| Population density in 2006 (people/km2) | 157.7 | 3.2 | ... |
| Population change 1971 to 2006 (percent) | 31.4 | 46.6 | ... |
| Agriculture | |||
| Area of farmland in 1971 (hectares) | 2,738,361 | 68,662,444 | 4.0 |
| Area of farmland in 2006 (hectares) | 2,273,967 | 67,586,739 | 3.4 |
| Change (percent) | -17.0 | -1.6 | ... |
| Farms in 1971 (number) | 43,758 | 366,128 | 12.0 |
| Farms in 2006 (number) | 24,100 | 229,373 | 10.5 |
| Change (percent) | -44.9 | -37.4 | ... |
| Area of cropland in 1971 (hectares) | 1,339,930 | 27,828,479 | 4.8 |
| Area of cropland in 2006 (hectares) | 1,576,613 | 35,912,247 | 4.4 |
| Change (percent) | 17.7 | 29.0 | ... |
| Corn in 1971 (hectares) | 168,327 | 891,076 | 18.9 |
| Corn in 2006 (hectares) | 516,024 | 1,339,628 | 38.5 |
| Change (percent) | 206.6 | 50.3 | ... |
| Farms reporting corn in 1971 (number) | 17,620 | 66,185 | 26.6 |
| Farms reporting corn in 2006 (number) | 12,743 | 39,447 | 32.3 |
| Change (percent) | -27.7 | -40.4 | ... |
| Soy in 1971 (hectares) | 606 | 149,900 | 0.4 |
| Soy in 2006 (hectares) | 242,561 | 1,184,970 | 20.5 |
| Change (percent) | 39,913.4 | 690.5 | ... |
| Farms reporting soy in 1971 (number) | 177 | 7,857 | 2.3 |
| Farms reporting soy in 2006 (number) | 6,433 | 24,981 | 25.8 |
| Change (percent) | 3,534.5 | 217.9 | ... |
| Maple syrup production in 1971 (taps) | 4,417,450 | 13,106,879 | 33.7 |
| Maple syrup production in 2006 (taps) | 7,979,557 | 35,254,915 | 22.6 |
| Change (percent) | 80.6 | 169.0 | ... |
| Farms reporting maple syrup in 1971 (number) | 3,591 | 9,979 | 36.0 |
| Farms reporting maple syrup in 2006 (number) | 2,960 | 9,811 | 30.2 |
| Change (percent) | -17.6 | -1.7 | ... |
| Dairy cows in 1971 (number) | 689,264 | 2,241,584 | 30.7 |
| Dairy cows in 2006 (number) | 300,859 | 913,611 | 32.9 |
| Change (percent) | -56.4 | -59.2 | ... |
| Dairy farms in 1971 (number) | 28,030 | 145,011 | 19.3 |
| Dairy farms in 2006 (number) | 5,571 | 17,556 | 31.7 |
| Change (percent) | -80.1 | -87.9 | ... |
| Pigs in 1971 (number) | 1,024,291 | 8,068,186 | 12.7 |
| Pigs in 2006 (number) | 3,002,130 | 12,726,573 | 23.6 |
| Change (percent) | 193.1 | 57.7 | ... |
| Farms reporting pigs in 1971 (number) | 10,236 | 122,259 | 8.4 |
| Farms reporting pigs in 2006 (number) | 1,966 | 11,680 | 16.8 |
| Change (percent) | -80.8 | -90.4 | ... |
| 1. Land cover classes are aggregated. Forest area contains all types of forest. ‘Developed land’ includes built-up areas, lawns, road surfaces, industrial sites and farmsteads. In this ecoregion, ‘exposed land’ refers primarily to mudflats. ‘Other’ refers to unclassified land types due to shadow and clouds in the satellite imagery. Land cover is based on LANDSAT satellite data from 1996 to 2003. 2. Dependable agricultural land is defined as land designated as Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 by the Canada Land Inventory. Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0057 and 153-0058 (accessed October 8, 2009). Statistics Canada, Census of Population and Census of Agriculture. Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Spatial Environmental Information System. Natural Resources Canada, n.d., Canada Land Inventory—Land Capability for Agriculture (1968 to 1990), Earth Sciences Sector (accessed October 8, 2009). Natural Resources Canada, 2009, Land cover, Circa 2000-Vector (LCC2000-v), Earth Sciences Sector (accessed October 8, 2009). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2008, A National Ecological Framework for Canada (accessed February 19, 2010). |
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