Table 2.1
Land cover by ecozone, 2005
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| Evergreen forest | Deciduous forest | Mixed forest | Disturbance 1 | Shrubland | Grassland | Low vegetation and barren | Cropland | Cropland with woodland | Other 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of square kilometres | |||||||||||
| Total | 2,552 | 35 | 1,122 | 267 | 1,006 | 49 | 2,857 | 419 | 237 | 1,432 | 9,976 |
| Arctic Cordillera | 0 s | 0 | 0 | 0 s | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 245 |
| Northern Arctic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 s | 9 | 0 | 1,322 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 1,523 |
| Southern Arctic | 52 | 0 | 0 s | 1 | 38 | 0 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 852 |
| Taiga Plains | 305 | 1 | 68 | 28 | 122 | 0 | 43 | 0 s | 1 | 89 | 658 |
| Taiga Shield | 497 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 123 | 0 | 429 | 0 | 0 s | 271 | 1,393 |
| Boreal Shield | 862 | 13 | 456 | 86 | 183 | 0 s | 33 | 2 | 8 | 278 | 1,921 |
| Atlantic Maritime | 20 | 11 | 137 | 1 | 3 | 0 s | 0 s | 8 | 12 | 10 | 203 |
| Mixed Wood Plains | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 s | 4 | 0 s | 0 s | 17 | 56 | 65 | 168 |
| Boreal Plains | 181 | 5 | 220 | 24 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 62 | 72 | 744 |
| Prairies | 0 | 0 s | 4 | 0 s | 4 | 46 | 0 s | 297 | 90 | 25 | 466 |
| Taiga Cordillera | 21 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 82 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 267 |
| Boreal Cordillera | 172 | 0 s | 19 | 18 | 136 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 467 |
| Pacific Maritime | 18 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 205 |
| Montane Cordillera | 185 | 1 | 118 | 11 | 75 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 487 |
| Hudson Plains | 236 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 95 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 s | 16 | 376 |
'Disturbance' refers to forest disturbance,
which can be caused by changes in forest structure or composition resulting
from natural events such as fire, flood or wind; mortality caused by insect
or disease outbreaks; or human-caused events such as forest harvesting.
'Other' consists of water; snow and ice; urban
and built-up land; and statistical error.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Environment Canada, 2005,
A National Ecological Framework for Canada, http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/gis_data.html (accessed
January 13, 2009). Latifovic, Rasim and Darren Pouliot, 2005,
"Multi-temporal land cover mapping for Canada: Methodology and Products,"
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 31, no. 5, pages 347 to 363.
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2007,
special tabulation.
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