Table 3.2
Land cover change, southern Canada, 2000 and 2011
| To (2011) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen forest | Deciduous forest | Mixedwood | Shrubland | Grassland | Barrenland | Cropland | Built-up | Water natural and artificial and wetlands 1 | |
| square kilometres | |||||||||
| From (2000) | |||||||||
| Evergreen forest | … | 297.9 | 521.7 | 211.8 | |||||
| Deciduous forest | 3,922.2 | … | 6,053.1 | 1,044.3 | 5,543.2 | 320.8 | |||
| Mixedwood | … | 380.5 | 92.8 | ||||||
| Shrubland | 3,637.4 | 3,102.1 | … | ||||||
| Grassland | 454.4 | 147.8 | 17.9 | 750.3 | … | 1,552.6 | 6,983.7 2 | 332.0 | 178.2 |
| Barrenland | 1,539.1 | 16.2 | 453.4 | 450.9 | … | 72.3 | |||
| Cropland | 9,117.8 | 911.3 | … | 2,252.5 | 2,653.7 | ||||
| Built-up | 34.2 | … | |||||||
| Water natural and artificial and wetlands 1 | 3,519.1 | 382.1 | 2,059.6 | 1,320.2 | 87.7 | 344.5 | 79.3 | … | |
Water and wetland areas derived from satellite
imagery are influenced by climatic conditions at the time the images were
taken. This should be considered when interpreting the data.
Distinguishing grasslands from certain crops
is difficult and therefore considerable caution should be used in interpreting
this change.
Note(s):
This table presents change in land cover area from 2000 to 2011.
For example, 3,922.2 km2 moved from deciduous forest
to evergreen forest from 2000 to 2011. Blank cells indicate
no positive change from one category to the other. Measuring land cover categories
is subject to certain limitations due to difficulties in distinguising between
different land cover types. This land cover change data was derived from 30 m
resolution land cover; results in this table are more precise than other land
cover tabulations using Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) 250 m
land cover data. Geographic coverage of this data is presented in Map 1 (Appendix C).
Source(s):
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2009, Land Cover
for Agricultural Regions of Canada (circa 2000), version 12, http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/f5ded3b0-a5b4-4599-95d6-d853a825792b
(accessed October 9, 2012). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2012,
2011 AAFC Crop Type Map of Canada,ftp://ftp.agr.gc.ca/pub/outgoing/aesb-eos-gg/Crop_Inventory/2011/
(accessed October 9, 2012). Statistics Canada, Environment
Accounts and Statistics Division, 2013, special tabulation.