Table 3.4
Land cover, Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2000 and 2011

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Land cover, Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2000 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays land cover in the Greater Golden Horseshoe in 2000 and 2011. The row headers provide information by year. The column headers provide information on the land cover type (settled area, agricultural land area, natural and naturalizing area and water), in square kilometres, for three sub-areas of the Greater Golden Horseshoe: Outside greenbelt, Greenbelt and Inside greenbelt.
  Outside greenbelt Greenbelt Inside greenbelt
Settled area 1 Agricultural land area 2 Natural or naturalizing area 3 Water 4 Settled area 1 Agricultural land area 2 Natural or naturalizing area 3 Water 4 Settled area 1 Agricultural land area 2 Natural or naturalizing area 3 Water 4
  square kilometres
2000 914 10,985 8,525 1,671 382 4,266 2,642 77 1,676 1,399 620 42
2011 1,209 10,950 8,392 1,543 622 4,172 2,515 57 1,976 1,193 535 34
Change 2000 to 2011 295 -35 -132 -128 240 -94 -126 -20 299 -206 -85 -8
1.
Settled area is based on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's 30 m land cover code for developed areas.
2.
Agricultural land area is based on the Census of Agriculture variable total farm area.
3.
Natural and naturalizing area is based on the residual landscape of a sub-drainage area that is not settled or used for agriculture. It also excludes large bodies of water.
4.
Water area derived from satellite imagery is influenced by climatic conditions at the time the images were taken. This should be considered when interpreting the data.
Note(s):
Measuring land cover categories is subject to certain limitations due to difficulties in distinguishing 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.
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/ (October 9, 2012). Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2013, special tabulation.
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