Table 3.4
Land cover, Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2000 and 2011
Outside greenbelt | Greenbelt | Inside greenbelt | ||||||||||
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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 |
Settled area is based on Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada's 30 m land cover code for developed areas.
Agricultural land area is based on the Census
of Agriculture variable total farm area.
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.
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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