Table 2
Variables of demand for wetland services, indicators
of demand for multiple services, southern Canada, 2011
Sub-drainage area code | Area 1 | Indicators of demand for multiple services | ||||||
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Population | Population density | Land in agriculture | Livestock density | Average natural land parcel size | Average distance to natural land parcel | |||
code | square kilometres | persons | persons per square kilometre | percent of area | animals per square kilometre | square kilometres | metres | |
Saint John and Southern Bay of Fundy | 01A | 41,987 | 413,990 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 70 | 57.0 | 14 |
Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northern Bay of Fundy | 01B | 60,653 | 452,765 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 2 | 88.6 | 6 |
Prince Edward Island | 01C | 5,943 | 140,204 | 23.6 | 40.5 | 96 | 2.3 | 229 |
Bay of Fundy and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia | 01D | 21,499 | 319,417 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 203 | 19.9 | 26 |
Southeastern Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia | 01E | 23,222 | 466,559 | 20.1 | 3.0 | 21 | 39.8 | 4 |
Cape Breton Island | 01F | 10,685 | 135,933 | 12.7 | 2.4 | 1 | 38.0 | 6 |
Northwestern Lake Superior | 02A | 51,541 | 131,349 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 s | 104.2 | 1 |
Northeastern Lake Superior | 02B | 61,283 | 42,043 | 0.7 | 0 s | 0 s | 213.1 | 0 |
Northern Lake Huron | 02C | 45,421 | 257,964 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1 | 57.1 | 3 |
Wanapitei and French, Ontario | 02D | 19,669 | 92,832 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 3 | 61.7 | 3 |
Eastern Georgian Bay | 02E | 28,778 | 796,438 | 27.7 | 13.0 | 66 | 6.3 | 86 |
Eastern Lake Huron | 02F | 33,728 | 314,290 | 9.3 | 29.6 | 448 | 0.8 | 404 |
Northern Lake Erie | 02G | 35,302 | 2,204,745 | 62.5 | 46.9 | 709 | 0.3 | 580 |
Lake Ontario and Niagara Peninsula | 02H | 39,336 | 7,394,483 | 188.0 | 22.4 | 265 | 2.7 | 247 |
Upper Ottawa | 02J | 50,670 | 109,703 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2 | 39.9 | 9 |
Central Ottawa | 02K | 40,753 | 475,802 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 5 | 23.7 | 22 |
Lower Ottawa | 02L | 54,719 | 1,373,928 | 25.1 | 10.9 | 57 | 12.7 | 56 |
Upper St. Lawrence | 02M | 6,139 | 272,852 | 44.4 | 36.8 | 140 | 1.9 | 264 |
Saint-Maurice | 02N | 42,251 | 125,895 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 3 | 95.6 | 1 |
Central St. Lawrence | 02O | 35,600 | 4,989,375 | 140.2 | 39.4 | 794 | 4.3 | 245 |
Lower St. Lawrence | 02P | 37,780 | 1,247,461 | 33.0 | 22.3 | 256 | 10.4 | 70 |
Northern Gaspé Peninsula | 02Q | 13,383 | 128,780 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 27 | 19.5 | 30 |
Saguenay | 02R | 88,072 | 276,001 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 7 | 102.0 | 8 |
Betsiamites, coast | 02S | 27,473 | 13,750 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 s | 152.4 | 0 |
Northern Newfoundland | 02Y | 66,153 | 155,994 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0 s | 102.2 | 0 |
Southern Newfoundland | 02Z | 44,441 | 331,797 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 25 | 71.1 | 1 |
Nottaway, coast | 03A | 67,938 | 23,793 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 s | 155.2 | 0 |
Kenogami | 04J | 52,370 | 6,799 | 0.1 | 0 s | 0 s | 386.2 | 0 s |
Missinaibi and Mattagami | 04L | 60,593 | 57,879 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 s | 489.3 | 0 |
Abitibi | 04M | 29,291 | 43,125 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 56.5 | 9 |
Harricanaw, coast | 04N | 43,509 | 57,810 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 4 | 239.1 | 2 |
Upper South Saskatchewan | 05A | 46,410 | 266,878 | 5.8 | 84.8 | 108 | 2.2 | 595 |
Bow | 05B | 25,628 | 1,313,058 | 51.2 | 55.6 | 39 | 3.8 | 324 |
Red Deer | 05C | 50,315 | 265,648 | 5.3 | 82.2 | 94 | 1.3 | 566 |
Upper North Saskatchewan | 05D | 27,983 | 439,197 | 15.7 | 21.0 | 18 | 7.3 | 107 |
Central North Saskatchewan | 05E | 42,275 | 889,643 | 21.0 | 78.2 | 74 | 0.6 | 650 |
Battle | 05F | 30,241 | 130,578 | 4.3 | 87.7 | 110 | 0.3 | 826 |
Lower North Saskatchewan | 05G | 49,652 | 99,464 | 2.0 | 80.1 | 29 | 0.7 | 807 |
Lower South Saskatchewan | 05H | 55,268 | 324,195 | 5.9 | 88.2 | 58 | 0.8 | 1,102 |
Qu'Appelle | 05J | 74,589 | 333,203 | 4.5 | 86.1 | 26 | 0.5 | 1,295 |
Saskatchewan | 05K | 81,194 | 64,292 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 4 | 12.3 | 234 |
Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba | 05L | 82,719 | 82,868 | 1.0 | 36.2 | 22 | 3.5 | 209 |
Assiniboine | 05M | 51,259 | 345,025 | 6.7 | 74.9 | 50 | 0.7 | 500 |
Souris | 05N | 39,591 | 69,291 | 1.8 | 87.3 | 19 | 0.6 | 1,062 |
Red | 05O | 25,266 | 717,652 | 28.4 | 74.8 | 350 | 0.6 | 476 |
Winnipeg | 05P | 55,104 | 56,068 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 7 | 20.1 | 7 |
English | 05Q | 52,550 | 26,718 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 s | 40.4 | 0 |
Eastern Lake Winnipeg | 05R | 63,642 | 4,665 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 101.4 | 0 |
Western Lake Winnipeg | 05S | 41,819 | 32,851 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 11 | 9.0 | 72 |
Beaver, Alberta and Saskatchewan | 06A | 49,940 | 63,563 | 1.3 | 23.7 | 6 | 8.6 | 87 |
Upper Athabasca | 07A | 34,856 | 43,284 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 1 | 94.6 | 7 |
Central Athabasca, upper | 07B | 40,496 | 59,482 | 1.5 | 25.2 | 16 | 6.6 | 121 |
Central Athabasca, lower | 07C | 57,030 | 38,192 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2 | 48.9 | 13 |
Smoky | 07G | 51,508 | 102,125 | 2.0 | 20.9 | 6 | 11.0 | 99 |
Nass, coast | 08D | 29,036 | 2,438 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 327.8 | 0 |
Skeena, coast | 08E | 55,751 | 55,522 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0 s | 517.3 | 0 |
Central coastal waters, British Columbia | 08F | 54,658 | 13,528 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 s | 96.9 | 0 s |
Sub-drainage area code | Area 1 | Indicators of demand for multiple services | ||||||
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Population | Population density | Land in agriculture | Livestock density | Average natural land parcel size | Average distance to natural land parcel | |||
code | square kilometres | persons | persons per square kilometre | percent of area | animals per square kilometre | square kilometres | metres | |
Southern coastal waters, British Columbia | 08G | 41,986 | 687,662 | 16.4 | 0.3 | 13 | 183.3 | 2 |
Vancouver Island | 08H | 34,882 | 737,398 | 21.1 | 1.4 | 20 | 93.7 | 4 |
Nechako | 08J | 47,332 | 61,488 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1 | 248.0 | 2 |
Upper Fraser | 08K | 67,088 | 73,650 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1 | 734.5 | 1 |
Thompson | 08L | 55,777 | 185,393 | 3.3 | 10.1 | 25 | 381.0 | 2 |
Lower Fraser | 08M | 61,880 | 2,018,645 | 32.6 | 5.4 | 281 | 80.6 | 10 |
Columbia | 08N | 102,925 | 488,653 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 7 | 390.6 | 2 |
Queen Charlotte Islands | 08O | 10,049 | 4,370 | 0.4 | 0 s | 0 | 83.4 | 0 s |
Skagit | 08P | 1,027 | 140 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1,021.5 | 0 |
Missouri | 11A | 27,097 | 8,701 | 0.3 | 84.9 | 0 | 3.4 | 366 |
Total area of the sub-drainage area including
large bodies of water.
Note(s):
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0035 and 153-0036 (accessed November 28, 2013).
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Statistics Canada, special tabulation,
Census of Agriculture, Census Geographic Component Base 2011. Natural
Resources Canada, 2012, Canada 250m Land Cover Time Series 2000-2011,
Earth Sciences Sector, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, ftp://ftp.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ad/Pouliot/LCTS/LCTS_V1/ (accessed
May 8, 2013). Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics
Division, 2013, special tabulation.
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