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Table A.1
Selected land cover and land use statistics by drainage region, 2011 Table A.1
Selected land cover and land use statistics by drainage region, 2011

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Table A.1
Selected land cover and land use statistics by drainage region, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected land cover and land use statistics by drainage region code, Total area, Water area, Land area, Built-up area, 2011, Arable land, 2011, Natural land for pasture, 2011, Natural and semi-natural area, 2011, Fertilized area, 2011, Irrigated area, 2011, Barriers, 2011 and Barrier density, 2011, calculated using km2, m and m / km2 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	code	km²									m	m/km²
	code	Total area^{Table A.1 Note 1}	Water area^{Table A.1 Note 1}	Land area^{Table A.1 Note 1}	Built-up area, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 2}	Arable land, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 3}	Natural land for pasture, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 3}	Natural and semi-natural area, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 4}	Fertilized area, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 3}	Irrigated area, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 3}	Barriers, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 5}	Barrier density, 2011^{Table A.1 Note 5}
Canada	Note ...: not applicable	9,978,923	1,169,561	8,809,362	59,351	428,953	146,775	9,343,844	249,056	7,665	1,494,919,813	169.7
Pacific Coastal	1	334,455	14,219	320,236	1,547	493	635	331,781	183	79	45,332,602	141.6
Fraser–Lower Mainland	2	233,104	8,937	224,167	2,481	3,294	7,786	219,544	1,224	725	84,982,300	379.1
Okanagan–Similkameen	3	15,603	585	15,018	432	342	1,062	13,766	150	182	11,080,603	737.8
Columbia	4	87,323	2,348	84,975	666	403	898	85,356	148	117	29,827,848	351.0
Yukon	5	332,906	9,540	323,366	340	0	0	332,566	0	0	13,344,637	41.3
Peace–Athabasca	6	485,145	16,725	468,420	2,774	30,241	11,018	441,112	15,065	13	77,076,176	164.5
Lower Mackenzie	7	1,330,490	177,000	1,153,490	619	33	32	1,329,806	2	0	21,374,471	18.5
Arctic Coast–Islands	8	1,764,280	175,804	1,588,476	52	0	0	1,764,228	0	0	2,592,429	1.6
Missouri	9	27,096	915	26,181	313	11,264	11,139	4,380	3,931	144	15,343,911	586.1
North Saskatchewan	10	150,151	7,242	142,909	4,608	74,498	23,740	47,305	44,992	94	118,881,300	831.9
South Saskatchewan	11	177,623	6,219	171,404	4,866	89,676	48,350	34,732	51,958	5,236	140,858,590	821.8
Assiniboine–Red	12	190,704	8,846	181,858	5,987	118,065	21,505	45,146	74,969	266	181,360,534	997.3
Winnipeg	13	107,655	20,525	87,130	914	787	349	105,605	316	1	19,766,658	226.9
Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson	14	360,887	67,617	293,270	2,290	30,894	9,901	317,802	18,752	117	69,974,401	238.6
Churchill	15	313,568	51,918	261,650	763	5,786	4,753	302,267	1,844	5	18,492,635	70.7
Keewatin–Southern Baffin Island	16	939,569	161,011	778,558	25	0	0	939,544	0	0	385,997	0.5
Northern Ontario	17	691,809	56,064	635,745	878	485	134	690,311	88	0	27,268,966	42.9
Northern Quebec	18	940,193	149,081	791,112	749	214	15	939,215	21	0	19,679,873	24.9
Great Lakes	19	317,860	111,577	206,283	10,998	32,846	2,606	271,411	20,631	397	185,410,480	898.8
Ottawa	20	146,353	14,550	131,803	3,508	6,689	1,163	134,993	2,963	26	84,994,689	644.9
St. Lawrence	21	118,733	8,801	109,932	5,971	15,222	1,000	96,540	8,451	206	120,259,882	1,093.9
North Shore–Gaspé	22	369,095	36,933	332,162	1,599	2,372	48	365,076	700	14	39,638,603	119.3
Saint John–St. Croix	23	41,903	1,716	40,187	1,274	1,340	162	39,128	610	3	33,250,648	827.4
Maritime Coastal	24	122,057	6,495	115,562	4,215	3,922	441	113,480	2,007	40	99,884,596	864.3
Newfoundland–Labrador	25	380,361	54,893	325,468	1,486	87	40	378,749	51	0	33,856,985	104.0
Newfoundland (Island)^{Table A.1 Note 6}	Note ...: not applicable	111,186	14,235	96,952	1,240	86	40	109,819	51	0	29,637,886	305.7
... not applicable Note 1. Total area includes land and water using the Atlas of Canada 1:1,000,000 scale hydrography base and includes the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes. Water area is calculated from the Canada-wide 1-km²gridded Water Fraction derived from National Topographic Data Base maps. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Built-up area estimated for 2011 combines the land use classes for settlements and roads from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Land Use, 2010, supplemented with estimates of settlements and roads for northern areas in drainage regions 1, 5, 7, 8, 16, 18 and 25. Additional information is available in Appendix E. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Data for arable land, natural land for pasture, fertilized area and irrigated area are taken from the 2011 Interpolated Census of Agriculture, which aggregates data from the Census of Agriculture by soil landscape and drainage area units. Arable land is the sum of cropland, summerfallow and tame and seeded pasture. Other land on farms (e.g., land occupied by farm buildings, wetlands and woodlots) is included as built-up or natural land. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Natural and semi-natural land is the residual after subtracting built-up area, arable land and natural land for pasture from the total area. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Barriers include roads, rail lines and electrical transmission lines, but excludes other types of infrastructure such as pipelines. Barrier density refers to the density of these roads, rail line and transmission lines, measured in metres of barriers per square kilometre of land. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Data for Newfoundland (Island) are disaggregated from the Newfoundland–Labrador drainage region because data on the variability index, monthly water yield and trends in water yield over time are only available for this portion of the region. Return to note 6 referrer Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2017, special tabulation from Fernandes, R., G. Pavlic, W. Chen and R. Fraser, 2001, 1-km Water Fraction From National Topographic Data Base Maps, Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Science Sector, (accessed April 28, 2010); Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 2015, Land Use, 2010, (accessed September 16, 2015); AAFC and Statistics Canada, special tabulation, Census of Agriculture, Census Geographic Component Base 2011; Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Mapping Information Branch, Centre for Topographic Information, 2012, CanVec, (accessed March 1, 2012).

Date modified:: 2017-03-21