The landscape of the Churchill drainage region was dominated by natural and semi-natural areas (96.4%), followed by arable land (1.8%), natural land for pasture (1.5%) and a small amount of built-up area (0.2%) in 2011.
The density of linear infrastructure including roads, rail lines and transmission lines was relatively low at 70.7 m/km2 in 2011.
The population was 94,292 in 2011, with a population density of 0.4 persons/km2.
Surface freshwater intake from drinking water plants, manufacturing and mining was 7.7 million m3 in 2013.
The average annual water yield was 51.0 km3 over the period 1971 to 2013. The water yield per unit area was 0.16 m3/m2, compared to 0.35 m3/m2 at the Canada level. Data on the monthly yield and trends over time are not available. Evapotranspiration was 0.24 m3/m2—close to the Canada level of 0.23 m3/m2.
