Chart 2.23
Protected area by age class and category, 2006

Chart 2.23 Protected area by age class and category, 2006

Data table for Chart 2.23
Data table for Chart 2.23
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 2.23. The information is grouped by International Union for Conservation of Nature category (appearing as row headers), 01-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-100, 101-120, 121-140, 141-160, 161-180, 181-200, 201 and more, Other and Total, calculated using square kilometres units of measure (appearing as column headers).
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) category 01-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100 101-120 121-140 141-160 161-180 181-200 201+ Other Total
square kilometres
Total 6,707 10,024 30,949 47,071 47,919 34,658 10,959 9,876 7,172 6,182 23,788 5,106 240,410
Ia 264 384 594 512 995 644 47 64 63 0 1 3 3,571
Ib 1,330 2,167 6,700 16,319 10,995 8,874 2,307 1,305 2,299 1,436 9,737 2,774 66,243
II 4,177 6,248 21,631 26,927 27,780 16,158 8,326 8,495 4,780 4,746 13,645 2,186 145,097
III 590 115 1,234 1,792 4,949 7,602 100 0 0 0 17 8 16,406
IV, V, VI and other 347 1,111 791 1,522 3,201 1,380 178 12 30 0 388 135 9,093
Notes: Protected areas are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), https://iucn.org. Categories include: Ia - managed mainly for science; Ib - managed mainly for wilderness protection; II - managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation; III - managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features; IV - managed mainly for conservation through management intervention; V - managed mainly for landscape/seascape protection and recreation; VI - managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural resources; Other - with missing or unknown category. Canada's National Forest Inventory obtained data on protected areas from the Conservation Areas Reporting and Tracking System (CARTS).
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, 2013, Table 9.1 Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada, 2006 revised baseline, Version 3, December 2013, https://nfi.nfis.org/en/standardreports (accessed April 24, 2017).
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