Map 2.6
Linear feature density by ecoregion, 2011
Description for Map 2.6
The title of this map is "Linear feature density by ecoregion, 2011." This map shows the density of infrastructure such as roads, rail lines, electrical transmission lines and cutlines for the 194 ecoregions of Canada.
On this map, a darker colour indicates a higher density of linear features. Category 1 (brown) is greater than or equal to 1200 m/km2, category 2 (dark orange) is 750 m/km2 to less than 1200 m/km2, category 3 (orange) is 500 m/km2 to less than 750 m/km2, category 4 (light orange) is 250 m/km2 to less than 500 m/km2 and category 5 (cream) is less than 250 m/km2.
A solid black line defines provincial boundaries while a grey line defines ecoregion boundaries. Water is pale blue.
Ecoregions with the highest linear feature density include the Lower Mainland in the Pacific Maritime ecozone in British Columbia, as well as the Lake Erie Lowland and St. Lawrence Lowlands in the Mixedwood Plains ecozone in southern Ontario and Quebec. Other ecozones where select ecoregions had a higher linear feature density include the Montane Cordillera, Prairies, Boreal Plains, Atlantic Maritime and Taiga Plains. In general, linear feature density was lower in Canada's more northerly ecoregions.
Notes: Linear feature density refers to the density of roads, rail lines, electrical transmission lines and cutlines (e.g., from seismic lines and firebreaks), measured in metres of linear features per square kilometre. Other infrastructure such as pipelines are not included. Data are aggregated into 194 ecoregions of Canada (Ecological Land Classification 2017).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2018, special tabulation of Natural Resources Canada, 2012, CanVec, Earth Science Sector, Mapping Information Branch, Centre for Topographic Information, http://geogratis.gc.ca (accessed October 9, 2017); Statistics Canada, 2013, "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada," Human Activity and the Environment, Catalogue no. 16-201-X.
| Category | Linear feature density (m/km2) | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ≥ 1,200 | Brown |
| 2 | 750 to < 1,200 | Dark orange |
| 3 | 500 to < 750 | Orange |
| 4 | 250 to < 500 | Light Orange |
| 5 | 0 to < 250 | Cream |
| Name | Code | Linear feature density (m/km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Cordillera | ||
| Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps | 01.011.001 | 0.0 |
| Baffin Mountains | 01.012.005 | 0.3 |
| Baffin Island Coastal Lowlands | 01.012.006 | 2.4 |
| Torngat Mountains | 01.012.007 | 0.0 |
| Northern Arctic | ||
| Sverdrup Islands Lowland | 02.021.011 | 0.0 |
| Ellesmere Mountains | 02.022.008 | 0.0 |
| Eureka Hills | 02.022.009 | 0.2 |
| Parry Islands Plateau | 02.023.012 | 0.7 |
| Banks Island Coastal Plain | 02.023.014 | 0.9 |
| Banks Island Lowland | 02.023.015 | 0.2 |
| Amundsen Gulf Lowlands | 02.023.016 | 0.8 |
| Shaler Mountains | 02.023.017 | 0.0 |
| Victoria Islands Lowland | 02.023.018 | 0.1 |
| Prince of Wales Island Lowland | 02.023.019 | 0.0 |
| Lancaster Plateau | 02.024.013 | 0.1 |
| Borden Peninsula Plateau | 02.024.022 | 2.6 |
| Boothia Peninsula Plateau | 02.025.020 | 0.4 |
| Melville Peninsula Plateau | 02.025.023 | 0.1 |
| Pangnirtung Upland | 02.025.026 | 0.5 |
| Meta Incognita Peninsula | 02.025.028 | 0.9 |
| Wager Bay Plateau | 02.025.030 | 0.2 |
| Northern Ungava Peninsula | 02.025.031 | 1.3 |
| Baffin Island Uplands | 02.026.024 | 0.0 |
| Hall Peninsula Upland | 02.026.027 | 0.0 |
| Baffin Upland | 02.026.029 | 0.0 |
| Gulf of Boothia Plain | 02.027.021 | 0.3 |
| Foxe Basin Plain | 02.027.025 | 1.5 |
| Southern Arctic | ||
| Yukon Coastal Plain | 03.031.032 | 0.0 |
| Tuktoyaktuk Coastal Plain | 03.031.033 | 4.3 |
| Anderson River Plain | 03.031.034 | 2.3 |
| Dease Arm Plain | 03.031.035 | 29.5 |
| Coronation Hills | 03.031.036 | 0.3 |
| Bluenose Lake Plain | 03.031.037 | 1.2 |
| Bathurst Hills | 03.031.038 | 0.0 |
| Takijuq Lake Upland | 03.031.041 | 0.1 |
| Queen Maud Gulf Lowland | 03.032.039 | 0.0 |
| Chantrey Inlet Lowland | 03.032.040 | 0.0 |
| Garry Lake Lowland | 03.032.042 | 0.1 |
| Back River Plain | 03.032.043 | 0.0 |
| Dubawnt Lake Plain/Upland | 03.032.044 | 0.0 |
| Maguse River Upland | 03.032.045 | 1.1 |
| Southampton Island Plain | 03.032.046 | 1.2 |
| Central Ungava Peninsula | 03.033.047 | 0.9 |
| Ottawa Islands | 03.033.048 | 0.0 |
| Belcher Islands | 03.033.049 | 2.8 |
| Taiga Plains | ||
| Peel River Plateau | 04.041.051 | 102.2 |
| Nahanni Plateau | 04.041.061 | 0.0 |
| Sibbeston Lake Plain | 04.041.062 | 53.6 |
| Mackenzie Delta | 04.042.050 | 7.0 |
| Great Bear Lake Plain | 04.042.052 | 42.0 |
| Fort McPherson Plain | 04.042.053 | 294.3 |
| Colville Hills | 04.042.054 | 75.8 |
| Norman Range | 04.042.055 | 116.7 |
| Mackenzie River Plain | 04.042.056 | 146.0 |
| Grandin Plains | 04.042.057 | 0.0 |
| Franklin Mountains | 04.042.058 | 60.0 |
| Keller Lake Plain | 04.042.059 | 9.6 |
| Great Slave Lake Plain | 04.042.060 | 46.5 |
| Horn Plateau | 04.042.063 | 232.8 |
| Hay River Lowland | 04.043.064 | 631.0 |
| Northern Alberta Uplands | 04.043.065 | 778.8 |
| Muskwa Plateau | 04.043.066 | 622.4 |
| Taiga Shield | ||
| Coppermine River Upland | 05.051.068 | 1.0 |
| Tazin Lake Upland | 05.051.069 | 8.7 |
| Kazan River Upland | 05.051.070 | 0.1 |
| Selwyn Lake Upland | 05.051.071 | 0.4 |
| La Grande Hills | 05.052.072 | 15.7 |
| Southern Ungava Peninsula | 05.052.073 | 0.3 |
| New Quebec Central Plateau | 05.052.074 | 2.0 |
| Kingurutik–Fraser Rivers | 05.053.077 | 0.2 |
| Smallwood Reservoir–Michikamau | 05.053.078 | 17.8 |
| Coastal Barrens | 05.053.079 | 8.4 |
| Mecatina River | 05.053.080 | 11.0 |
| Eagle Plateau | 05.053.082 | 6.1 |
| Winokapau Lake North | 05.053.084 | 20.1 |
| Goose River West | 05.053.085 | 21.8 |
| Ungava Bay Basin | 05.054.075 | 1.9 |
| George Plateau | 05.054.076 | 1.2 |
| Boreal Shield | ||
| Athabasca Plain | 06.061.087 | 5.1 |
| Churchill River Upland | 06.061.088 | 26.3 |
| Hayes River Upland | 06.061.089 | 32.8 |
| Big Trout Lake | 06.061.095 | 20.3 |
| Lac Seul Upland | 06.062.090 | 40.0 |
| Lake Nipigon | 06.062.094 | 126.4 |
| Abitibi Plains | 06.062.096 | 163.7 |
| Rupert River Plateau | 06.062.100 | 35.9 |
| Central Laurentians | 06.063.101 | 70.5 |
| Anticosti Island | 06.063.102 | 100.9 |
| Mecatina Plateau | 06.063.103 | 14.3 |
| Paradise River | 06.063.104 | 19.6 |
| Lake Melville | 06.063.105 | 47.1 |
| Strait of Belle Isle | 06.064.106 | 239.2 |
| Northern Peninsula | 06.064.107 | 239.2 |
| Long Range Mountains | 06.064.108 | 40.3 |
| Southwestern Newfoundland | 06.064.109 | 479.5 |
| Central Newfoundland | 06.064.112 | 341.9 |
| Northeastern Newfoundland | 06.064.113 | 374.3 |
| Maritime Barrens | 06.064.114 | 255.3 |
| Avalon Forest | 06.064.115 | 598.0 |
| South Avalon–Burin Oceanic Barrens | 06.064.116 | 267.0 |
| Lake of the Woods | 06.065.091 | 276.8 |
| Rainy River | 06.065.092 | 599.0 |
| Thunder Bay–Quetico | 06.065.093 | 256.3 |
| Lake Timiskaming Lowland | 06.066.097 | 225.1 |
| Algonquin–Lake Nipissing | 06.066.098 | 669.7 |
| Southern Laurentians | 06.066.099 | 241.1 |
| Atlantic Maritime | ||
| Appalachians | 07.071.117 | 627.4 |
| Northern New Brunswick Uplands | 07.071.118 | 393.7 |
| New Brunswick Highlands | 07.071.119 | 66.9 |
| Maritime Lowlands | 07.072.122 | 714.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 07.072.130 | 1,294.2 |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 07.072.131 | 1,463.9 |
| Saint John River Valley | 07.073.120 | 1,072.0 |
| Southern New Brunswick Uplands | 07.073.121 | 689.9 |
| Fundy Coast | 07.073.123 | 1,005.9 |
| Southwest Nova Scotia Uplands | 07.073.124 | 550.7 |
| Atlantic Coast | 07.073.125 | 856.7 |
| Annapolis–Minas Lowlands | 07.073.126 | 1,207.9 |
| South-central Nova Scotia Uplands | 07.073.127 | 817.0 |
| Nova Scotia Highlands | 07.073.128 | 879.0 |
| Cape Breton Highlands | 07.073.129 | 118.1 |
| Mixedwood Plains | ||
| St. Lawrence Lowlands | 08.081.132 | 2,039.4 |
| Frontenac Axis | 08.081.133 | 1,248.4 |
| Manitoulin–Lake Simcoe | 08.081.134 | 1,442.0 |
| Lake Erie Lowland | 08.082.135 | 2,714.4 |
| Boreal Plains | ||
| Clear Hills Upland | 09.091.137 | 935.4 |
| Western Alberta Upland | 09.091.145 | 1,239.1 |
| Slave River Lowland | 09.092.136 | 91.0 |
| Peace Lowland | 09.092.138 | 832.7 |
| Mid-Boreal Uplands | 09.092.139 | 351.6 |
| Wabasca Lowland | 09.092.142 | 728.3 |
| Western Boreal | 09.092.143 | 1,085.5 |
| Boreal Transition | 09.092.149 | 814.0 |
| Mid-Boreal Lowland | 09.093.148 | 76.6 |
| Interlake Plain | 09.093.155 | 451.5 |
| Prairies | ||
| Lake Manitoba Plain | 10.101.162 | 1,092.6 |
| Aspen Parkland | 10.102.156 | 980.5 |
| Southwest Manitoba Uplands | 10.102.163 | 848.4 |
| Moist Mixed Grassland | 10.103.157 | 906.5 |
| Fescue Grassland | 10.103.158 | 1,128.5 |
| Mixed Grassland | 10.103.159 | 691.4 |
| Cypress Upland | 10.103.160 | 449.0 |
| Taiga Cordillera | ||
| British–Richardson Mountains | 11.111.165 | 4.1 |
| Old Crow Basin | 11.112.166 | 16.6 |
| Old Crow Flats | 11.112.167 | 10.7 |
| North Ogilvie Mountains | 11.113.168 | 17.4 |
| Eagle Plains | 11.113.169 | 246.4 |
| Mackenzie Mountains | 11.114.170 | 2.8 |
| Selwyn Mountains | 11.114.171 | 6.4 |
| Boreal Cordillera | ||
| St. Elias Mountains | 12.121.173 | 2.9 |
| Ruby Ranges | 12.122.174 | 38.6 |
| Yukon Plateau-Central | 12.122.175 | 36.5 |
| Yukon Plateau-North | 12.122.176 | 37.6 |
| Yukon Southern Lakes | 12.122.177 | 73.6 |
| Pelly Mountains | 12.122.178 | 13.6 |
| Liard Basin | 12.122.181 | 35.2 |
| Hyland Highland | 12.122.182 | 12.8 |
| Yukon–Stikine Highlands | 12.123.179 | 15.1 |
| Boreal Mountains and Plateaus | 12.123.180 | 12.2 |
| Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains | 12.123.183 | 18.2 |
| Klondike Plateau | 12.124.172 | 43.4 |
| Pacific Maritime | ||
| Eastern Vancouver Island | 13.131.194 | 1,048.4 |
| Georgia–Puget Basin | 13.131.195 | 1,162.5 |
| Lower Mainland | 13.131.196 | 3,240.4 |
| Nass Basin | 13.132.187 | 127.7 |
| Queen Charlotte Ranges | 13.132.188 | 86.4 |
| Queen Charlotte Lowland | 13.132.189 | 98.5 |
| Nass Ranges | 13.132.190 | 137.2 |
| Coastal Gap | 13.132.191 | 30.8 |
| Pacific Ranges | 13.132.192 | 84.4 |
| Western Vancouver Island | 13.132.193 | 164.8 |
| Cascade Mountains | 13.132.197 | 727.0 |
| Mount Logan | 13.133.184 | 0.0 |
| Northern Coastal Mountains | 13.133.185 | 9.3 |
| Montane Cordillera | ||
| Skeena Mountains | 14.141.198 | 13.4 |
| Omineca Mountains | 14.141.199 | 31.7 |
| Central Canadian Rocky Mountains | 14.141.200 | 97.0 |
| Fraser Basin | 14.141.203 | 231.6 |
| Bulkley Ranges | 14.142.201 | 59.5 |
| Fraser Plateau | 14.142.202 | 206.8 |
| Chilcotin Ranges | 14.142.204 | 33.9 |
| Interior Transition Ranges | 14.143.208 | 228.1 |
| Thompson–Okanagan Plateau | 14.143.209 | 659.9 |
| Okanagan Range | 14.143.210 | 213.8 |
| Okanagan Highland | 14.143.211 | 1,313.9 |
| Columbia Mountains and Highlands | 14.144.205 | 184.9 |
| Western Continental Ranges | 14.144.206 | 78.2 |
| Eastern Continental Ranges | 14.144.207 | 145.1 |
| Selkirk–Bitterroot Foothills | 14.144.212 | 325.1 |
| Southern Rocky Mountain Trench | 14.144.213 | 842.7 |
| Northern Continental Divide | 14.144.214 | 431.8 |
| Hudson Plains | ||
| Coastal Hudson Bay Lowland | 15.151.215 | 12.6 |
| Hudson Bay Lowland | 15.152.216 | 5.1 |
| James Bay Lowlands | 15.152.217 | 10.2 |
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