Table 3.5
Landscape condition indicators, by ecoprovince
| Ecoprovince | Code | Average patch size of natural and semi-natural land, 2016 | Average distance to patch of natural and semi-natural land, 2016 | Linear feature density, 2016 | Water crossing density, 2011 | Human landscape modification index, 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | m | m/km2 | crossings/km2 | Score (0 to 100) | ||
| Canada | Note ...: not applicable | 436.0 | 24.8 | 194.5 | 0.09 | 7.9 |
| Northern Arctic Cordillera | 1.1 | 1,457.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Southern Arctic Cordillera | 1.2 | 186.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Sverdrup Islands | 2.1 | 155.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.5 |
| Ellesmere Basin | 2.2 | 514.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.3 |
| Victoria Lowlands | 2.3 | 210.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Parry Channel Plateau | 2.4 | 1,018.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Boothia–Foxe Shield | 2.5 | 69.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Baffin Uplands | 2.6 | 6,913.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Foxe–Boothia Lowlands | 2.7 | 179.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 0.3 |
| Amundsen Lowlands | 3.1 | 317.9 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.01 | 1.1 |
| Keewatin Lowlands | 3.2 | 140.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.1 |
| Ungava–Belcher | 3.3 | 94.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.00 | 0.1 |
| Mackenzie Foothills | 4.1 | 187.8 | 0.0 | 82.8 | 0.06 | 4.0 |
| Great Bear Lowlands | 4.2 | 136.2 | 0.0 | 116.0 | 0.05 | 5.1 |
| Hay–Slave Lowlands | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 606.3 | 0.23 | 6.2 |
| Western Taiga Shield | 5.1 | 1,267.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.00 | 0.7 |
| Eastern Taiga | 5.2 | 1,210.4 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 0.9 |
| Labrador Uplands | 5.3 | 359.1 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 0.01 | 1.3 |
| Whale River Lowland | 5.4 | 1,662.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0.2 |
| Western Boreal Shield | 6.1 | 85.4 | 0.2 | 29.2 | 0.01 | 3.5 |
| Mid-Boreal Shield | 6.2 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 111.9 | 0.05 | 8.1 |
| Eastern Boreal Shield | 6.3 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 59.1 | 0.04 | 4.8 |
| Newfoundland | 6.4 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 309.5 | 0.16 | 11.6 |
| Lake of the Woods | 6.5 | 3.9 | 12.7 | 339.1 | 0.12 | 14.9 |
| Southern Boreal Shield | 6.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 372.7 | 0.27 | 15.5 |
| Appalachian–Acadian Highlands | 7.1 | 2.4 | 12.9 | 555.9 | 0.39 | 20.5 |
| Northumberland Lowlands | 7.2 | 1.7 | 20.7 | 849.0 | 0.34 | 23.8 |
| Fundy Uplands | 7.3 | 1.8 | 13.0 | 825.8 | 0.36 | 21.1 |
| Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands | 8.1 | 1.3 | 154.1 | 1,815.4 | 0.85 | 43.8 |
| Huron–Erie Plains | 8.2 | 1.1 | 330.7 | 2,769.4 | 1.24 | 57.2 |
| Boreal Foothills | 9.1 | 2.1 | 8.3 | 1,132.0 | 0.47 | 15.0 |
| Central Boreal Plains | 9.2 | 2.4 | 47.6 | 588.4 | 0.15 | 19.2 |
| Eastern Boreal Plains | 9.3 | 6.8 | 18.2 | 285.0 | 0.03 | 12.0 |
| Eastern Prairies | 10.1 | 1.8 | 508.0 | 1,249.9 | 0.23 | 43.5 |
| Parkland Prairies | 10.2 | 1.1 | 203.6 | 1,032.8 | 0.41 | 50.5 |
| Central Grassland | 10.3 | 1.0 | 515.4 | 833.5 | 0.33 | 53.3 |
| Northern Yukon Mountains | 11.1 | 506.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.01 | 1.9 |
| Old Crow–Eagle Plains | 11.2 | 1,869.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.02 | 5.0 |
| Ogilvie Mountains | 11.3 | 78.4 | 0.0 | 97.2 | 0.09 | 6.1 |
| Mackenzie–Selwyn Mountains | 11.4 | 454.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.01 | 2.2 |
| Wrangel Mountains | 12.1 | 24,469.5 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.00 | 1.3 |
| Northern Boreal Cordillera | 12.2 | 57.7 | 0.1 | 37.8 | 0.04 | 5.6 |
| Southern Boreal Cordillera | 12.3 | 366.9 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 0.02 | 3.2 |
| Western Boreal Cordillera | 12.4 | 50.4 | 0.0 | 44.7 | 0.04 | 6.7 |
| Georgia Depression | 13.1 | 1.8 | 56.0 | 1,692.3 | 0.79 | 26.4 |
| Southern Coastal Mountains | 13.2 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 88.7 | 0.17 | 8.9 |
| Northern Coastal Mountains | 13.3 | 304.6 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0.01 | 1.9 |
| Northern Montane Cordillera | 14.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 118.2 | 0.11 | 8.8 |
| Central Montane Cordillera | 14.2 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 193.7 | 0.17 | 14.2 |
| Southern Montane Cordillera | 14.3 | 1.9 | 17.7 | 551.4 | 0.57 | 18.7 |
| Columbia Montane Cordillera | 14.4 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 219.3 | 0.21 | 11.7 |
| Hudson Bay Coastal Plains | 15.1 | 455.3 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 0.01 | 0.7 |
| Hudson–James Lowlands | 15.2 | 486.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 0.8 |
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... not applicable Notes: Linear features include roads, rail lines, cutlines and electrical transmission lines that fragment landscapes. Water crossings include, for example, road crossings of bridges and culverts. The human landscape modification index is a measure of direct human modifications to the landscape. For more information, see Appendix A. Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment and Energy Statistics Division, 2021, special tabulation based on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 2015, Land Use, 2010, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/18e3ef1a-497c-40c6-8326-aac1a34a0dec (accessed June 1, 2020); AAFC, 2020, Land Use, 2015 (beta version); Natural Resources Canada, 2017, Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/8ba2aa2a-7bb9-4448-b4d7-f164409fe056 (accessed December 21, 2020); Statistics Canada, 2017, Road Network File, 2016, https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/92-500-X (accessed December 21, 2020); AAFC, 2016, Interpolated Census of Agriculture, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1dee8513-5c73-43b6-9446-25f7b985cd00 (accessed December 3, 2020); Guindon, L., et al., 2017, Canada Landsat Disturbance (CanLaD): a Canada-wide Landsat-based 30-m resolution product of fire and harvest detection and attribution since 1984, https://doi.org/10.23687/add1346b-f632-4eb9-a83d-a662b38655ad (accessed July 20, 2020); data file downloaded from https://opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nfis-change_eng.html (accessed July 20, 2020). |
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