Census of Environment: Spatial information products
Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Extent: Geospatial files

Release date: December 16, 2024
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This product contains gridded datasets of ocean and coastal ecosystem extent for ocean and coastal areas of Canada.

Mapping the extent of ocean ecosystems is the first stage in creating spatially explicit accounts, to help understand the ocean and coastal ecosystems of Canada.

The files cover the area from the coastline, defined by the 2021 Statistics Canada Census of Population, to the outer boundary of Canada’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Coastal areas of salt marsh are also included in the files.

Contact information: statcan.environ-environ.statcan@statcan.gc.ca
Main product: Census of Environment: Spatial information products

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The information is grouped by Title (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Title Resource Type Format Reference Period
Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Extent: Data product specifications Supporting Document PDF 2023
Ocean floor and coastal ecosystems: 2023 Dataset GeoTiff 2023
Ocean depth classes: 2023 Dataset GeoTiff 2023

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Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada.

© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Industry, 2024

Catalogue no. 16-510-X

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