Census of Environment: Spatial information products
Land Cover Register: Geospatial files

Release date: March 27, 2025
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This product contains a raster dataset that maps Canada’s terrestrial and freshwater extent using an 11-class classification system. It represents land cover circa 2020 and has a 30-metre spatial resolution.

The main purpose of the land cover register is to identify land cover and land use assets to support ecosystem accounting. It was created through the integration of multiple land cover and land use datasets.

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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
Land Cover Register: Documentation Supporting Document PDF 2020
Land Cover Register: 2020 Dataset GeoTiff 2020

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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, 2025

Catalogue no. 16-510-X

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