Census of Environment: Spatial information products
Human landscape modification index: Geospatial files

Release date: June 25, 2026
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This product contains a raster dataset that represents the degree of direct landscape modifications to Canada's terrestrial and freshwater extent (excluding the Great Lakes) circa 2020 at 30 m spatial resolution. It is an index with values ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores represent progressively more altered or intensively-used ecosystems and lower scores represent less altered and more naturally intact ecosystems. The main purpose of the dataset is to help measure ecosystem condition to support ecosystem accounting. It was created through the integration of multiple spatial datasets, including land cover and linear feature 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 Resource Type, Format and Reference Period (appearing as column headers).
Title Resource Type Format Reference Period
Human landscape modification index: Data product specifications Supporting Document PDF 2020
Human landscape modification index: 2020 Dataset GeoTiff 2020

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Catalogue no. 16-510-X

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