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Protected and conserved area extent, by ecoprovince and marine ecoregion depth class, 2020

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Map: Protected and conserved area extent, by ecoprovince and marine ecoregion depth class, 2020

Description for Map

The title of this map is “Protected and conserved area extent, by ecoprovince and marine ecoregion depth class, 2020.” This map displays the locations of protected and conserved areas in Canada, as well as the proportion of each ecoprovince and marine ecoregion depth class that is conserved.

On the page, there is one large map of Canada, two legends to the upper left and right and a scale bar to the bottom left. The map delineates ecoprovinces and marine ecoregions (by depth class) with fine lines.

The map shows the percentage of the area of each marine ecoregion depth class that is protected or conserved in varying shades of blue, with darker blue indicating a higher percentage. Similarly, the percentage of protected or conserved area of ecoprovinces is shown in varying shades of green, with darker green indicating a higher percentage.

The legend is split into two sections: percentage by marine ecoregion and depth class and percentage by ecoprovince. In the first section there are five categories: 0% to less than 1% (pale light blue), 1% to less than 10% (turquoise), 10% to less than 20% (blue), 20% to less than 40% (dark blue), and 40% to less than 100% (navy blue). In the second section there are five categories: 0% to less than 1% (white), 1% to less than 10% (mint green), 10% to less than 20% (green), 20% to less than 40% (forest green), and 40% to less than 100% (deep forest green). Locations of protected and conserved areas are shown as yellow polygons.

The map shows a general trend: there are higher proportions of protected or conserved area in western and northern ecoprovinces in Canada and over half of protected or conserved marine ecoregions are in the Arctic.

Notes: Protected and conserved areas have been divided into terrestrial and marine parts. Any overlap between protected and conserved areas has been removed to avoid double counting.

Sources:
Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2020, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, December 2020, https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-wildlife-areas/protected-conserved-areas-database.html (accessed September 22, 2020).


Legend
Protected and conserved areas
Table summary
This table displays the results of Protected and conserved areas. The information is grouped by Percentage by marine ecoregion and depth class (appearing as row headers), (appearing as column headers).
Percentage by marine ecoregion and depth class
40% to less than 100% Navy blue
20% to less than 40% Dark blue
10% to less than 20% Blue
1% to less than 10% Turquoise blue
0% to less than 1% Pale light blue
Percentage by ecoprovince
40% to less than 100% Deep forest green
20% to less than 40% Forest green
10% to less than 20% Green
1% to less than 10% Mint green
0% to less than 1% White
Protected or conserved area Yellow
Regions Shape
Ecoprovince Grey outline
Marine ecoregion Blue outline
Depth class Light grey outline
Protected or conserved area Yellow

Data - Marine ecoregion
Protected and conserved area, by marine ecoregion and depth class, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Protected and conserved area. The information is grouped by Marine ecoregion and depth class (appearing as row headers), Total area, Protected and conserved area and Share of marine ecoregion protected or conserved by depth class, calculated using km2 and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Marine ecoregion and depth class Total area Protected and conserved area Share of marine ecoregion protected or conserved by depth class
km2 percentage
Strait of Georgia 8,970 458 5.1
Coastal 3,273 392 12.1
Epipelagic 3,173 62 1.9
Mesopelagic 2,522 3 0.1
Bathypelagic 2 0 0.0
Southern Shelf 28,158 786 2.8
Coastal 4,132 642 16.0
Epipelagic 11,176 141 1.3
Mesopelagic 4,583 3 0.1
Bathypelagic 8,267 0 0.0
Offshore Pacific 315,724 92,977 29.4
Coastal 3 3 100.0
Epipelagic 15 15 100.0
Mesopelagic 211 205 97.2
Bathypelagic 315,495 92,754 29.4
Northern Shelf 101,328 16,668 16.4
Coastal 23,423 3,993 17.1
Epipelagic 39,737 7,644 19.2
Mesopelagic 25,109 3,427 13.6
Bathypelagic 13,060 1,603 12.3
Arctic Basin 752,053 284,091 37.8
Coastal 142 101 72.0
Epipelagic 13,117 9,853 75.1
Mesopelagic 224,802 115,044 51.2
Bathypelagic 513,992 159,094 31.0
Western Arctic 539,793 12,085 2.2
Coastal 177,824 10,877 6.1
Epipelagic 189,473 1,148 0.6
Mesopelagic 172,497 60 0.0
Arctic Archipelago 268,797 38,923 14.5
Coastal 43,739 7,347 16.8
Epipelagic 91,959 15,723 17.1
Mesopelagic 133,099 15,853 11.9
Eastern Arctic 782,639 174,061 22.2
Coastal 77,149 12,112 15.8
Epipelagic 154,899 25,731 16.6
Mesopelagic 362,773 119,538 32.9
Bathypelagic 187,819 16,680 8.9
Hudson Bay Complex 1,244,644 8,684 0.7
Coastal 343,386 8,507 2.5
Epipelagic 759,653 177 0.0
Mesopelagic 141,606 0 0.0
Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves 1,041,656 118,425 11.4
Coastal 49,994 364 0.8
Epipelagic 350,532 1,783 0.5
Mesopelagic 287,743 39,662 13.8
Bathypelagic 344,977 76,616 22.2
Abyssalpelagic 8,410 0 0.0
Scotian Shelf 416,485 25,736 6.2
Coastal 25,964 741 2.9
Epipelagic 145,984 13,368 9.2
Mesopelagic 28,277 1,763 6.2
Bathypelagic 102,137 6,301 6.2
Abyssalpelagic 114,123 3,563 3.1
Gulf of St. Lawrence 246,646 21,700 8.8
Coastal 63,504 11,373 18.5
Epipelagic 107,183 3,633 3.4
Mesopelagic 75,959 6,695 8.8

Data - Ecoprovince
Protected and conserved area, by ecoprovince, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Protected and conserved area. The information is grouped by Ecoprovince (appearing as row headers), Total area, Protected and conserved area and Share of ecoprovince protected and conserved , calculated using km2 and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ecoprovince Total area Protected and conserved area Share of ecoprovince protected and conserved
km2 percentage
Northern Arctic Cordillera 113,667 14,119 12.4
Southern Arctic Cordillera 129,758 41,849 32.3
Sverdrup Islands 65,520 0 0.0
Ellesmere Basin 129,117 21,690 16.8
Victoria Lowlands 429,668 43,780 10.2
Parry Channel Plateau 134,422 11,893 8.8
Boothia–Foxe Shield 546,492 30,032 5.5
Baffin Uplands 131,350 1,898 1.4
Foxe–Boothia Lowlands 80,387 6,587 8.2
Amundsen Lowlands 308,466 24,263 7.9
Keewatin Lowlands 383,489 107,852 28.1
Ungava–Belcher 158,527 25,029 15.8
Mackenzie Foothills 86,572 28,729 33.2
Great Bear Lowlands 340,206 43,864 12.9
Hay–Slave Lowlands 235,507 26,757 11.4
Western Taiga Shield 635,379 73,462 11.6
Eastern Taiga 394,475 55,101 14.0
Labrador Uplands 250,152 13,051 5.2
Whale River Lowland 114,641 20,522 17.9
Western Boreal Shield 524,821 23,959 4.6
Mid-Boreal Shield 500,600 83,776 16.7
Eastern Boreal Shield 354,666 33,848 9.5
Newfoundland 111,239 7,443 6.7
Lake of the Woods 71,646 9,691 13.5
Southern Boreal Shield 319,993 29,237 9.1
Appalachian–Acadian Highlands 94,951 4,088 4.3
Northumberland Lowlands 35,629 1,339 3.8
Fundy Uplands 71,086 7,992 11.2
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands 88,174 1,905 2.2
Huron–Erie Plains 24,724 190 0.8
Boreal Foothills 124,690 2,838 2.3
Central Boreal Plains 483,992 68,846 14.2
Eastern Boreal Plains 130,770 8,232 6.3
Eastern Prairies 32,872 369 1.1
Parkland Prairies 177,448 7,416 4.2
Central Grassland 254,376 20,380 8.0
Northern Yukon Mountains 26,893 9,184 34.2
Old Crow–Eagle Plains 20,760 9,210 44.4
Ogilvie Mountains 60,089 5,901 9.8
Mackenzie–Selwyn Mountains 159,487 22,066 13.8
Wrangel Mountains 24,471 21,967 89.8
Northern Boreal Cordillera 239,038 10,728 4.5
Southern Boreal Cordillera 168,162 53,700 31.9
Western Boreal Cordillera 38,797 0 0.0
Georgia Depression 19,470 2,501 12.8
Southern Coastal Mountains 158,751 41,609 26.2
Northern Coastal Mountains 31,881 7,604 23.8
Northern Montane Cordillera 141,283 13,570 9.6
Central Montane Cordillera 106,009 24,163 22.8
Southern Montane Cordillera 59,034 7,451 12.6
Columbia Montane Cordillera 180,331 60,653 33.6
Hudson Bay Coastal Plains 64,090 27,729 43.3
Hudson–James Lowlands 311,730 17,916 5.7
Great Lakes 88,379 11,516 13.0
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