Canadian species index

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Canadian species index represents the average percent change in the sizes of Canadian vertebrate species' populations since 1970. The index is an "average of trends", rather than a measure of change in the total number of animals: each species, whether it is common or rare, has the same effect on the index. The index reports general trends rather than progress towards desired levels. Animal wildlife populations depend on healthy habitats and can be negatively impacted by threats such as pollution or hunting. Trends in animal populations are a good proxy measure of overall trends in biodiversity and ecosystem health. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.


Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2023-10-10T20:51:41
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2023-09-28
Date (Creation)
2018-02-26
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng
Metadata language

fre
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

Keywords

Theme

  • environmental indicators, nature, biological resources, canadian species index, vertebrate populations, populations, species group, wildlife, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Nature and Biodiversity

Geography

  • National (CA)

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environmental indicators

  • Population

Business Functions

  • Protect Species Well-Being

  • Plans and Reports for Species
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
1970-01-01
End Date
2018-12-31

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Distribution

Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
 
 

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Keywords

environmental indicators, nature, biological resources, canadian species index, vertebrate populations, populations, species group, wildlife, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles
Business Functions
Plans and Reports for Species Protect Species Well-Being
ECCC Information Category EN
Nature and Biodiversity
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Environmental indicators Population

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