Canadian Wetlands

The national wetland layer contains wetland data compiled from the best available data from each region, classified by wetland type. Wetlands are mapped as polygons in geographic layers, which are integrated into a master geodatabase at the national scale.Information from each contributing dataset was classified based on the Canadian Wetland Classification System, which contains five main wetland classes (Bog, Fen, Marsh, Swamp, and Shallow Water) that represent the types of wetlands encountered in Canada. An additional category, “partially classified” was used to preserve boundary information for wetlands that could not be classified into the main categories with existing information.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2025-04-01T20:22:28.835Z
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Series
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Souleymane Toure ( Coordinator Officer)

351 St. Joseph Blvd., 15th Floor / 351, boul. St-Joseph, 15ième étage, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
819-938-4047

819-953-7177

 

Data identification

Title

Canadian Wetlands
Date (Creation)
2013-12-02
Date (Publication)
2013-12-06
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Spatial representation type
Vector
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Souleymane Toure ( Manager)

351 St. Joseph Blvd., 15th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3, Canada
819-938-4044

819-953-7177

Keywords

Place

  • Canada
Theme

  • wetlands, bog, fen, marsh, swamp, shallow water

  • Geographic Feature

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Other

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Wetlands

Business Functions

  • Protect Species Well-Being

  • Information Systems for Species

Geography

  • National (CA)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Environmental Stewardship Branch

  • Environmental Stewardship Branch

  • Environmental Stewardship Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Canadian Wildlife Service

  • Canadian Wildlife Service

  • Canadian Wildlife Service

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified

  • Unclassified

  • Unclassified
 
Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Security Classification
Unclassified
Use Limitation

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

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
2011-04-01
End Date
2013-03-29

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4617 / 7.11.2
 
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Composite
Geometric object count
11504772

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( unknown)

  • ESRI REST ( unknown)

  • WMS ( unknown)

 
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

http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Canada Geographic Feature wetlands, bog, fen, marsh, swamp, shallow water
Business Functions

Information Systems for Species Protect Species Well-Being
ECCC Information Category EN

Other
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Wetlands
external.theme.EC_Branch

Environmental Stewardship Branch Environmental Stewardship Branch Environmental Stewardship Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Canadian Wildlife Service Canadian Wildlife Service Canadian Wildlife Service
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified


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