Extent of Canada's wetlands – Wetland extent, Canada

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Extent of Canada's wetlands indicator is a measure of the extent of Canadian wetlands, and provides a baseline from which change can be measured. A wetland is defined as a land that is saturated with water long enough to promote aquatic processes as indicated by poorly drained soils, hydrophytic vegetation and various kinds of biological activity which are adapted to a wet environment. 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 data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

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Date Stamp
2021-05-12T05:55:03
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  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
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2016-07-27
Date (Creation)
2016-07-20
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Boundaries
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Nathalie Trudeau ( Director, Information and Indicators Division )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • environmental indicators, nature, habitat, wetlands, extent of wetlands, ecosystem, bogs, fens, marches, swamps, ponds, ecosystem services

  • Observation/Measurement

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Nature and Biodiversity - Habitat

Geography

  • National (CA)

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environmental indicators

  • Wetlands

Business Functions

  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions

  • Designate and Manage Priority Habitat

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Strategic Policy Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Sustainability Directorate

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.3.1. Sustainability Reporting and Indicators

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

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

Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
2002-01-01
End Date
2014-12-31

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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

Observation/Measurement environmental indicators, nature, habitat, wetlands, extent of wetlands, ecosystem, bogs, fens, marches, swamps, ponds, ecosystem services
Business Functions
Designate and Manage Priority Habitat Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
ECCC Information Category EN
Nature and Biodiversity - Habitat
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Environmental indicators Wetlands
external.theme.EC_Branch
Strategic Policy Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Sustainability Directorate
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.3.1. Sustainability Reporting and Indicators
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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