2015 Land Cover of Canada

Land cover information is necessary for a large range of environmental applications related to climate impacts and adaption, emergency response, wildlife habitat, etc. In Canada, a 2008 user survey indicated that the most practical land cover data is provided in a nationwide 30 m spatial resolution format, with an update frequency of five years. In response to this need, the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has generated a 30 m land cover map of Canada for the base year 2010, as well as this 2015 land cover map. This land cover dataset is also the Canadian contribution to the 30 m spatial resolution 2015 Land Cover Map of North America, which is produced by Mexican, American and Canadian government institutions under a collaboration called the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS). This land cover dataset for Canada is produced using observation from Operational Land Imager (OLI) Landsat sensor. An accuracy assessment based on 806 randomly distributed samples shows that land cover data produced with this new approach has achieved 79.90% accuracy with no marked spatial disparities.

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 21:11 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 21:11 (TU)
contains_pii non
crisis_categories Sécurité publique
criticality_level Faible
data_formats TIFF; WMS
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/4e615eae-b90c-420b-adee-2ca35896caf6
subject form_descriptors, nature_and_environment, science_and_technology
update_frequency as_needed
year_most_recent 2025-04-29 13:00:24.971000
year_start 2019-11-06 16:10:36.635000