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Heritage Rivers in Nunavut
Outstanding rivers of natural, cultural historical, and recreational values are insured long-term management and conservation by the Canada Heritage Rivers System (CHRS). Three... -
Nunavut Communities
Nunavut’s 26 000 inhabitants live in 28 communities widely scattered across 2 million square kilometres. All communities are accessible by air and by sea. The Inuit have... -
Canada 1-km, 10-day, SPOT/VEGETATION composites for growing season-2003-05-26
As part of the climate change research, data from the SPOT/VEGETATION instrument are systematically corrected for period 1998-2004 and provided in this archive. The VGT archive... -
Aboriginal Cultural Areas (Nunavut)
Canada may be divided into six broad Aboriginal cultural areas based on major geographic regions. Tribes in the same region share a greater number of cultural affinities than... -
Terrestrial Ecozones (Nunavut)
Ecozones are one of several levels of ecological regions that cover all of Canada. An ecozone is a discrete system, which has resulted from the mesh and interplay of geology,... -
Surficial Materials (Nunavut)
Surficial Materials are unconsolidated earth deposits of various origins. This map shows the distribution of surficial materials in Nunavut, on land and in extensive offshore... -
Snowfall (Nunavut)
Nunavut lies in the Arctic, where cold temperatures mean that snow can fall at anytime in the year. Typically the ground is snow covered from September until June. Most of... -
Permafrost, Glaciers and Sea Ice (Nunavut)
Nunavut’s cold climate makes it a territory consisting of mostly barren land and permafrost. Permafrost is soil or rocks whose temperature remains at or below the freezing point... -
Geological Provinces (Nunavut)
A geological province is an extensive region characterized by rocks and structures of varying types and ages. Canada has seventeen geological provinces consisting of a shield,... -
Drainage Basins (Nunavut)
A drainage basin is the area that drains all precipitation into a river or stream system into a common outlet such as a lake or sea. There are two main river basins in Nunavut:... -
Canada 1-km, 10-day, SPOT/VEGETATION composites for growing season-1999-01-01
As part of the climate change research, data from the SPOT/VEGETATION instrument are systematically corrected for period 1998-2004 and provided in this archive. The VGT archive... -
Literacy Performance on 2003 Adult Literacy Skills Survey: Population Aged...
In 2003, the average prose literacy score for the Canadian population age 16 and over was 272 on a scale ranging from 0 to 500. Prose literacy is defined as the skills needed to... -
Distribution of Freshwater - Groundwater
Groundwater is water found beneath the earth’s surface and located at the water table below. In Canada, there is more water underground than on the surface. Groundwater occurs... -
Literacy Performance on 2003 Adult Literacy Skills Survey: Population Aged...
In 2003, the average prose literacy score for the Canadian population age 16 and over was 272 on a scale ranging from 0 to 500. Prose literacy is defined as the skills needed to... -
Literacy Performance on 2003 Adult Literacy Skills Survey: Working Age...
In 2003, the average prose literacy score for the Canadian population age 16 and over was 272 on a scale ranging from 0 to 500. Prose literacy is defined as the skills needed to... -
Literacy Performance on 2003 Adult Literacy Skills Survey: Working Age...
In 2003, the average prose literacy score for the Canadian population age 16 and over was 272 on a scale ranging from 0 to 500. Prose literacy is defined as the skills needed to... -
Mother Tongue (French), 1996
This map shows the percentage of the Canadian population whose mother tongue was French. The 1996 Census defines mother tongue as the first language a person learned at home in... -
Mother Tongue (English), 1996
This map shows the percentage of the Canadian population whose mother tongue is English. The 1996 Census defines mother tongue as the first language a person learned at home in... -
Knowledge of French, 1996
This map shows the percentage of the Canadian population with knowledge of French. In the 1996 Census, knowledge of French was determined by a question about the ability to... -
Knowledge of English, 1996
This map shows the percentage of the Canadian population with knowledge of English. In the 1996 Census, knowledge of English was determined by a question about the ability to...