Annual Crop Inventory 2018

In 2018, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) repeated the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery to for all of Canada, in support of a national crop inventory. A Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was applied using optical (Landsat-8, Sentinel-2) and radar (RADARSAT-2) based satellite images, and having a final spatial resolution of 30m. In conjunction with satellite acquisitions, ground-truth information was provided by: provincial crop insurance companies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, & Quebec; point observations from the BC Ministry of Agriculture, & the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; and data collection supported by our regional AAFC Research and Development Centres in St. John’s, Kentville, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Guelph, and Summerland

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 17:57 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 17:57 (UTC)
contact_email agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada; direction générale des sciences et de la technologie,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca"}
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open_canada_date_published 2018-01-25 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Crops", "Farms", "Agriculture", "Environment", "Geographic data"], "fr": ["Cultures", "Exploitation agricole", "Agriculture", "Environnement", "Données géographiques"]}
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title_fr Inventaire annuel des cultures, 2018
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