Prairie Agricultural Landscapes

The “Prairie Agricultural Landscapes (PAL)” datasets identify areas of the agricultural portions of the Canadian Prairies with similar land and water resources, land use and farming practices. They are represented by vector polygons.

Based on selected attributes from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) and the 1996 Census of Agriculture, the Prairies were classified into 13 (thirteen) classes of Land Practices Group and five (5) Major Land Practices Groups.

Typical attributes used to define the Land Practice Groups include: land in pasture, land in summerfallow, crop mixture, farm size and the level of chemical and fertilizer inputs.

The five (5) Major Groups were devised to help better understand the relationships between the groups.

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Last Updated January 20, 2026, 00:32 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:37 (UTC)
crisis_categories Ressources alimentaires
criticality_level Élevé
data_formats ESRI REST; FGDB/GDB; GEOJSON; PDF; WMS
description_fr The “Prairie Agricultural Landscapes (PAL)” datasets identify areas of the agricultural portions of the Canadian Prairies with similar land and water resources, land use and farming practices. They are represented by vector polygons. Based on selected attributes from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) and the 1996 Census of Agriculture, the Prairies were classified into 13 (thirteen) classes of Land Practices Group and five (5) Major Land Practices Groups. Typical attributes used to define the Land Practice Groups include: land in pasture, land in summerfallow, crop mixture, farm size and the level of chemical and fertilizer inputs. The five (5) Major Groups were devised to help better understand the relationships between the groups.
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
opening_level Donnée ouverte au grand public
sector agriculture
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_F
source_url https://donnees.montreal.ca/fr/dataset/19033140-062a-45c1-bd1e-7807ea5b4f78/resource/8649f596-c5c6-429e-8352-5fb2ad958704/download/stations_courdo.csv
title_fr Prairie Agricultural Landscapes
update_frequency Non planifiée