Canada's Land Cover

Contained within the Atlas of Canada Poster Map Series, is a poster showing the different types of land cover across the Country. The map is primarily based on AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) data, offering very precise detail. The land cover image contains 31 land cover classes. These have been grouped into 9 large land cover classes from coniferous forest to snow and ice. There are photos showing visually what each of these 9 land cover areas look like.

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 20:41 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 20:41 (TU)
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crisis_categories Canicules
criticality_level Faible
data_formats JPG; PDF
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/c7f8b56b-b002-56d8-9955-9b91c13c27e8
subject government_and_politics, nature_and_environment
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year_most_recent 2022-03-14 19:51:56.665000
year_start 2016-09-25 10:43:13.234000