Canada Land Inventory: Soil Capability for Agriculture | |
Publication Date : | 1965-1980 |
Edition : | |
Geography : | Canada |
Description : | The Canada Land Inventory is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada, covering over 2.5 million square kilometers of land and water. This digital dataset includes land capability for agriculture, forestry, wildlife, recreation, wildlife (ungulates and waterfowl). Over 1000 mapsheets at the 1:250,000 scale are available on this site for direct download. The agriculture map shows the varying potential of a specific area for agricultural production based on 7 classes and 13 subclasses. These classes and subclasses are based on the Soil Capability Classification of Agriculture, which is determined by soil surveys. |
Accessing the Data : | Access is available via the World Wide Web |
Use Restriction: | None |
Permissions : | None |
Type of Data : | vector |
Link to ESRI Shapefile Viewer: | Download ArcExplorer |
Procedure: | Link to Procedure |
Format: | E00 |
File Size : | 8 MB |
Technical Detail : | Scale 1:250,000 |
Data Creator: | Environment Canada |
Publisher: | Natural Resources Canada |
Copyright Owner: | National Archives of Canada |
Contact Person: | librdata@ryerson.ca |
Citation Format: | Link to Citation Examples |
Subject: | Placenames Food Land Use Roads Vegetation Agriculture Soils Water |