Agricultural Land Use and Drainage Inventory for Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario's agricultural land use and drainage systems are cataloged from 1983. The dataset classifies crop mixes into categories and maps the location, quantity, and quality of land use. It was created by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and is now a historical record.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical crop mix categories to track changes in agricultural production.
• Map drainage system locations to assess infrastructure for land management.
• Evaluate the quality of agricultural land classifications for regional planning.
• Study the quantity of land under specific uses for policy impact assessment.

Strengths

• Covers southern Ontario, a major agricultural region.
• Provides land use classifications valid over a long period.
• Includes information on both crop categories and drainage systems.

Limitations

• Data is from a single year (1983) and is not updated.
• Specific row and column counts are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to one Canadian province.

Provenance

Source

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.

Collection Method

Agricultural resource inventory.

Time Range

1983

Freshness

Historical data, no longer collected or maintained.

Geography

Southern Ontario, Canada.