Canadian Agricultural Land Extent Derived from Soil Landscapes

Archived 2001 agricultural extent data maps farmland across Canada based on soil landscape polygons. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada created this product, which is no longer maintained and should be considered historical. For current estimates, users are directed to Statistics Canada's Agricultural Ecumeme.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical agricultural land distribution using soil landscape polygon boundaries.
• Compare 2001 agricultural extent with current data to measure land-use change over two decades.
• Integrate polygon-based agricultural extent data with other historical environmental or demographic datasets.

Strengths

• Based on the detailed Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) v3.0 polygon dataset.
• Derived from authoritative 2001 Census of Agriculture data.

Limitations

• Dataset is archived and no longer maintained, with potential outdated methodologies.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single snapshot from 2001.

Provenance

Source

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Collection Method

Derived from the 2001 census of agriculture based upon Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) v3.0 polygons.

Time Range

2001

Freshness

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Geography

Canada