Soil Landscapes of Canada Cartographic Data at 1:1 Million Scale

Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) derived from V3.1 and V2.2 provides a general overview of soil landscapes across Canada. The cartographic dataset is published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and is available in multiple geospatial formats. It was last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Create national soil landscape maps based on the cartographic 1:1 million scale.
• Model agricultural land suitability across Canada based on soil landscape overview.
• Integrate soil landscape data with other environmental datasets for regional analysis.
• Support educational or introductory soil science projects based on general overview data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from two authoritative versions (V3.1 and V2.2) of the Soil Landscapes of Canada framework.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (FGDB/GDB, GPKG, HTML, PDF).
• Published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a federal government agency.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 16:01:42.765576; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada