Federal Government

Aboriginal Canada Portal

A gateway to national and provincial Aboriginal organizations, economic development, claims and treaties, environment and natural resources, language, heritage and culture.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Canadian Soil Information System. The National Soil DataBase. Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada

The Plant Hardiness Zones map outlines the different zones in Canada where various types of trees, shrubs and flowers will most likely survive. It is based on the average climatic conditions of each area.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Canadian Soil Information System. The National Soil DataBase. Soil Landscapes of Canada.

The Canadian Land Resource Network has created a series of GIS coverages that show the major characteristics of soil and land for the whole country. Soil Landscapes of Canada were compiled at a scale of 1:1 million, and information is organized according to a uniform national set of soil and landscape criteria based on permanent natural attributes.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is an independent federal body, accountable to Parliament through the Minister of the Environment. The Agency works to provide Canadians with high-quality environmental assessments that contribute to informed decision making, in support of sustainable development.

Communication Canada. Depository Services Program. Subject. Biological diversity

Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in Canada. National Status 2000. (Available in PDF only)

Communication Canada. Depository Services Program. Subject. Ecology

First Priority. Progress Report on Implementation of the Recommendations of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canada's National Parks. (Available in PDF only)

Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Québec Region. Conservation Atlas of Wetlands in the St. Lawrence Valley.

The main purpose of the Conservation Atlas of Wetlands is to develop a portrait of the wetlands of the St. Lawrence Valley using innovative mapping methods in order to favor bird conservation by helping land managers to make decisions about land use and bird habitat conservation.

Environment Canada. Climate Change Web Site

Environment Canada. Freshwater Website. The Nature of Water. Wetlands

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Climate Research Branch. Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Welcome to CCCma online, the web site of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis.

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Climate Research Branch. Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. Canadian Global Climate Models

CCCma has develped a number of climate simulation models for climate prediction, study of climate change and variability, and to better understand the various processes which govern our climate system.

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Climate Research Branch. Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. The Canadian Regional Climate Model

CCCma has develped a number of climate simulation models for climate prediction, study of climate change and variability, and to better understand the various processes which govern our climate system.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase

The State of the Environment (SOE) Infobase was originally developed in 1996 as an interactive and convenient mechanism for presenting a number of environmental reporting products and tools, including The State of Canada’s Environment 1996 and Canada's National Environmental Indicators Series 2003.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. Ecozones of Canada

This site introduces Canada's ecozones and the general concepts of ecological classification.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series 2003. Technical supplements

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series 2003. Technical supplements. Strictly Protected Forest Area in Selected Forest Ecozones

Much of Canada’s forest industry is located in four ecozones the Boreal Shield, Atlantic Maritime, Pacific Maritime, and Montane Cordillera. Since 1970 there has been an increase in the amount of strictly protected forested areas in these ecozones. The purpose of this indicator is to show the strictly protected area in each of the four forested ecozones.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Bulletin, 1997

Indicator: Road Access, 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Bulletin, 1997

Indicator: Tree species mix in accessed versus non-accessed timber-productive forest, 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Bulletin, 1997

Indicator: Age-class Distribution in Accessed Versus Non-Accessed Timber-productive Forests, 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Technical Supplement: Protected forest area, 1997

Protected Forest Area in the Four Main Forested Ecozones (tables), 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Technical Supplement: Protected forest area, 1997

Protected Forest Area in the Four Main Forested Ecozones (graphs), 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Technical Supplement: Protected forest area, 1997

Protected Forest Area in the Other Forested Ecozones, 1997

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Forest Biodiversity. Technical supplements. Road Access, 1991

Road Access in the Four Main Forested Ecozones, 1991

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Overview

Canada's forests, which represent 10% of the world's forests, cover nearly half of the Canadian landscape - some 418 million hectares.

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Timber Harvesting. Bulletin, 1999

Indicator: Forest Fire Disturbance, 1999

Environment Canada. State of the Environment Infobase. National Environmental Indicator Series Archives. Sustaining Canada's Forests: Timber Harvesting. Technical Supplement: Background Information, 1999

This document provides supplemental and additional information to the Indicator Bulletin entitled Sustaining Canada’s Forests: Timber Harvesting, published in the Fall of 1999.

Government of Canada. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program

The Government of Canada's Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program provides funding for research and activities to improve our knowledge of Canada’s vulnerability to climate change.

Government of Canada. First Nation Forestry Program

The purpose of the First Nations Forestry Program is to improve the economic conditions in status First Nation communities with full consideration of the principles of sustainable forest management.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Information on the Department and on services offered to First Nations People. See "Publications and Research" for recent data on Aboriginal population, First Nations Profiles, news on treaties and land claims, etc.

International Development Research Centre. International Model Forest Network

The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is a voluntary association of partners from around the world working toward the common goal of sustainable forest management (SFM) and use.

Natural Resources Canada. Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Research and Development. Applications. Forestry

Incorporating satellite data, hyperspectral, and polarimetric data with GIS, scientists at CCRS are working collaboratively to monitor Canada's forests, including their health, biodiversity, growth and yield, rate of harvest and regeneration, fire management, blow-down, and the impact of insects and disease.

Natural Resources Canada. Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Tour Canada from Space

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service

The Canadian Forest Service promotes the sustainable development of Canada's forests and competitiveness of the Canadian forest sector.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Atlantic Forestry Centre. Old Growth Forests in Canada

The purpose of this symposium and workshop is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the science of Canadian old-growth forests.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Canada's Model Forest Program

Canada's Model Forest Program represents an initiative in building partnerships locally, nationally, and internationally to generate new ideas and on-the-ground solutions to sustainable forest management issues.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System creates daily fire weather and fire behavior maps year-round and hot spot maps throughout the forest fire season, generally between May and September.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Economics and Statistical Services Division. Statistics and Facts on Forestry

The following forestry statistics websites may be of interest.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Canada's Plant Hardiness Site

Canada's plant hardiness map provides insights about what can grow where. It combines information about a variety of climatic conditions across the entire country to produce a single general map.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Laurentian Forestry Centre. The ECOLEAP Project

ECOLEAP is a multidisciplinary project which goal is to identify the effects of environmental factors (temperature, fertility, etc.) on physiological processes (photosynthesis, respiration, etc.) and to link those factors to forest productivity.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. National Forest Fire Situation Report

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Pacific Forestry Centre. Canada's Forests

An Overview of Canada's Forests and Forest Industry.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Pacific Forestry Centre. Canada's National Forest Inventory

This site presents authoritative national statements on the distribution and structure of Canada's forests.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Research: Forest Fires

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Selected Forestry Statistics Canada

Selected Forestry Statistics Canada presents a series of tables on commodity production, shipments and trade, principal and employment statistics by industry sector, as well as selling price indexes, financial statistics, and economic indicators.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Socio-economics Indicator for the Model Forest Network

Welcome to SIMFOR, the Internet tool you can use to map and compare forestry-related socio-economic information for the Canadian Model Forest Network, and the rest of the country.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. The Canadian Model Forest Network

The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Forest Service, launched Canada's Model Forest Program to address the challenge of balancing the extensive range of demands that we place on our forests today, and the needs of tomorrow's generations.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. The Canadian Model Forest Network. Enhancing Aboriginal Involvement in Sustainable Forest Management

Canada's Model Forest Program offers opportunities for Aboriginal communities to participate in sustainable forest management decision-making.

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. The State of Canada's Forests

Natural Resources Canada: Climate Change in Canada. Posters

A series of seven posters depicting the regional impacts of climate change in Canada.

Public Safety Canada. Is your family prepared?

Statistics Canada. 1996 Census. Population Counts, Showing Distribution Inside and Outside Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, for Canada, Provinces and Territories.

A census table provided by Statistics Canada clearly demonstrates the higher population base of census metropolitain areas in relation to regions outside of these areas. A link to important information on 1996 census tables on the Internet is also available.

Statistics Canada. Free Internet publications. 1996 Census. Social Conditions. Understanding Rural Canada: Structures and Trends

This 1996 Statistics Canada slide show presents several images, as well as brief descriptions on the topic of rural demography.

Provincial/Territorial Government

Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Protection Branch

Government of Manitoba. State of the Environment Report for Manitoba, 1997. The Prairie Ecozone : Focus on Sustainable Development

Manitoba's prairie ecozone today is an ecosystem reconstructed by human activity. Fertile soils that once sustained vast, mixed grassland and tall-grass prairie now support a three-billion-dollar agriculture industry, one of Manitoba's most vital economic sectors.

Government of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment. Forest Land Use Planning

A key purpose of an Integrated Forest Land Use Plan is to merge use of the land with environmental, economic, social and cultural values of society into a specific plan.

Société de protection des forêts contre le feu

The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) is mandated to prevent, detect and suppress forest fires in Québec.

Other

Canadian Forests

Canadian Forests provides quick access to all the Internet sites of the federal and provincial governments, the forest industries, service and supply companies, associations and NGOs, consultants, education and research, forestry news, employment opportunities, and much more.

Canadian Wildlife Federation

CWF is dedicated to fostering awareness and appreciation of our natural world.

Forest Products Association of Canada (formerly the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association)

The work of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) formerly the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, is carried out through the volunteer efforts of the CEOs and executives of the member companies.

The Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network

C-CIARN is a national network that facilitates the generation of new climate change knowledge by bringing researchers together with decision-makers from industry, governments, and non-government organizations to address key issues.

The Canadian Forestry Association

The Canadian Forestry Association is a non-profit organization with over 100 years of history and a rich legacy, helping Canadians understand the importance of conserving our forest resources.

University of Guelph. Canada's Aquatic Environments. Wetlands

Canada's Aquatic Environments was produced by the CyberNatural Software Group at the University of Guelph.

International Government

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.

Inter-agency

Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. National Forestry Database Program. Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics

The Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics is a selection of statistical data from the National Forestry Database (NFD) published annually. It presents detailed data for the period between 1990 and 2001 as well as key historical data gathered previously from other surveys.

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) provides operational fire-control services, as well as management and information services to its Member Agencies.