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Prairie Grassland Land Cover

The Grassland Inventory provides a standardized, high-resolution land cover classification for the grassland ecosystems in Canada. Developed using a random forest classification on multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 Optical imagery, the series differentiates intact native grasslands from high-disturbance, tame perennial forage systems; two classes that are spectrally and phenologically similar, yet critical to differentiate and quantify accurately for carbon and biodiversity modelling. Each release in the series includes a categorical 10 m land cover raster and a companion continuous likelihood layer representing model confidence in the native grassland class. As new classifications are added (semi-decadal) and geographic extent increased, the series will enable consistent temporal comparisons to track grassland dynamics and land cover change to support operational and research applications within AAFC and stakeholders.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2026-05-04
Date ( RI_366 )
2026-05-04
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Grasslands
  • Agriculture
  • Land cover
  • Forage crops
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
2026-05-04
End date
2026-05-04
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:3857 / 8.3.4
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/
OnLine resource
Pre-packaged GeoTIF files (No linguistic component) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;zxx

OnLine resource
Data Product Specification (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Data Product Specification (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

File identifier
17736d36-ffe3-40fc-ba73-383a90862123 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-05-04T15:33:19
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/
 
 

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