The Canadian Ecumene (CanEcumene) 3.0 GIS Database

“Ecumene” is a term used by geographers, meaning “inhabited lands.” Populated places in the ecumene database are referenced using natural boundaries, as opposed to administrative or census boundaries, and provide a more suitable means for integrating socio-economic data with ecological and environmental data in a region.

The Canadian Ecumene GeoDatabase 3.0 includes the custom boundaries for more than 3,000 populated areas across Canada, many of which were derived from remote-sensing “night-lights” imagery. Each ecumene place has a corresponding set of attributes pertaining to place name, province, ecozone, indigenous communities, and other descriptive information, as well as an initial custom set of demographic variables derived from Statistics Canada Census and National Household Survey data for 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. A number of additional layers are also included that map the extents of Canada's ecumene in alternate ways, using transportation and utility networks, nightlights imagery, and population density.

(NOTE: In the list below, the V2 Shape, KML, and TIFF files have not changed for the CanEcumene 3.0)

Provided layer: The Canadian Ecumene (CanEcumene) 3.0 GIS Database

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Database Citation (Update):

Eddy, B.G., Muggridge, M., LeBlanc, R., Osmond, J., Kean, C., and Boyd, E. 2023. The CanEcumene 3.0 GIS Database. Federal Geospatial Platform (FGP), Natural Resources Canada. https://open.canada.ca

Methods Publication Citation:

Eddy B, Muggridge M, LeBlanc R, Osmond J, Kean C, Boyd E (2020) An Ecological Approach for Mapping Socio-Economic Data in Support of Ecosystems Analysis: Examples in Mapping Canada’s Forest Ecumene. One Ecosystem 5: e55881. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.5.e55881

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020
Date ( RI_366 )
2016
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service - Eddy Brian ( Research Scientist )
26 University Dr. , Corner Brook , Newfoundland and Labrador , A2H 5J3 ,
709-660-3607
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • ecumene, populated places, indigenous communities, census, labour force, socio-economic, demographic, ecosystems
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Socioeconomic data
  • Ecosystems
  • Census data
  • Demographic maps
  • Population
  • Demographic data
  • Population distribution
  • Indigenous peoples
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
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng
Metadata language
fra
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2001
End date
2021
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3347 /
Distribution format
  • SHP ( unknown )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.3.1 )

  • KML ( unknown )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.3.1 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Results Sector - ( )
OnLine resource
06. CanEcumene-V3 - Shape Files (SHP) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
10. CanEcumene-V3 - WMS - EN ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
11. CanEcumene-V3 - WMS - FR ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
09. CanEcumene-V3 - Raster Files (GeOTIFF) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;zxx

OnLine resource
02. CanEcumene-V3 - Référence technique - FR (PDF) ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
04. CanEcumene-V3 - MXD - FR ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;fra

OnLine resource
07. CanEcumene-V3 - ESRI REST - EN ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
08. CanEcumene-V3 - ESRI REST - FR ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
03. CanEcumene-V3 - MXD - EN ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;eng

OnLine resource
05. CanEcumene-V3 - GDB/FGDB ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
01. CanEcumene-V3 - Technical Reference EN (PDF) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

File identifier
3f599fcb-8d77-4dbb-8b1e-d3f27f932a4b XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-06-03T10:27:46
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Results Sector - Dr. Brian Eddy ( Research Scientist )
26 University Dr. , Corner Brook , Newfoundland and Labrador , A2H 6B3 ,
709-660-3607
 
 

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