Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada

The Labour Force Distribution (LFD) maps are derived from the CanEcumene 2.0 Geodatabase using custom tabulations of census-based labour force data. These LFD maps were calculated for each of the five major natural resource sectors in Canada: Forestry, Fisheries, Agriculture, Minerals, and Petroleum and Coal. The measure used is the labour force of each sector as a proportion of the goods-producing sectors in the economy. Labour force proportions were first calculated at the individual community level, and then interpolated on a regional level using GIS (see Eddy et. al. 2020 for more detail). In effect, these maps show the strong importance of Canada’s natural resource sectors in various regions of the country. The darker the tone in each map indicates a region’s higher degree of dependency on a given sector for their economic livelihood.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021
Date ( RI_366 )
2021
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service - Dr. Brian Eddy ( Research Scientist )
26 University Dr. , Corner Brook , Newfoundland and Labrador , A2H 6J3 ,
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 )
  • Census data
  • Demographic maps
  • Population distribution
  • Demographic data
  • Population
  • Ecosystems
  • Socioeconomic data
  • 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
  • ESRI REST ( 10.7.1 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform - ( )
OnLine resource
All Sectors - Employment (e) / Tous les secteurs - Emploi (e) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
All Sectors - Employment (e) / Tous les secteurs - Emploi (e) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada - WMS ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada - Raster Files ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada - Time Series - FR ( HTTPS )

Application;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada - Time Series - EN ( HTTPS )

Application;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Cloud Optimized GeoTiFF (COG) of Labor Force Distribution for Natural Resource Sectors-Employment (e) - SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) browser ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Cloud Optimized GeoTiFF (COG) of Labor Force Distribution for Natural Resource Sectors-Income (i) - SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) browser ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Labor Force Distribution for Natural Resource Sectors-Employment (e) - SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Application Programming Interface (API) ( HTTPS )

API;JSON;zxx

OnLine resource
Labor Force Distribution for Natural Resource Sectors-Income (i) - SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Application Programming Interface (API) ( HTTPS )

API;JSON;zxx

File identifier
ac2096a6-7b4a-464e-9e08-eca7873dd88c XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
The Canadian Ecumene (CanEcumene) 3.0 GIS Database 3f599fcb-8d77-4dbb-8b1e-d3f27f932a4b
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-11-27T12:46:17
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;Canadian Forest Service - Dr. Brian Eddy ( Research Scientist )
26 University Dr. , Corner Brook , Newfoundland and Labrador , A2H 6J3 ,
709-660-3607
 
 

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