Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy

Many communities in Canada depend to some extent on forestry and the forest sector. The importance of the forest industry to the regional economy can be assessed using the CanEcumene GIS Database. “Ecumene” is a term used by geographers, meaning “inhabited lands.” A forest ecumene refers to areas where human settlement coincides with forested areas, including locations where people depend on the forest for their livelihood. 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.

An analysis of ecumene labour force data and location of mill facilities resulted in a generalized rendering showing regional dependency of the forest industry. The location of mill facilities layer includes information on mill type (i.e., pulp and saw) and ownership. The sensitivity to forest industry layer shows which forest communities and regions are more sensitive to economic impacts in the forest industry.

Two layers are provided: the sensitivity of forest communities and regions to forest industry, and the location of mill facilities.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2016
Date ( RI_366 )
2016
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service - Dr. Brian Eddy ( Research Scientist )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • forest ecumene
  • mill facilities
  • labour force
  • sensitivity to forest industry
  • forest community
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Forestry industry
  • Forestry
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
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2001
End date
2011
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3347 /
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • SHP ( N/A )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10 )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.7.1 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

  • KML ( 2.2 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform - ( )
OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy (English ESRI File Geodatabase) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy (French ESRI File Geodatabase) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;fra

OnLine resource
Location of mill facilities (English Google Earth file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;eng

OnLine resource
Location of mill facilities (French Google Earth file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;fra

OnLine resource
Sensitivity of communities and regions to forest industry (English Google Earth file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;eng

OnLine resource
Sensitivity of communities and regions to forest industry (French Google Earth file) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KML;fra

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy (English ArcMap project file) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;eng

OnLine resource
Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy (French ArcMap project file) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;MXD;fra

File identifier
d576e878-04f1-4c4f-8428-e16c371e9a3c XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2022-01-17T14:47:57
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; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform -
 
 

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