Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014

Since 1988, the governments of Canada and Quebec have been working together to conserve, restore, protect and develop the St. Lawrence River under the St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP). One of the projects identified under the theme of biodiversity conservation is the development of an integrated plan for the conservation of the natural environments and biodiversity of the St. Lawrence River.

The identification of priority sites for conservation has been the first step of this planning exercise. Conservation planning of natural environments requires a reliable, accurate and up-to-date image of the spatial distribution of ecosystems in the study area. In order to produce an Atlas of Priority Sites for Conservation in the St. Lawrence Lowlands, an updated cartography of the land cover of this vast territory was undertaken.

This project required obtaining reliable information on the natural environments of the St. Lawrence Lowlands. Although several land cover mapping projects have been conducted for specific types of habitats, it was particularly important to obtain a homogeneous product that would cover the entire territory and that would provide the most detailed information on its various thematic components: agricultural, aquatic, human-modified and forest environments, wetlands as well as old fields and bare ground. The methodology used to produce the land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands thus relied mainly on combining and enhancing the best existing products for each theme. This project was made in collaboration with MDDELCC as part of the St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP).

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Date ( RI_367 )
2018-07-06
Date ( RI_366 )
2014-09-15
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
801-1550 d'Estimauville Avenue , Québec , Quebec , G1J 0C3 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • St. Lawrence Lowlands
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Wetland
  • Open water
  • Agricultural environment
  • Forest environment
  • Old field
  • Bare ground
  • Human-modified environment
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • Land cover
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Cartography
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Information Systems for Site Conditions
  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
Branch Direction Générale ( RI_528 )
  • Environmental Stewardship Branch
ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity - Habitat
GC Security Level GC Restrictions de manipulation ( RI_528 )
  • Unclassified
Directorate Direction ( RI_528 )
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
Program (PAA) Portée du programme (PAA) ( RI_528 )
  • 1.1.4. Habitat Conservation Partnerships
Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
  • Quebec (QC)
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints
Source to quote : ECCC and MDDELCC. 2018. Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014. Environment and Climate Change Canada and Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, St. Lawrence Action Plan, Québec, 49 p.
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fre; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
Begin date
2014-09-15
End date
2017-09-15
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https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
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  • ESRI REST ( Inconnue )

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  • PDF ( Inconnue )

  • FGDB/GDB ( Inconnue )

  • LYR ( Inconnue )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Place Vincent Massey Building 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
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Land cover mapping of the SLL, circa 2014 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Land cover mapping of the SLL, circa 2014 ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Land cover mapping of the SLL, circa 2014 ( OGC:WMS )

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Land cover mapping of the SLL, circa 2014 ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

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SLAP Land cover, circa 2014 Methodological Report ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

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SLAP Land cover, circa 2014 Methodological Report ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Land cover, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Land cover, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Total : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Outaouais : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Montréal : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Montérégie : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Mauricie : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Laval : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Laurentides : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Lanaudière : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Estrie : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Chaudière-Appalaches : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Centre-du-Québec : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Capitale-Nationale : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Bas-Saint-Laurent : Land cover mapping of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, circa 2014 ( HTTPS )

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Metadata language
eng; CAN
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utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
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Date stamp
2025-04-16T12:40:35.868Z
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; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Place Vincent Massey Building 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
 
 

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