BEC Map

The current and most detailed version of the approved corporate provincial digital Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) Zone/Subzone/Variant/Phase map (version 12, September 2, 2021). Use this version when performing GIS analysis regardless of scale. This mapping is deliberately extended across the ocean, lakes, glaciers, etc to facilitate intersection with a terrestrial landcover layer of your choice

Date ( RI_367 ): 2011-03-09

Date ( RI_366 ): 2008-04-02

RI_414

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

RI_409

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

Status: completed; complété RI_593

Maintenance and update frequency: irregular; irrégulier RI_541

Keywords ( RI_528 )

BEC
BGC
Canada
biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification
climate
ecological land classification
vegetation

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )

Government information

Use limitation: Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)

Access constraints: license; licence RI_606

Use constraints: license; licence RI_606

Spatial representation type: grid; grille RI_636

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Metadata language: fra; CAN

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 0001-01-01

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Reference system identifier: EPSG / EPSG:3005 / unknown

Reference system identifier: EPSG / EPSG:4326 / unknown

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RI_414

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

RI_409

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

OnLine resource: Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )
Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource: BC Geographic Warehouse Custom Download ( HTTPS )
Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource: BEC_BIOGEOCLIMATIC_POLY ( HTTPS )
Dataset;KML;eng

OnLine resource: BEC_BIOGEOCLIMATIC_POLY ( OGC:WMS )
Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource: BEC_BIOGEOCLIMATIC_POLY ( OGC:WMS )
Web Service;WMS;eng

File identifier: f358a53b-ffde-4830-a325-a5a03ff672c3 XML

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Hierarchy level: dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622

Date stamp: 2025-07-01

Metadata standard name: North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003

RI_414

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

RI_409

Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch - ( )

Overviews

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