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Catalogue no. 12-607-X ISBN 978-0-660-24501-0

Ecological Land Classification, 2017

Release date: March 1, 2018

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Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................4Status .................................................................................................................................................. 4

Purpose of the Ecological Land Classification (ELC) ........................................................................... 4

Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 4

What’s new? ......................................................................................................................................... 4

Ecological Land Classification (ELC) 2017 ........................................................................................... 4

Conceptual framework and definitions ................................................................................................ 5

Classification structure and codes ....................................................................................................... 5

Conformity to relevant nationally recognized framework ..................................................................... 6

Explanatory Notes ................................................................................................................................ 7

Classification structure .............................................................................................................901 - Arctic Cordillera ............................................................................................................................. 9

02 - Northern Arctic .............................................................................................................................. 9

03 - Southern Arctic ........................................................................................................................... 13

04 - Taiga Plains ................................................................................................................................. 15

05 - Taiga Shield ................................................................................................................................. 17

06 - Boreal Shield ............................................................................................................................... 19

07 - Atlantic Maritime ......................................................................................................................... 23

08 - Mixedwood Plains ....................................................................................................................... 25

09 - Boreal Plains ............................................................................................................................... 26

10 - Prairies ........................................................................................................................................ 30

11 - Taiga Cordillera ........................................................................................................................... 33

12 - Boreal Cordillera.......................................................................................................................... 34

13 - Pacific Maritime .......................................................................................................................... 35

14 - Montane Cordillera ...................................................................................................................... 36

15 - Hudson Plains ............................................................................................................................. 38

Reference Maps ......................................................................................................................39Terrestrial ecozones and ecoprovinces of Canada ............................................................................ 39

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Introduction

Status

This standard was approved as a departmental standard (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/subjects/standard/napcs/notice/compulsory) on November 20, 2017.

Purpose of the Ecological Land Classification (ELC)

The purpose of the Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is to delineate and classify ecologically distinct areas of the earth’s surface, and to provide a consistent national spatial context for better monitoring and reporting. The use of these ecological units can provide a common framework for local to national assessments and reporting of ecological indicators on the state of the environment in Canada.

Preface

The Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is Statistics Canada’s official classification for ecological areas in Canada.

The ELC was developed to enable the production of integrated statistics for ecological areas. It is a hierarchical framework that classifies ecological areas or ecosystems and that incorporates all major components of ecosystems: air, water, land and biota. All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).

The ELC provides unique names and codes for the ecozones, ecoprovinces, ecoregions and ecodistricts of Canada. The range of geographical units is convenient for data collection and compilation, and is useful for spatial analysis of environmental, economic and social statistics.

This classification is based on the following reports:

Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull.

Marshall, I.B., Schut, P.H., and Ballard, M. 1999. A National Ecological Framework for Canada: Attribute Data. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/1999report/index.html (accessed July 4, 2017).

What’s new?

The Ecological Land Classification is a departmental standard.

Ecological Land Classification (ELC) 2017

Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is a common hierarchical framework and terminology for classifying ecologically distinctive areas. According to Ed Wiken, a member of the original committee on land classification, it is:

a process of delineating and classifying ecologically distinctive areas of the surface. Each area can be viewed as a discrete system which has resulted from the mesh and interplay of the geologic, landform, soil, vegetative, climatic, wildlife, water and human factors which may be present. The dominance of any one or more of these factors varies with the given ecological land unit. This holistic approach to land classification can be applied incrementally on a scale-related basis from site-specific ecosystems to very broad ecosystems.1

1. Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. p. 1.

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Conceptual framework and definitions

The conceptual framework uses concepts set out by the Canadian Committee on Ecological Land Classification. It is based on a hierarchy system using four levels of generalization: ecozone, ecoprovince, ecoregion and ecodistrict. These levels were determined to be the most suitable for reporting national and regional issues concerning the environment and the suitability of its resources.2

Table 1 Ecological framework levelsLevel Definition

Ecozone At the top of the hierarchy, it defines the ecological mosaic of Canada on a sub-continental scale. Ecozones represent areas of the earth’s surface representative of large and very generalized ecological units characterized by interactive and adjusting abiotic and biotic factors.

Ecoprovince A subdivision of an ecozone characterized by major assemblages of structural or surface forms, faunal realms, vegetation, hydrology, soil and macro climate.

Ecoregion A subdivision of an ecoprovince characterized by distinctive regional ecological factors, including climate, physiography, vegetation, soil, water and fauna.

Ecodistrict A subdivision of an ecoregion characterized by distinctive assemblages of relief, landforms, geology, soil, vegetation, water bodies and fauna.

Source: Marshall, I.B., Schut, P.H., and Ballard, M. 1999. A National Ecological Framework for Canada: Attribute Data. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/1999report/frame-work.html (accessed July 4, 2017).

Classification structure and codes

There are 15 ecozones at the top of the Ecological Land Classification hierarchy. They cover the entire terrestrial extent of Canada on a sub-continental scale.

These ecozones are subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces that contain 194 ecoregions, which can be further subdivided into 1,027 separate ecological units called ecodistricts. This relationship is illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1Ecological Land Classification hierarchy

Ecozones15

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Ecoprovinces53

Ecodistricts1,027

Ecoregions194

2. Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. p. 2.

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Alignment with the Soil Landscape of Canada (SLC)

All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).3 Ecodistricts are directly linked to 12,353 soil landscape polygons.4 The boundaries, attributes and file structures in the SLC database have been updated several times over the years. New versions are released as major structural or attribute changes are implemented. This classification uses Version 3.2 of the SLC, released in March 2011.

The SLC provides cartographic base information that provides linkages between soil components and land positions.5

Future development

Updates to the Soil Landscapes of Canada database are not done regularly. Statistics Canada will continue to use version 3.2 when disseminating data until further notice.

Conformity to relevant nationally recognized framework6

This standard classification conforms to the National Ecological Framework developed by a joint initiative between Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada between 1992 and 1995, and published in 1995.

The Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification was created in 1976 to provide a national forum to encourage the development of a uniform national ecological approach to terrestrial ecosystem classification and mapping, and for the sound application of the ecological approach to sustainable resource management and planning.

In 1991, a collaborative project was undertaken by a number of federal agencies in cooperation with provincial and territorial governments, all under the auspices of the Ecological Stratification Working Group, to revise previous work and establish a common ecological framework for Canada.

The resulting report, A National Ecological Framework for Canada, released by the Ecological Stratification Working Group in 1995, describes the methods used to construct the ecological framework maps, the concepts of the hierarchical levels of generalization, and a narrative description of each ecozone and ecoregion.

A second report was published in 1999, adding the ecoprovince level. The need for ecoprovince boundaries came from the environmental side accord that established the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in 1994—a trilateral effort between Canada, Mexico and the United States to develop an ecological framework to address common environmental concerns.

Modifications and new developments

Modifications and new developments to the Ecological Land Classification (ELC) have been implemented to meet specific needs.

Ecozone+7

Environment Canada frequently uses the National Ecological Framework. In conjunction with many provincial and territorial partners, the department produced the report Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010, utilising a modified hierarchy called ‘Ecozone+’ to distinguish it from the National Ecological Framework.

3. Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. p. 8.4. Soil Landscapes of Canada Working Group. 2010. Soil Landscapes of Canada version 3.2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (digital map and database at 1:1 million scale). http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/v3.2/index.html (accessed July 9, 2017).5. Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. p. 6.6. Ecological Stratification Working Group. 1995. A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. p. 1.; Marshall, I.B., Schut, P.H., and Ballard, M. 1999. A National Ecological Framework for Canada: Attribute Data. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch. Ottawa/Hull. http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/ecostrat/1999report/index.html (accessed July 4, 2017).7. Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments of Canada. 2010. Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010. Canadian Councils of Resource Ministers. Ottawa, ON. p. vi. http://www.biodivcanada.ca/A519F000-8427-4F8C-9521-8A95AE287753/EN_CanadianBiodiversity_FULL.pdf (accessed July 9, 2017).

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Major modifications included adjustments to terrestrial boundaries to reflect improvements in ground truthing, the combining of three Arctic ecozones, and the addition of two ecoprovinces (Western Interior Basin and Newfoundland Boreal) and nine marine ecosystem-based units.

Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) 20148

In 2014, the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) released an update to the first digital version of the Canadian Ecological Framework.

CCEA presents both the marine and terrestrial ecozones on one map. The new spatial framework will replace the 1995 ecological framework as well as the Ecozone+ framework used in the Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010 Report.

This new ecozone map includes 18 terrestrial, 12 marine and 1 freshwater ecozone. The new spatial framework includes the addition of three new terrestrial ecozones: one small extension on an Alaska ecozone, a second in southern British Columbia and a third in the Atlantic regions.

Current Developments

Statistics Canada currently uses the ecological framework in the analysis and production of statistical data tables that aggregate Census of Population and Census of Agriculture variables by ecozone and ecoregion. The framework has also been integrated into spatial layers to be used in measuring ecosystem goods and services.

Explanatory Notes

The numbering system in this classification uses a ten-digit code (Table 2), of which the first two digits are used to indicate the ecozone (the highest level of generalization), followed by one digit indicating the ecoprovince. The next three digits designate the ecoregion, while the final four digits indicate the ecodistrict.9

To provide a standardized classification structure for these ecological units, leading zeros have been added to the ecozone, ecoregion and ecodistrict codes. For example, Ottawa is located in code 08.1.132.0545, which is in the ecodistrict called Ottawa Valley Plain. While identifier codes are unique at these levels, the ecoprovince level must be used in conjunction with the ecozone code to create the unique identifier. For instance, the code for the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands is 08.1.

Table 2 Example of how to code for OttawaName Ecozone Ecoprovince Ecorégion Ecodistrict

Mixedwood Plains 08 - - -

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands 08 1 - -

St. Lawrence Lowlands 08 1 132 -

Ottawa Valley Plain 08 1 132 0545

National ecological classification names do not correspond to official toponyms approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. They are generally derived from a centrally located, prominent physiographic feature such as a mountain range, plateau, plain, basin, or lake within the respective unit.

8. Canadian Council on Ecological Areas. Ecozones Introduction. http://www.ccea.org/ecozones-introduction/ (accessed July 5, 2017).9. Ecozones, ecoprovinces and ecoregions have English and French names in the National Ecological Framework for Canada. A single list is available for ecodistricts.

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There are 194 ecoregions. However, some of these contain more than one polygon resulting in a total of 217 numbered polygons. Eleven ecoregions consist of two or more non-contiguous map unit polygons causing skips in ecoregion numbering (Table 3). For example, the Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps ecoregion in the Arctic is composed of four polygons (001, 002, 003 and 004) but is represented by only one ecoregion: 001 (002, 003 and 004 are skipped). Similarly, the Long Range Mountains ecoregion in Newfoundland and Labrador contains three polygons (108, 110 and 111) but is represented by ecoregion 108 (110 and 111 being skipped) (Table 4).

Table 3 Ecoregions with two or more polygonsName Ecoregion Polygon

Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps 001 001, 002, 003, 004

Ellesmere Mountains 008 008, 010

Northern Alberta Uplands 065 065, 067

Kingurutik–Fraser Rivers 077 077, 081

Mecatina River 080 080, 083, 086

Long Range Mountains 108 108, 110, 111

Mid-Boreal Uplands 139 139, 140, 141, 144, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154

Western Alberta Upland 145 145, 146

Aspen Parkland 156 156, 161

Southwest Manitoba Uplands 163 163, 164

Northern Coastal Mountains 185 185, 186

Table 4 Sample of skips in numbering of ecoregion polygonsName Ecoregion Polygon

Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps 001 001, 002, 003, 004

Baffin Mountains 005 005

Baffin Island Coastal Lowlands 006 006

Torngat Mountains 007 007

Ellesmere Mountains 008 008, 010

Eureka Hills 009 009

Sverdrup Islands Lowland 011 011

The Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps ecoregion in the Arctic is composed of 4 polygons (001, 002, 003, and 004) (Table 5).

Table 5 Example of coding a multi-part ecoregionName Ecozone Ecoprovince Ecoregion Ecodistrict

Northern Ellesmere Ice Cap 01 1 001 0001

Agassiz Ice Cap and Prince of Wales Ice Field 01 1 001 0002

Müller Ice Cap 01 1 001 0003

Devon Ice Cap 01 1 001 0004

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Classification structure

01 - Arctic Cordillera01.1 - Northern Arctic Cordillera

01.1.001 - Ellesmere and Devon Islands Ice Caps

01.1.001.0001 - Northern Ellesmere Ice Cap01.1.001.0002 - Agassiz Ice Cap and Prince of Wales Ice Field01.1.001.0003 - Müller Ice Cap01.1.001.0004 - Devon Ice Cap

01.2 - Southern Arctic Cordillera01.2.005 - Baffin Mountains

01.2.005.0005 - Northern Baffin Mountains01.2.005.0006 - Southern Baffin Coastal Mountains01.2.005.0007 - Upper Hantzsch River01.2.005.0008 - Cumberland Peninsula Mountains

01.2.006 - Baffin Island Coastal Lowlands

01.2.006.0009 - Atlantic Coastal Lowlands01.2.006.0010 - Interior Coastal Lowlands

01.2.007 - Torngat Mountains

01.2.007.0011 - Torngat01.2.007.0012 - Cape Chidley01.2.007.0013 - Domes

02 - Northern Arctic02.1 - Sverdrup Islands

02.1.011 - Sverdrup Islands Lowland

02.1.011.0027 - Northern Islands02.1.011.0028 - Prince Patrick Island West02.1.011.0029 - Sabine Peninsula02.1.011.0030 - Crozier Channel Lowlands

02.2 - Ellesmere Basin02.2.008 - Ellesmere Mountains

02.2.008.0014 - Northwest Coast02.2.008.0015 - Southwest Ellesmere Ice Fields02.2.008.0016 - Bunde Fiord02.2.008.0026 - Nares Strait Coast

02.2.009 - Eureka Hills

02.2.009.0017 - James Ross River02.2.009.0018 - Heintzelman Lake02.2.009.0019 - Lake Hazen02.2.009.0020 - Greely Fiord02.2.009.0021 - Eureka02.2.009.0022 - East Axel Heiberg02.2.009.0023 - Troll Fiord

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02.2.009.0024 - Vendom Fiord02.2.009.0025 - East Bathurst and Cornwallis Islands

02.3 - Victoria Lowlands02.3.012 - Parry Islands Plateau

02.3.012.0031 - Queens Channel02.3.012.0032 - Central Plateau02.3.012.0033 - Blue Hills

02.3.014 - Banks Island Coastal Plain

02.3.014.0040 - Banks

02.3.015 - Banks Island Lowland

02.3.015.0041 - Central Banks Island02.3.015.0042 - Mercy Bay02.3.015.0043 - Upper Thomsen River02.3.015.0044 - South Central Banks Island02.3.015.0045 - Thesiger Bay Coastal Lowland

02.3.016 - Amundsen Gulf Lowlands

02.3.016.0046 - Prince Albert Sound02.3.016.0047 - Albert Islands02.3.016.0048 - Southern Victoria Island Coast02.3.016.0049 - Surrey Lake02.3.016.0050 - Tassijuak Lake

02.3.017 - Shaler Mountains

02.3.017.0051 - North Shaler Mountains02.3.017.0052 - South Shaler Mountains

02.3.018 - Victoria Islands Lowland

02.3.018.0053 - East Victoria Island02.3.018.0054 - Prince of Wales Strait02.3.018.0055 - Prince Albert Peninsula02.3.018.0056 - Ommanney Bay02.3.018.0057 - Hadley Bay02.3.018.0058 - Storkerson Peninsula02.3.018.0059 - Guillemard Bay02.3.018.0060 - Tahiryuak Lake North02.3.018.0061 - Collinson Peninsula02.3.018.0062 - Namaycush Lake South02.3.018.0063 - King William Island—St. Roch Basin02.3.018.0064 - Quunnguq Lake

02.3.019 - Prince of Wales Island Lowland

02.3.019.0065 - Browne Bay02.3.019.0066 - Drake Bay02.3.019.0067 - North Central Prince of Wales Island02.3.019.0068 - Crooked Lake

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02.4 - Parry Channel Plateau02.4.013 - Lancaster Plateau

02.4.013.0034 - Grinnell Peninsula02.4.013.0035 - North Brodeur Peninsula02.4.013.0036 - Maxwell Bay02.4.013.0037 - Central Devon Island02.4.013.0038 - Northeast Somerset Island02.4.013.0039 - South Brodeur Peninsula

02.4.022 - Borden Peninsula Plateau

02.4.022.0075 - Arctic Bay02.4.022.0076 - Eclipse Sound

02.5 - Boothia—Foxe Shield02.5.020 - Boothia Peninsula Plateau

02.5.020.0069 - West Somerset Island02.5.020.0070 - Central Boothia02.5.020.0071 - Lord Mayor Bay02.5.020.0072 - Lady Melville Lake

02.5.023 - Melville Peninsula Plateau

02.5.023.0077 - Fleming Inlet02.5.023.0078 - Admiralty Inlet02.5.023.0079 - Lower Roberts River02.5.023.0080 - Taser Lake02.5.023.0081 - Angajurjualuk Lake02.5.023.0082 - Rowley River02.5.023.0083 - Steensby Inlet02.5.023.0084 - Gifford Fiord North02.5.023.0085 - Autridge Bay North02.5.023.0086 - Lake Gillian02.5.023.0087 - Prince Albert Hills North02.5.023.0088 - Lower Hantzsch River02.5.023.0089 - Prince Albert Hills South02.5.023.0090 - Isurtuq River

02.5.026 - Pangnirtung Upland

02.5.026.0102 - Nettilling Fiord02.5.026.0103 - Nunatak02.5.026.0104 - Cumberland Sound North02.5.026.0105 - Hall Peninsula East

02.5.028 - Meta Incognita Peninsula

02.5.028.0107 - Nettilling Lake02.5.028.0108 - Foxe Peninsula02.5.028.0109 - Amadjuak Lake02.5.028.0110 - Foxe East02.5.028.0111 - Leach Bay02.5.028.0112 - Ward Inlet02.5.028.0113 - Lake Harbour

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02.5.030 - Wager Bay Plateau

02.5.030.0116 - Murchison Lake02.5.030.0117 - Walker Lake02.5.030.0118 - Nagvaak Lake02.5.030.0119 - Cape Robert Brown02.5.030.0120 - Rae Isthmus02.5.030.0121 - Blake Bay02.5.030.0122 - Porsild02.5.030.0123 - Happier Inlet02.5.030.0124 - Ipjuriktuup Nuvua02.5.030.0125 - Vansittart Mountains02.5.030.0126 - Bennett Bay02.5.030.0127 - Gordon River02.5.030.0128 - Granite Hills02.5.030.0129 - Baker Lake02.5.030.0130 - East Bay and Islands

02.5.031 - Northern Ungava Peninsula

02.5.031.0131 - Salluit Plateau02.5.031.0132 - Povungnituk Hills

02.6 - Baffin Uplands02.6.024 - Baffin Island Uplands

02.6.024.0091 - Paquet Bay02.6.024.0092 - Krag02.6.024.0093 - Bieler Lake02.6.024.0094 - McBeth River02.6.024.0095 - Barnes Ice Cap02.6.024.0096 - Isoetoq02.6.024.0097 - Ranger River

02.6.027 - Hall Peninsula Upland

02.6.027.0106 - Hall Peninsula

02.6.029 - Baffin Upland

02.6.029.0114 - West Baffin Upland02.6.029.0115 - East Baffin Upland

02.7 - Foxe—Boothia Lowlands02.7.021 - Gulf of Boothia Plain

02.7.021.0073 - Boothia Coastal Plains02.7.021.0074 - Boothia Heights

02.7.025 - Foxe Basin Plain

02.7.025.0098 - Foxe Basin Islands02.7.025.0099 - Hall Lake02.7.025.0100 - Koukdjuak East02.7.025.0101 - Koukdjuak West

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03 - Southern Arctic03.1 - Amundsen Lowlands

03.1.032 - Yukon Coastal Plain

03.1.032.0133 - Clarence Lagoon03.1.032.0134 - Shingle Point03.1.032.0135 - Herschel03.1.032.0136 - Moose Channel

03.1.033 - Tuktoyaktuk Coastal Plain

03.1.033.0137 - Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula03.1.033.0138 - Eskimo Lakes03.1.033.0139 - Richards Island03.1.033.0140 - Mackenzie Delta North03.1.033.0141 - Noell Lake

03.1.034 - Anderson River Plain

03.1.034.0142 - Cape Bathurst—Smoking Hills03.1.034.0143 - Wood Bay—Mason River03.1.034.0144 - Anderson River

03.1.035 - Dease Arm Plain

03.1.035.0145 - Binamé Lake03.1.035.0146 - Miner River03.1.035.0147 - Simpson Lake03.1.035.0148 - Horton Lake03.1.035.0149 - Haldane River

03.1.036 - Coronation Hills

03.1.036.0150 - Croker River03.1.036.0151 - Dismal Lakes03.1.036.0152 - Hornaday River03.1.036.0153 - Rae River03.1.036.0154 - Asiak River

03.1.037 - Bluenose Lake Plain

03.1.037.0155 - Brock River03.1.037.0156 - Hornaday River

03.1.038 - Bathurst Hills

03.1.038.0157 - Southeast Kent Peninsula03.1.038.0158 - Bathurst Inlet

03.1.041 - Takijuq Lake Upland

03.1.041.0164 - James River03.1.041.0165 - Takijuk Lake03.1.041.0166 - Stanbridge Lake03.1.041.0167 - Mara River03.1.041.0168 - Contwoyto Lake

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03.2 - Keewatin Lowlands03.2.039 - Queen Maud Gulf Lowland

03.2.039.0159 - Brichta Lake03.2.039.0160 - McNaughton Lake03.2.039.0161 - Hiuktak River03.2.039.0162 - Ian Calder Lake

03.2.040 - Chantrey Inlet Lowland

03.2.040.0163 - Chantrey

03.2.042 - Garry Lake Lowland

03.2.042.0169 - Back River03.2.042.0170 - Garry Lake03.2.042.0171 - Amer Lake

03.2.043 - Back River Plain

03.2.043.0173 - Tammarvi River03.2.043.0174 - Aberdeen Lake

03.2.044 - Dubawnt Lake Plain/Upland

03.2.044.0175 - Kunwak River03.2.044.0176 - Dubawnt Lake03.2.044.0177 - Clarke River

03.2.045 - Maguse River Upland

03.2.045.0178 - Thirty Mile Lake03.2.045.0179 - Rankin Inlet03.2.045.0180 - Chesterfield Inlet03.2.045.0181 - Kaminak Lake03.2.045.0182 - Eskimo Point03.2.045.0183 - Geillini River

03.2.046 - Southampton Island Plain

03.2.046.0184 - Fisher Strait and Islands03.2.046.0185 - Boas River

03.3 - Ungava—Belcher03.3.047 - Central Ungava Peninsula

03.3.047.0186 - Vachon Plateau03.3.047.0187 - Lac Couture Hills03.3.047.0188 - Lac Faribault Plateau

03.3.048 - Ottawa Islands

03.3.048.0189 - Ottawa Islands

03.3.049 - Belcher Islands

03.3.049.0190 - Belcher Islands

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04 - Taiga Plains04.1 - Mackenzie Foothills

04.1.051 - Peel River Plateau

04.1.051.0193 - North Treeline04.1.051.0194 - Caribou River04.1.051.0195 - Noisy Creek04.1.051.0196 - English Chief River04.1.051.0197 - Sandy Creek04.1.051.0198 - Upper Wrigley Creek

04.1.061 - Nahanni Plateau

04.1.061.0233 - Flat River04.1.061.0234 - Prairie Creek

04.1.062 - Sibbeston Lake Plain

04.1.062.0235 - Sibbeston

04.2 - Great Bear Lowlands04.2.050 - Mackenzie Delta

04.2.050.0191 - MacKenzie Delta East04.2.050.0192 - MacKenzie Delta West

04.2.052 - Great Bear Lake Plain

04.2.052.0199 - Travaillant Lake04.2.052.0200 - Campbell Lake04.2.052.0201 - Rorey Lake04.2.052.0202 - Dease Arm04.2.052.0203 - Smith Arm04.2.052.0204 - McVicar Arm04.2.052.0205 - Scented Grass Hills04.2.052.0206 - Lost Hill Lake04.2.052.0207 - Grizzly Bear Mountain

04.2.053 - Fort McPherson Plain

04.2.053.0208 - Fishing Lakes04.2.053.0209 - Arctic Red River/Tsiigehtchic North04.2.053.0210 - Marion Lake04.2.053.0211 - Brown Bear Creek04.2.053.0212 - Arctic Red River/Tsiigehtchic04.2.053.0213 - Antaratue River

04.2.054 - Colville Hills

04.2.054.0214 - Aubry Lake04.2.054.0215 - Lac des Bois

04.2.055 - Norman Range

04.2.055.0216 - Fort Good Hope04.2.055.0217 - Franklin04.2.055.0218 - Blackwater Lake04.2.055.0219 - Tseepantee Lake

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04.2.056 - Mackenzie River Plain

04.2.056.0220 - MacKenzie North04.2.056.0221 - Keele04.2.056.0222 - MacKenzie South

04.2.057 - Grandin Plains

04.2.057.0223 - Dease River04.2.057.0224 - Grandin

04.2.058 - Franklin Mountains

04.2.058.0225 - Ochre River04.2.058.0226 - Wrigley

04.2.059 - Keller Lake Plain

04.2.059.0227 - Etna Lake04.2.059.0228 - Keller04.2.059.0229 - Lac Grandin

04.2.060 - Great Slave Lake Plain

04.2.060.0230 - Lac la Martre Plain04.2.060.0231 - Cartridge04.2.060.0232 - Birch Lake Plain

04.2.063 - Horn Plateau

04.2.063.0236 - Horn River04.2.063.0237 - Horn Slope

04.3 - Hay—Slave Lowlands04.3.064 - Hay River Lowland

04.3.064.0238 - Liard River04.3.064.0239 - Fort Simpson04.3.064.0241 - Rabbitskin River04.3.064.0242 - Yates River Plain04.3.064.0243 - Buffalo River Plain04.3.064.0244 - Hay River Plain04.3.064.0245 - Rainbow Lake Plain

04.3.065 - Northern Alberta Uplands

04.3.065.0246 - Trout Lake North04.3.065.0247 - Trout Lake04.3.065.0248 - Etsho Plateau04.3.065.0249 - Petitot Plain04.3.065.0250 - Cameron Slope04.3.065.0251 - Cameron Hills Upland04.3.065.0253 - Caribou Slope04.3.065.0254 - Caribou Upland

04.3.066 - Muskwa Plateau

04.3.066.0252 - Muskwa

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05 - Taiga Shield05.1 - Western Taiga Shield

05.1.068 - Coppermine River Upland

05.1.068.0255 - Calder River05.1.068.0256 - Hepburn Lake05.1.068.0257 - Snake River05.1.068.0258 - Walmsley—Warburton05.1.068.0259 - Whitefish Lake

05.1.069 - Tazin Lake Upland

05.1.069.0260 - Beaulieu River05.1.069.0261 - East Arm05.1.069.0262 - Territories Upland05.1.069.0263 - Uranium City Upland

05.1.070 - Kazan River Upland

05.1.070.0264 - Thelon River05.1.070.0265 - Kamilukuak Lake05.1.070.0266 - Beaverhill Lake05.1.070.0267 - Rennie Lake05.1.070.0268 - Kazan Lake South05.1.070.0269 - Watterson Lake05.1.070.0270 - Pakulak Lake05.1.070.0271 - Blevins Lake05.1.070.0272 - Nejanilini Lake

05.1.071 - Selwyn Lake Upland

05.1.071.0273 - Eynard Lake Upland05.1.071.0274 - Striding River Upland05.1.071.0275 - Kasba Lake05.1.071.0276 - Nueltin Lake05.1.071.0277 - Dunvegan Lake Upland05.1.071.0278 - Robins Lake Upland05.1.071.0279 - Seal River05.1.071.0280 - Sprott Lake05.1.071.0281 - Embleton Lake05.1.071.0282 - Big Sand Lake05.1.071.0283 - Northern Indian Lake

05.2 - Eastern Taiga05.2.072 - La Grande Hills

05.2.072.0284 - Grande rivière de la Baleine Plateau05.2.072.0285 - La Grande rivière Depression05.2.072.0286 - Lac Duncan Plain05.2.072.0287 - Opinaca Hills

05.2.073 - Southern Ungava Peninsula

05.2.073.0288 - Lac Nedlouc Plateau05.2.073.0289 - Lac à l’Eau Claire Plateau05.2.073.0290 - Lac Guillaume-Deslisle

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05.2.074 - New Quebec Central Plateau

05.2.074.0291 - Lac D’Iberville Hills05.2.074.0292 - Lac Châteauguay Plateau05.2.074.0293 - Rivière Caniapiscau Plateau05.2.074.0294 - Lac Bienville Plateau05.2.074.0295 - Lac Opiscotéo Hills05.2.074.0296 - Réservoir de Caniapiscau Depression

05.3 - Labrador Uplands05.3.077 - Kingurutik—Fraser Rivers

05.3.077.0305 - Central Ranges05.3.077.0306 - Western Plateau05.3.077.0307 - Cabot Lake05.3.077.0308 - Mistastin Lake05.3.077.0309 - Hunt River05.3.077.0310 - Harp Lake05.3.077.0321 - Mealy Mountains

05.3.078 - Smallwood Reservoir—Michikamau

05.3.078.0311 - Kanairiktok River05.3.078.0312 - Smallwood Reservoir05.3.078.0313 - Benedict Mountains05.3.078.0314 - Seal Lake05.3.078.0315 - Domagaya Lake05.3.078.0316 - Ashuanipi Lake

05.3.079 - Coastal Barrens

05.3.079.0317 - Hopedale05.3.079.0318 - Porcupine Strand05.3.079.0319 - Harbour

05.3.080 - Mecatina River

05.3.080.0320 - Nipishish Lake05.3.080.0324 - Mount Sawyer05.3.080.0327 - Churchill Falls05.3.080.0328 - Upper Saint-Augustin Plateau05.3.080.0329 - St. Paul

05.3.082 - Eagle Plateau

05.3.082.0322 - North Eagle Plateau05.3.082.0323 - South Eagle Plateau

05.3.084 - Winokapau Lake North

05.3.084.0325 - Winokapau

05.3.085 - Goose River West

05.3.085.0326 - Goose

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05.4 - Whale River Lowland05.4.075 - Ungava Bay Basin

05.4.075.0297 - La Baleine Coastal Plain05.4.075.0298 - Lac aux Feuilles Hills05.4.075.0299 - Riviére à la Baleine Lowlands05.4.075.0300 - Labrador Hills05.4.075.0301 - Lac Champdoré Depression

05.4.076 - George Plateau

05.4.076.0302 - Port-Nouveau Québec Coast05.4.076.0303 - George River Lower Plateau05.4.076.0304 - George River Upper Plateau

06 - Boreal Shield06.1 - Western Boreal Shield

06.1.087 - Athabasca Plain

06.1.087.0331 - Athabasca Dunes06.1.087.0332 - Fond du Lac Lowland06.1.087.0333 - Squirrel Lake Plain06.1.087.0334 - Lower Cree River Plain06.1.087.0335 - Pasfield Lake Plain06.1.087.0336 - Pine River Plain06.1.087.0337 - Livingstone Plain06.1.087.0338 - Carswell Plain06.1.087.0339 - Wheeler Lake Upland06.1.087.0340 - McTaggart Plain06.1.087.0341 - Cree Lake Upland06.1.087.0342 - McFarlane Upland

06.1.088 - Churchill River Upland

06.1.088.0343 - Wollaston Lake Plain06.1.088.0344 - Reindeer Lake06.1.088.0345 - Highrock Lake Plain06.1.088.0346 - Wells Lake06.1.088.0347 - Foster Upland06.1.088.0348 - Black Birch Plain06.1.088.0349 - Southern Indian Lake06.1.088.0350 - Waskaiowaka Lake06.1.088.0351 - Frobisher Plain06.1.088.0352 - Macoun Lake Plain06.1.088.0353 - Sisipuk Plain06.1.088.0354 - Pinehouse Plain06.1.088.0355 - Orr Lake06.1.088.0356 - Threepoint Lake06.1.088.0357 - Wekusko06.1.088.0358 - Flin Flon Plain06.1.088.0359 - Reed Lake

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06.1.089 - Hayes River Upland

06.1.089.0360 - Knee Lake06.1.089.0361 - Pikwitonei Lake06.1.089.0362 - Silsby Lake06.1.089.0363 - Sipiwesk Lake06.1.089.0364 - Island Lake06.1.089.0365 - Gods Lake06.1.089.0366 - Norway House06.1.089.0367 - Gunisao Lake06.1.089.0368 - Cantin Lake06.1.089.0369 - Windigo River

06.1.095 - Big Trout Lake

06.1.095.0392 - Witegoo River06.1.095.0393 - Wunnummin Lake06.1.095.0394 - Kasabonika—Winisk River06.1.095.0395 - Dumond River06.1.095.0396 - Upper Little Current River

06.2 - Mid-Boreal Shield06.2.090 - Lac Seul Upland

06.2.090.0370 - Berens River06.2.090.0371 - Wrong Lake06.2.090.0372 - Lake St. Joseph06.2.090.0373 - Nopiming06.2.090.0374 - English River

06.2.094 - Lake Nipigon

06.2.094.0384 - Attwood River06.2.094.0385 - Smoothrock Lake06.2.094.0386 - Nipigon—Black Bay06.2.094.0387 - Namewaminikan River06.2.094.0388 - Sturgeon Lake06.2.094.0389 - Long Lake06.2.094.0390 - Gulliver River06.2.094.0391 - Dog Lake

06.2.096 - Abitibi Plains

06.2.096.0397 - Matagami Depression06.2.096.0398 - Turgeon Plain06.2.096.0399 - Kesagami Lake06.2.096.0400 - Opasatika06.2.096.0401 - Lake Abitibi06.2.096.0402 - Mattice06.2.096.0403 - Nagagami Lake06.2.096.0404 - Dog River06.2.096.0405 - Jackpine River

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06.2.100 - Rupert River Plateau

06.2.100.0427 - Monts Otish06.2.100.0428 - Upper Rupert Plateau06.2.100.0429 - Lac Mistassini06.2.100.0430 - Chibougamau Depression06.2.100.0431 - Lac Mégiscane

06.3 - Eastern Boreal Shield06.3.101 - Central Laurentians

06.3.101.0421 - Fjord du Saguenay06.3.101.0432 - Réservoir Manicouagan Basin06.3.101.0433 - Lac Manouane Depression06.3.101.0434 - Sainte-Marguerite Plateau06.3.101.0435 - Manouanis Highlands06.3.101.0436 - Manicouagan Plateau06.3.101.0437 - Lac Péribonka Hills06.3.101.0438 - Betsiamites Plateau06.3.101.0439 - Girardville Hills06.3.101.0440 - Monts Valin06.3.101.0441 - Lac Saint-Jean Plain

06.3.102 - Anticosti Island

06.3.102.0442 - Anticosti

06.3.103 - Mecatina Plateau

06.3.103.0443 - Blanc-Sablon06.3.103.0444 - Saint-Augustin Hills06.3.103.0445 - Petit-Mécatina06.3.103.0446 - Rocky Coast06.3.103.0447 - Lac Magpie Highlands

06.3.104 - Paradise River

06.3.104.0448 - Alexis River06.3.104.0449 - Sand Hill River

06.3.105 - Lake Melville

06.3.105.0450 - Rocky Cove06.3.105.0451 - Rigolet06.3.105.0452 - Goose Bay

06.4 - Newfoundland06.4.106 - Strait of Belle Isle

06.4.106.0453 - Belle Isle

06.4.107 - Northern Peninsula

06.4.107.0454 - North Hare Bay06.4.107.0455 - Salmon River06.4.107.0456 - Peninsula-White Bay

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06.4.108 - Long Range Mountains

06.4.108.0457 - Northern Long Range Mountains06.4.108.0464 - Southern Long Range Mountains06.4.108.0465 - Central Long Range Mountains

06.4.109 - Southwestern Newfoundland

06.4.109.0458 - Corner Brook06.4.109.0459 - Serpentine Range06.4.109.0460 - Port au Port06.4.109.0461 - St. Georges Bay06.4.109.0462 - Cape St. George06.4.109.0463 - Codroy

06.4.112 - Central Newfoundland

06.4.112.0466 - North Central06.4.112.0467 - Red Indian06.4.112.0468 - Terra Nova06.4.112.0469 - Portage Pond

06.4.113 - Northeastern Newfoundland

06.4.113.0470 - North Shore

06.4.114 - Maritime Barrens

06.4.114.0471 - Northeastern Barrens06.4.114.0472 - Central Barrens06.4.114.0473 - Jeddore Lake06.4.114.0474 - South Coast Barrens06.4.114.0475 - Southeastern Barrens

06.4.115 - Avalon Forest

06.4.115.0476 - Avalon

06.4.116 - South Avalon—Burin Oceanic Barrens

06.4.116.0477 - Oceanic Barrens

06.5 - Lake of the Woods06.5.091 - Lake of the Woods

06.5.091.0375 - Stead06.5.091.0376 - Pinawa06.5.091.0377 - Kenora06.5.091.0378 - Dryden06.5.091.0379 - Whitemouth06.5.091.0380 - Piney

06.5.092 - Rainy River

06.5.092.0381 - Rainy

06.5.093 - Thunder Bay—Quetico

06.5.093.0382 - Quetico06.5.093.0383 - Thunder Bay

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06.6 - Southern Boreal Shield06.6.097 - Lake Timiskaming Lowland

06.6.097.0406 - Chapleau Plains06.6.097.0407 - Mattagami Lake06.6.097.0408 - Témiscamingue—Lac Simard Lowlands06.6.097.0409 - Temagami06.6.097.0410 - Montreal River

06.6.098 - Algonquin—Lake Nipissing

06.6.098.0411 - Nipissing06.6.098.0412 - Thessalon06.6.098.0413 - Algonquin

06.6.099 - Southern Laurentians

06.6.099.0414 - Réservoir Gouin Depression06.6.099.0415 - Windigo Highlands06.6.099.0416 - Parent Plateau06.6.099.0417 - Chochocouane Hills06.6.099.0418 - Lac Jacques-Cartier Highlands06.6.099.0419 - La Tuque Depression06.6.099.0420 - La Vérendrye Depression06.6.099.0422 - Lac Kempt Terrace06.6.099.0423 - Dumoine Plateau06.6.099.0424 - Lower Saint-Maurice Hills06.6.099.0425 - Mont Laurier Depression06.6.099.0426 - Mont Tremblant Highlands

07 - Atlantic Maritime07.1 - Appalachian—Acadian Highlands

07.1.117 - Appalachians

07.1.117.0478 - Gaspé Peninsula07.1.117.0479 - Appalachian Complex of Lower St. Lawrence07.1.117.0480 - Notre-Dame Mountains07.1.117.0481 - Matapédia07.1.117.0482 - Appalachian Complex of Beauce07.1.117.0483 - Appalachian Complex of Estrie

07.1.118 - Northern New Brunswick Uplands

07.1.118.0484 - Restigouche07.1.118.0485 - Jacquet07.1.118.0486 - Saint-Quentin07.1.118.0487 - Madawaska07.1.118.0488 - Sevogle07.1.118.0489 - Juniper07.1.118.0490 - Plaster Rock

07.1.119 - New Brunswick Highlands

07.1.119.0491 - Bald Mountains07.1.119.0492 - Tuadook Lake

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07.2 - Northumberland Lowlands07.2.122 - Maritime Lowlands

07.2.122.0500 - Northumberland Shore07.2.122.0501 - Allardville07.2.122.0502 - Miramichi07.2.122.0503 - Harcourt07.2.122.0504 - Pictou—Cumberland Lowlands07.2.122.0505 - Grand Lake07.2.122.0506 - Oromocto

07.2.130 - Prince Edward Island

07.2.130.0534 - O’Leary07.2.130.0535 - East Prince07.2.130.0536 - Charlottetown07.2.130.0537 - Hill Lands Central07.2.130.0538 - Hill Lands East

07.2.131 - Îles-de-la-Madeleine

07.2.131.0539 - Madelaine

07.3 - Fundy Uplands07.3.120 - Saint John River Valley

07.3.120.0493 - Centreville—Grand Falls07.3.120.0494 - Carleton

07.3.121 - Southern New Brunswick Uplands

07.3.121.0495 - Pokiok07.3.121.0496 - Sussex07.3.121.0497 - Magaguadavic07.3.121.0498 - Fundy Mountain07.3.121.0499 - Mount Pleasant

07.3.123 - Fundy Coast

07.3.123.0507 - Chignecto—Minas Shore07.3.123.0508 - Grand Manan07.3.123.0509 - North Mountain

07.3.124 - Southwest Nova Scotia Uplands

07.3.124.0510 - South Mountain07.3.124.0511 - Chester07.3.124.0512 - Lunenburg Drumlins07.3.124.0513 - Tusket River07.3.124.0514 - Rossignol07.3.124.0515 - Clyde River

07.3.125 - Atlantic Coast

07.3.125.0516 - Atlantic

07.3.126 - Annapolis—Minas Lowlands

07.3.126.0517 - Windsor Lowlands07.3.126.0518 - Annapolis Valley

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07.3.127 - South-central Nova Scotia Uplands

07.3.127.0519 - Sheet Harbour07.3.127.0520 - Beaver Bank

07.3.128 - Nova Scotia Highlands

07.3.128.0521 - Cape Breton Escarpment07.3.128.0522 - Ainslie Uplands07.3.128.0523 - Bras d’Or Lowlands07.3.128.0524 - Bras d’Or Uplands - North07.3.128.0525 - Antigonish Lowlands07.3.128.0526 - Bras d’Or Uplands - South07.3.128.0527 - Pictou—Antigonish Highlands07.3.128.0528 - Cumberland Hills07.3.128.0529 - Mulgrave Plateau07.3.128.0530 - Cobequid Highlands07.3.128.0531 - St. Mary’s Block

07.3.129 - Cape Breton Highlands

07.3.129.0532 - Cape Breton Plateau07.3.129.0533 - Cape Breton Barrens

08 - Mixedwood Plains08.1 - Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Lowlands

08.1.132 - St. Lawrence Lowlands

08.1.132.0540 - Middle St. Lawrence Plain08.1.132.0541 - Upper St. Lawrence Plain08.1.132.0542 - Muskrat Lake08.1.132.0543 - Russell and Prescott Plains08.1.132.0544 - North Gower-Winchester Plains08.1.132.0545 - Ottawa Valley Plain08.1.132.0546 - Glengarry Plain08.1.132.0547 - Smith Falls Plain08.1.132.0548 - Lancaster

08.1.133 - Frontenac Axis

08.1.133.0549 - Frontenac

08.1.134 - Manitoulin—Lake Simcoe

08.1.134.0550 - Manitoulin08.1.134.0551 - Georgian Bay South08.1.134.0552 - Sturgeon Lake08.1.134.0553 - Lake Scugog—Oak Ridge08.1.134.0554 - Peterborough08.1.134.0555 - Napanee—Prince Edward08.1.134.0556 - Dundalk Till Plain08.1.134.0557 - Stratford Till Plain08.1.134.0558 - Teeswater Drumlin Fields08.1.134.0559 - Holland River08.1.134.0560 - Guelph Drumlin Fields

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08.2 - Huron—Erie Plains08.2.135 - Lake Erie Lowland

08.2.135.0561 - Central Iroquois Plain08.2.135.0562 - South Slope Oak Ridges Moraine08.2.135.0563 - Toronto08.2.135.0564 - Southwest Iroquois Plain08.2.135.0565 - Mount Elgin Ridges08.2.135.0566 - Niagara Bench08.2.135.0567 - Southern Horseshoe Moraine08.2.135.0568 - Norfolk Sand Plain08.2.135.0569 - Haldimand Plain08.2.135.0570 - St. Clair Plains08.2.135.0571 - Big Creek—Long Point08.2.135.0572 - Point Pelee

09 - Boreal Plains09.1 - Boreal Foothills

09.1.137 - Clear Hills Upland

09.1.137.0581 - Chinchaga Plain09.1.137.0582 - Milligan Upland09.1.137.0583 - Clear Hills Upland09.1.137.0584 - Notikewin Plain09.1.137.0585 - Halfway Plateau

09.1.145 - Western Alberta Upland

09.1.145.0618 - Saddle Upland09.1.145.0619 - Driftpile Upland09.1.145.0620 - Swan Hills09.1.145.0621 - Berland Upland09.1.145.0622 - Blueridge Upland09.1.145.0623 - Edson Plain09.1.145.0624 - Mayberne Upland09.1.145.0625 - Obed Upland09.1.145.0626 - Cynthia Upland09.1.145.0627 - Wolfe Lake Upland09.1.145.0628 - Ram River Foothills09.1.145.0629 - O’Chiese Upland09.1.145.0630 - Winfield Upland09.1.145.0631 - Bragg Creek Foothills09.1.145.0998 - Luscar Foothills

09.2 - Central Boreal Plains09.2.136 - Slave River Lowland

09.2.136.0573 - Slave River Delta09.2.136.0574 - Salt River Plain09.2.136.0575 - Nyarling River09.2.136.0576 - Knight Creek Plain09.2.136.0577 - Athabasca Delta

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09.2.136.0578 - Fox Lake Plain09.2.136.0579 - Embarras Plain09.2.136.0580 - Birch Fans

09.2.138 - Peace Lowland

09.2.138.0586 - High Level Plain09.2.138.0587 - Boyer Plain09.2.138.0588 - Manning Plain09.2.138.0589 - Cache Plain09.2.138.0590 - Grimshaw Plain09.2.138.0591 - Worsley Plain09.2.138.0592 - McLennan Plain09.2.138.0593 - Rycroft Plain09.2.138.0594 - Blueberry Upland09.2.138.0595 - Falher Plain09.2.138.0596 - Dunvegan Plain09.2.138.0597 - DeBolt Plain09.2.138.0598 - Beaverlodge Plain09.2.138.0599 - Grande Prairie Plain09.2.138.0600 - Smoky Plain09.2.138.9593 - Unnamed Ecodistrict

09.2.139 - Mid-Boreal Uplands

09.2.139.0601 - Buffalo Head Upland09.2.139.0602 - Wadlin Upland09.2.139.0603 - Russell Upland09.2.139.0604 - Peerless Upland09.2.139.0605 - Birch Upland09.2.139.0606 - North Birch Upland09.2.139.0612 - Heart River Upland09.2.139.0613 - Utikuma Plain09.2.139.0614 - Pelican Upland09.2.139.0615 - Cross Lake Upland09.2.139.0616 - Hondo Plain09.2.139.0617 - Freeman Upland09.2.139.0632 - Hart Lake Plain09.2.139.0633 - Firebag Hills09.2.139.0634 - Muskeg Upland09.2.139.0635 - Steepbank Plain09.2.139.0636 - Palmbere Plain09.2.139.0637 - Garson Lake09.2.139.0638 - Stony Mountain Upland09.2.139.0639 - Crow Lake Plain09.2.139.0640 - Île-à-la-Crosse Plain09.2.139.0641 - Christina Plain09.2.139.0642 - Dillon Plain09.2.139.0643 - La Plonge Plain09.2.139.0644 - Mostoos Upland

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09.2.139.0645 - Canoe Lake Lowland09.2.139.0646 - La Ronge Lowland09.2.139.0647 - Waterhen Plain09.2.139.0648 - Primrose Plain09.2.139.0649 - Mahigan Lake Plain09.2.139.0650 - Pinehurst Upland09.2.139.0651 - Doré Lake Lowland09.2.139.0652 - Mostoos Escarpment09.2.139.0653 - Smoothstone Plain09.2.139.0654 - Wapawekka Upland09.2.139.0655 - Waskesiu Upland09.2.139.0656 - Montreal Lake Plain09.2.139.0657 - Clarke Lake Plain09.2.139.0658 - Whiteswan Upland09.2.139.0659 - White Gull Plain09.2.139.0660 - Leoville Hills09.2.139.0661 - Emma Lake Upland09.2.139.0710 - Bronson Upland09.2.139.0711 - Thickwood Upland09.2.139.0712 - Pasquia Escarpment09.2.139.0713 - Pasquia Plateau09.2.139.0714 - Porcupine Hills09.2.139.0715 - Duck Mountain09.2.139.0716 - Riding Mountain

09.2.142 - Wabasca Lowland

09.2.142.0607 - Loon Lake Plain09.2.142.0608 - Mackay Plain09.2.142.0609 - Wabasca Plain09.2.142.9607 - Unnamed Ecodistrict09.2.142.9608 - Unnamed Ecodistrict09.2.142.9609 - Unnamed Ecodistrict

09.2.143 - Western Boreal

09.2.143.0610 - Iosegun Plain09.2.143.0611 - Puskwaskau Upland

09.2.149 - Boreal Transition

09.2.149.0678 - Athabasca Plain09.2.149.0679 - Whitefish Upland09.2.149.0680 - Beaver River Plain09.2.149.0681 - Westlock Plain09.2.149.0682 - St. Cyr Plain09.2.149.0683 - Redwater Plain09.2.149.0684 - Lac Ste. Anne Upland09.2.149.0685 - Meadow Lake Plain09.2.149.0686 - Frog Lake Upland09.2.149.0687 - Onion Lake Plain09.2.149.0688 - Myrnam Upland

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09.2.149.0689 - Sturgeon River Plain09.2.149.0690 - Witchekan Plain09.2.149.0691 - Tobin Lake Lowland09.2.149.0692 - Breton Upland09.2.149.0693 - White Fox Plain09.2.149.0694 - Nipawin Plain09.2.149.0695 - Turtle River Plain09.2.149.0696 - Shellbrook Plain09.2.149.0697 - Red Earth Plain09.2.149.0698 - La Corne Plain09.2.149.0699 - Meeting Lake Upland09.2.149.0700 - Mistatim Upland09.2.149.0701 - Nisbet Plain09.2.149.0702 - Prince Albert Plain09.2.149.0703 - Rimbey Upland09.2.149.0704 - Hudson Bay Plain09.2.149.0705 - Melfort Plain09.2.149.0706 - Tiger Hills Upland09.2.149.0707 - Barrier River Upland09.2.149.0708 - Caroline Plain09.2.149.0709 - Swan River Plain09.2.149.9687 - Unnamed Ecodistrict

09.3 - Eastern Boreal Plains09.3.148 - Mid-Boreal Lowland

09.3.148.0662 - Mossy River Plain09.3.148.0663 - Playgreen Lake09.3.148.0664 - Namew Lake Upland09.3.148.0665 - Cormorant Lake09.3.148.0666 - Cedar Lake09.3.148.0667 - Summerberry09.3.148.0668 - The Pas Moraine09.3.148.0669 - Saskatchewan Delta09.3.148.0670 - Grand Rapids09.3.148.0671 - Narrow Island09.3.148.0672 - Overflowing River09.3.148.0674 - Pelican Lake09.3.148.0675 - Chitek Lake09.3.148.0676 - Sturgeon Bay09.3.148.0677 - Grindstone

09.3.155 - Interlake Plain

09.3.155.0717 - Swan Lake09.3.155.0718 - Waterhen09.3.155.0720 - Gypsumville09.3.155.0723 - Ashern09.3.155.0724 - Gimli09.3.155.0726 - Steinbach

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10 - Prairies10.1 - Eastern Prairies

10.1.162 - Lake Manitoba Plain

10.1.162.0840 - Dauphin10.1.162.0841 - Alonsa10.1.162.0843 - Ste. Rose10.1.162.0844 - McCreary10.1.162.0846 - Lundar10.1.162.0847 - Gladstone10.1.162.0848 - Langruth10.1.162.0849 - Winnipeg10.1.162.0850 - MacGregor10.1.162.0851 - Portage10.1.162.0852 - Winkler10.1.162.0853 - Emerson

10.2 - Parkland Prairies10.2.156 - Aspen Parkland

10.2.156.0727 - Leduc Plain10.2.156.0728 - Andrew Plain10.2.156.0729 - Lloydminster Plain10.2.156.0730 - Vermilion Upland10.2.156.0731 - Daysland Plain10.2.156.0732 - Cooking Lake Upland10.2.156.0733 - Whitewood Hills Upland10.2.156.0734 - Lower Battle River Plain10.2.156.0735 - Maymont Plain10.2.156.0736 - Waldheim Plain10.2.156.0737 - Red Deer Plain10.2.156.0738 - Sedgewick Plain10.2.156.0739 - Ribstone Plain10.2.156.0740 - Bashaw Upland10.2.156.0741 - Cudworth Plain10.2.156.0742 - Hafford Plain10.2.156.0743 - Provost Plain10.2.156.0744 - Pine Lake Upland10.2.156.0745 - Quill Lake Plain10.2.156.0746 - Olds Plain10.2.156.0747 - Whitesand Plain10.2.156.0748 - Touchwood Hills Upland10.2.156.0749 - Yorkton Plain10.2.156.0750 - Black Diamond Upland10.2.156.0751 - St-Lazare10.2.156.0752 - Melville Plain10.2.156.0753 - Hamiota10.2.156.0754 - Indian Head Plain10.2.156.0755 - Moose Mountain Upland

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10.2.156.0756 - Kipling Plain10.2.156.0757 - Shilo10.2.156.0758 - Stockton10.2.156.0759 - Carberry10.2.156.0760 - Gainsborough Plain10.2.156.0761 - Moose Mountain10.2.156.0762 - Moose Mountain Creek Plain10.2.156.0763 - Oak Lake Plain10.2.156.0764 - Hilton10.2.156.0765 - Killarney10.2.156.0766 - Manitou10.2.156.0839 - Grandview

10.2.163 - Southwest Manitoba Uplands

10.2.163.0854 - Pembina Hills10.2.163.0855 - Turtle Mountain

10.3 - Central Grassland10.3.157 - Moist Mixed Grassland

10.3.157.0767 - Tramping Lake Plain10.3.157.0768 - Senlac Hills10.3.157.0769 - Castor Plain10.3.157.0770 - Goose Lake Plain10.3.157.0771 - Neutral Hills10.3.157.0772 - Saskatoon Plain10.3.157.0773 - Elstow Plain10.3.157.0774 - Minichinas Upland10.3.157.0775 - Bear Hills10.3.157.0776 - Mixed Wood Sand Hills10.3.157.0777 - Sullivan Lake Plain10.3.157.0778 - Biggar Plain10.3.157.0779 - Endiang Upland10.3.157.0780 - Rosetown Plain10.3.157.0781 - Drumheller Plain10.3.157.0782 - Arm River Plain10.3.157.0783 - Strasbourg Plain10.3.157.0784 - Last Mountain Lake Plain10.3.157.0785 - Allan Hills10.3.157.0786 - Wintering Hills10.3.157.0787 - Majorville Upland10.3.157.0788 - Standard Plain10.3.157.0789 - Eyebrow Plain10.3.157.0790 - Blackfoot Plain10.3.157.0791 - Vulcan Plain10.3.157.0792 - Regina Plain10.3.157.0793 - Lethbridge Plain10.3.157.0794 - Griffin Plain10.3.157.0795 - Trossachs Plain

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10.3.157.0796 - Souris River Plain10.3.157.0797 - Milk River Upland10.3.157.9787 - Unnamed Ecodistrict

10.3.158 - Fescue Grassland

10.3.158.0798 - Delacour Plain10.3.158.0799 - Willow Creek Upland10.3.158.0800 - Cardston Plain10.3.158.0801 - Twin Butte Foothills10.3.158.0802 - Del Bonita Plateau

10.3.159 - Mixed Grassland

10.3.159.0803 - Kerrobert Plain10.3.159.0804 - Sounding Creek Plain10.3.159.0805 - Sibbald Plain10.3.159.0806 - Berry Creek Plain10.3.159.0807 - Bad Hills10.3.159.0808 - Eston Plain10.3.159.0809 - Oyen Upland10.3.159.0810 - Coteau Hills10.3.159.0811 - Acadia Valley Plain10.3.159.0812 - Brooks Plain10.3.159.0813 - Beechy Hills10.3.159.0814 - Rainy Hills Upland10.3.159.0815 - Bindloss Plain10.3.159.0816 - Chaplin Plain10.3.159.0817 - Hazlet Plain10.3.159.0818 - Bow City Plain10.3.159.0819 - Great Sand Hills10.3.159.0820 - Antelope Creek Plain10.3.159.0821 - Schuler10.3.159.0822 - Dirt Hills10.3.159.0823 - Vauxhall Plain10.3.159.0824 - Gull Lake Plain10.3.159.0825 - Swift Current Plateau10.3.159.0826 - Wood River Plain10.3.159.0827 - Maple Creek Plain10.3.159.0828 - Foremost Plain10.3.159.0829 - Purple Springs Plain10.3.159.0830 - Coteau Lakes Upland10.3.159.0831 - Lake Alma Upland10.3.159.0832 - Wood Mountain Plateau10.3.159.0833 - Wild Horse Plain10.3.159.0834 - Climax Plain10.3.159.0835 - Old Man On His Back Plateau10.3.159.0836 - Sweetgrass Upland

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10.3.160 - Cypress Upland

10.3.160.0837 - Cypress Slope10.3.160.0838 - Cypress Hills

11 - Taiga Cordillera11.1 - Northern Yukon Mountains

11.1.165 - British—Richardson Mountains

11.1.165.0856 - Mount Sedgwick11.1.165.0857 - Babbage River11.1.165.0858 - Welcome Mountain11.1.165.0859 - McDougall Pass11.1.165.0860 - Mountain Creek11.1.165.0861 - Road River

11.2 - Old Crow—Eagle Plains11.2.166 - Old Crow Basin

11.2.166.0862 - Lapierre House

11.2.167 - Old Crow Flats

11.2.167.0863 - Old Crow

11.3 - Ogilvie Mountains11.3.168 - North Ogilvie Mountains

11.3.168.0864 - Bear Cave Mountain11.3.168.0865 - Miner River11.3.168.0866 - Blackstone River11.3.168.0867 - Ogilvie River

11.3.169 - Eagle Plains

11.3.169.0868 - Eagle11.3.169.0869 - Peel River

11.4 - Mackenzie—Selwyn Mountains11.4.170 - Mackenzie Mountains

11.4.170.0870 - Bonnet Plume11.4.170.0871 - Wind River11.4.170.0872 - North Fork Pass11.4.170.0873 - Hart River11.4.170.0874 - Backbone Ranges North

11.4.171 - Selwyn Mountains

11.4.171.0875 - Keele River11.4.171.0876 - Rogue River11.4.171.0877 - Backbone Ranges South11.4.171.0878 - Upper McMillan River11.4.171.0879 - Pelly Lakes11.4.171.0880 - Upper Hyland River

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12 - Boreal Cordillera12.1 - Wrangel Mountains

12.1.173 - St. Elias Mountains

12.1.173.0886 - Moose Peak12.1.173.0887 - Upper Donjek12.1.173.0888 - Destruction Bay12.1.173.0889 - St. Elias

12.2 - Northern Boreal Cordillera12.2.174 - Ruby Ranges

12.2.174.0890 - Tincup Lake12.2.174.0891 - Nisling Range12.2.174.0892 - Shakwak Trench12.2.174.0893 - Koidern12.2.174.0894 - Aishihik12.2.174.0895 - Auriol Range

12.2.175 - Yukon Plateau-Central

12.2.175.0896 - Rosebud Creek12.2.175.0897 - Nordenskiold River

12.2.176 - Yukon Plateau-North

12.2.176.0898 - Elsa12.2.176.0899 - Stewart River12.2.176.0900 - Stewart Valley12.2.176.0901 - Kalzas—Anvil Range12.2.176.0902 - Tintina12.2.176.0903 - Pelly River

12.2.177 - Yukon Southern Lakes

12.2.177.0904 - Lake Laberge12.2.177.0905 - Whitehorse12.2.177.0906 - Miners Range12.2.177.0907 - Joe Mountain12.2.177.0908 - Champagne12.2.177.0909 - Alligator Lake12.2.177.0910 - Mount Bryde

12.2.178 - Pelly Mountains

12.2.178.0911 - Salmon River12.2.178.0912 - St. Cyr Range12.2.178.0913 - Caribou Lakes12.2.178.0914 - Cassiar Mountains

12.2.181 - Liard Basin

12.2.181.0924 - Francis Lake12.2.181.0925 - Watson Lake12.2.181.0926 - Irons Creek12.2.181.0927 - Tom Creek12.2.181.0928 - Otter Creek12.2.181.0929 - Lootz Lake

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12.2.182 - Hyland Highland

12.2.182.0930 - Upper Coal River12.2.182.0931 - Whitefish River12.2.182.0932 - Larsen Creek

12.3 - Southern Boreal Cordillera12.3.179 - Yukon—Stikine Highlands

12.3.179.0915 - Dalton Post12.3.179.0916 - Primrose Lake12.3.179.0917 - Tahltan Highland

12.3.180 - Boreal Mountains and Plateaus

12.3.180.0918 - Teslin Plateau12.3.180.0919 - Tuya Range12.3.180.0920 - Cassiar Ranges12.3.180.0921 - Kechika Mountains12.3.180.0922 - Stikine Plateau12.3.180.0923 - Southern Boreal Plateau

12.3.183 - Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains

12.3.183.0933 - Eastern Muskwa Ranges12.3.183.0934 - Muskwa Foothills12.3.183.0935 - Western Muskwa Ranges

12.4 - Western Boreal Cordillera12.4.172 - Klondike Plateau

12.4.172.0881 - King Solomon Dome12.4.172.0882 - Sixty Mile12.4.172.0883 - Dawson Range12.4.172.0884 - Beaver Creek12.4.172.0885 - Wellesley Lake

13 - Pacific Maritime13.1 - Georgia Depression

13.1.194 - Eastern Vancouver Island

13.1.194.0955 - Leeward Island Mountains13.1.194.0956 - Nanaimo Lowland

13.1.195 - Georgia—Puget Basin

13.1.195.0957 - Strait of Georgia

13.1.196 - Lower Mainland

13.1.196.0958 - Georgia Lowland13.1.196.0959 - Fraser Lowland

13.2 - Southern Coastal Mountains13.2.187 - Nass Basin

13.2.187.0940 - Nass

13.2.188 - Queen Charlotte Ranges

13.2.188.0941 - Windward Queen Charlotte Mountains13.2.188.0942 - Skidegate Plateau

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13.2.189 - Queen Charlotte Lowland

13.2.189.0943 - Queen Charlotte

13.2.190 - Nass Ranges

13.2.190.0944 - Oscar Peak

13.2.191 - Coastal Gap

13.2.191.0945 - Kitimat Ranges13.2.191.0946 - Hecate Lowland13.2.191.0947 - Queen Charlotte Strait

13.2.192 - Pacific Ranges

13.2.192.0948 - Northern Pacific Ranges13.2.192.0949 - Outer Fiordland13.2.192.0950 - Eastern Pacific Ranges13.2.192.0951 - Southern Pacific Ranges

13.2.193 - Western Vancouver Island

13.2.193.0952 - Nahwitti Lowland13.2.193.0953 - Northern Island Mountains13.2.193.0954 - Windward Island Mountains

13.2.197 - Cascade Mountains

13.2.197.0960 - Northwestern Cascade Ranges

13.3 - Northern Coastal Mountains13.3.184 - Mount Logan

13.3.184.0936 - Seward Glacier

13.3.185 - Northern Coastal Mountains

13.3.185.0937 - Alsek Ranges13.3.185.0938 - Boundary Ranges13.3.185.0939 - Alaska Pandhandle Mountains

14 - Montane Cordillera14.1 - Northern Montane Cordillera

14.1.198 - Skeena Mountains

14.1.198.0961 - Northern Skeena Mountains14.1.198.0962 - Southern Skeena Mountains

14.1.199 - Omineca Mountains

14.1.199.0963 - Eastern Skeena Mountains14.1.199.0964 - Parsnip Trench14.1.199.0965 - Southern Omineca Mountains14.1.199.0966 - Manson Plateau

14.1.200 - Central Canadian Rocky Mountains

14.1.200.0967 - Misinchinka Ranges14.1.200.0968 - Peace Foothills14.1.200.0969 - Hart Foothills14.1.200.0970 - Hart Ranges

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14.1.203 - Fraser Basin

14.1.203.0980 - Babine Upland14.1.203.0981 - McGregor Plateau14.1.203.0982 - Nechako Lowland

14.2 - Central Montane Cordillera14.2.201 - Bulkley Ranges

14.2.201.0971 - Bulkley

14.2.202 - Fraser Plateau

14.2.202.0972 - Bulkley Basin14.2.202.0973 - Eutsuk Lake14.2.202.0974 - Nazko Upland14.2.202.0975 - Western Chilcotin Upland14.2.202.0976 - Cariboo Plateau14.2.202.0977 - Chilcotin Plateau14.2.202.0978 - Cariboo Basin14.2.202.0979 - Fraser River Basin

14.2.204 - Chilcotin Ranges

14.2.204.0983 - Western Chilcotin Ranges14.2.204.0984 - Central Chilcotin Ranges

14.3 - Southern Montane Cordillera14.3.208 - Interior Transition Ranges

14.3.208.1001 - Pavilion Ranges14.3.208.1002 - Southern Chilcotin Ranges14.3.208.1003 - Leeward Pacific Ranges14.3.209 - Thompson—Okanagan Plateau14.3.209.1004 - Northern Thompson Upland14.3.209.1005 - Thompson Basin14.3.209.1006 - Southern Thompson Upland14.3.209.1007 - Northern Okanagan Basin14.3.209.1008 - Northern Okanagan Highland

14.3.210 - Okanagan Range

14.3.210.1009 - Okanagan

14.3.211 - Okanagan Highland

14.3.211.1010 - Southern Okanagan Basin14.3.211.1011 - Southern Okanagan Highland

14.4 - Columbia Montane Cordillera14.4.205 - Columbia Mountains and Highlands

14.4.205.0985 - Northern Columbia Mountains14.4.205.0986 - Bowron Valley14.4.205.0987 - Quesnel Highland14.4.205.0988 - Shuswap Highland14.4.205.0989 - Eastern Purcell Mountains

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14.4.205.0990 - Central Columbia Mountains14.4.205.0991 - Southern Columbia Mountains14.4.205.0992 - McGillivary Range

14.4.206 - Western Continental Ranges

14.4.206.0993 - Northern Park Ranges14.4.206.0994 - Central Park Ranges14.4.206.0995 - Southern Park Ranges

14.4.207 - Eastern Continental Ranges

14.4.207.0996 - Willmore Foothills14.4.207.0997 - Jasper Mountains14.4.207.0999 - Banff Mountains14.4.207.1000 - Icefield Mountains

14.4.212 - Selkirk—Bitterroot Foothills

14.4.212.1012 - Selkirk Foothills

14.4.213 - Southern Rocky Mountain Trench

14.4.213.1013 - Upper Fraser Trench14.4.213.1014 - Big Bend Trench14.4.213.1015 - East Kootenay Trench

14.4.214 - Northern Continental Divide

14.4.214.1016 - Morley Foothills14.4.214.1017 - Crowsnest Mountains14.4.214.1018 - Blairmore Foothills14.4.214.1019 - Waterton Mountains

15 - Hudson Plains15.1 - Hudson Bay Coastal Plains

15.1.215 - Coastal Hudson Bay Lowland

15.1.215.1020 - Churchill15.1.215.1021 - York Factory15.1.215.1022 - Fort Severn15.1.215.1023 - Cape Henrietta Maria

15.2 - Hudson—James Lowlands15.2.216 - Hudson Bay Lowland

15.2.216.1024 - Winisk River Lowland15.2.216.1025 - French Creek15.2.216.1026 - Sombert Lake15.2.216.1027 - Swan River—Akimski Island

15.2.217 - James Bay Lowlands

15.2.217.1028 - Albany River15.2.217.1029 - Fort Albany15.2.217.1030 - Lower Rupert Plain15.2.217.1031 - James Bay Littoral Plain

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Reference Maps

Terrestrial ecozones and ecoprovinces of Canada

This map outlines the boundaries of the 15 ecozones and 53 ecoprovinces of Canada. These ecological areas cover all of the area within the coastal boundaries of Canada.

Terrestrial ecozones

01 Artic Cordillera02 Northern Arctic

03 Southern Arctic

04 Taiga Plains

05 Taiga Shield

06 Boreal Shield

07 Atlantic Maritime

08 Mixedwood Plains

09 Boreal Plains

10 Prairies

11 Taiga Cordillera

12 Boreal Cordillera

13 Paci�c Maritime

14 Montane Cordillera

15 Hudson Plains

Ecoprovince boundaries

Ecozone and ecoprovince coding example

Geography Ecozone Ecoprovince

Hudson Plains

Hudson Bay Coastal Plains

Hudson-James Lowlands

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