Natural Resources Canada

6 datasets found
  • Open Data

    The Canadian Ecumene (CanEcumene) 3.0 GIS Database

    “Ecumene” is a term used by geographers, meaning “inhabited lands.” 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...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • TIFF
    • PDF
    • MXD
    • ESRI REST
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    Regional and Community Vitality Index

    The RVI/CVI database is derived from the CanEcumene 3.0 GDB (Eddy, et. al. 2023) using a selection of socio-economic variables identified in Eddy and Dort (2011) that aim to capture the overall state of socio-economic conditions of communities as ‘human habitats’. This dataset was developed...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • MXD
    • TIFF
    • SHP
    • PDF
    • FGDB/GDB
    • XLS
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Indigenous Population of Canada (2016)

    The Indigenous Populations of Canada map is derived from the CanEcumene 2.0 Geodatabase using custom tabulations of census-based population data. Indigenous communities within the level of the census sub-division (CSD) were identified using a combination of sources from census field data (see...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
  • Open Data

    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...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
    • TIFF
    • HTML
  • Open Data

    2016 population ecumene by census subdivision

    A population ecumene is the area of inhabited lands or settled areas generally delimited by a minimum population density. This ecumene shows the areas of the densest and most extended population within census subdivisions. A census subdivision (CSD) is the general term for municipalities (as...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    2016 population ecumene by census division

    A population ecumene is the area of inhabited lands or settled areas generally delimited by a minimum population density. This ecumene shows the areas of the densest and most extended population within census divisions. Census divisions are the provincially legislated areas (such as county,...
    Organization:
    Natural Resources Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • FGDB/GDB