Location:

d:\ArcCanada_v3_d1\national\tables\prov_stats\land.dbf

Legend:

Not applicable.

Data Type:

DBase (.dbf) table

Description:

Environmental and geographical indicators. This file contains information regarding freshwater resources, forest fires, and government expenditures on the environment.

Source:

Statistics Canada

Notes:

A cell value of -99 indicates No Data; teachers are encouraged to set this as the Null Value in the Legend Editor

Attribute Data:

Field Name

Description

Year of Data

Units

Province

Name of Province (Key Field)

N/A

None

t_area

Total area

N/A

km2

Land

Total area of dry land

N/A

km2

frshh2O

Total area of freshwater

N/A

km2

%t_area

Area of freshwater as percentage of total area

N/A

%

t_iflnd

Area of total inventoried forest lands

1991

km2

t_pflnd

Area of total productive forest lands

1991

km2

Tffires

Total number of forest fires.

1993

# fires

Tffdha

Total number of forest fires caused by human activities.

1993

# fires

Tffdl

Total number of forest fires caused by lightning.

1993

# fires

Tffduc

Total number of forest fires with unknown causes

1993

# fires

Tflandb

Area of forestland burned.

1993

hectares

Tflbdh

Area of forestland burned due to human activities.

1993

hectares

Tflbdl

Area of forestland burned due to lightning.

1993

hectares

Tflbduc

Area of forestland burned due to unknown causes.

1993

hectares