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Regional analyses
The following pages present maps and analyses on an
ecozone and a provincial basis. These results highlight the
variation in area of intact forest landscapes (see Tables
and ). The distribution of the intact forest landscapes are
illustrated regionally in Map Sheets I-XIII; Map provides
the regional index for these maps.
Ecozone analysis
The Boreal Cordillera, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Shield and
Hudson Plains are the most intact of the eleven forest
ecozones, with each having over 9 % of their total land
area in intact forest landscapes.
The Boreal Shield, the largest forest ecozone in Canada, is
8% intact. By contrast, the the Boreal Plains is only 7%
( . million ha) intact.
The four temperate forest ecozones (Atlantic Maritime,
Mixed Wood Plains, Montane Cordillera and Pacific
Maritime) account for just under 9% of the intact forest
landscapes in Canada. However, given the relatively small
areas of these ecozones, the proportion of intact forest
landscapes is of more importance than the total area.
The Mixed Wood Plains of southern Ontario and Québec
is not only the smallest forest ecozone, it is also the least
intact (see Map on page 7 and Map Sheet XI). It has no
large intact forest landscapes and only %, or 7 , 8 ha,
is made up of intact forest landscape fragments of ,000 to
0,000 ha.
The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone is the second least intact
forest ecozone. Only 9% (or . 7 million ha) of its area
Table 4. Intact forest landscapes (IFL) by forest ecozone.
Ecozone
Ecozone area
(ha)
10 | Section 2. Intact forest landscapes
Total area of
intact forest
landscapes (ha)
Ecozone:
percent
intact
comprises intact forest landscapes (see Map and Map
Sheet XIII), most of which (80%) is made up of intact
forest landscape fragments versus large intact forest
landscapes.
Relative to the Mixed Wood Plains and Atlantic Maritime
ecozones, the Montane Cordillera and Pacific Maritime
ecozones retain a greater degree of intact forest landscapes
( % and 9% respectively).
Provincial and territorial analysis
There is significant variation in the percentage of
intact forest landscapes by jurisdiction in Canada. Four
jurisdictions - Québec, Northwest Territories, Ontario and
British Columbia - each contain over 0% of the total area
of large intact forest landscapes. Together, they contain
% of all of Canada’s intact forest landscapes.
Manitoba and the Yukon Territory each contain about
9- 0% of Canada’s intact forest landscapes. Thus, six
jurisdictions contain approximately 80% of Canada’s intact
forest landscapes.
Five other jurisdictions contain relatively little intact forest
landscape. Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia each
contain less than % while Nunavut has % and Alberta
has %. Newfoundland and Labrador contains less than
7% of Canada’s intact forest landscapes.
The territories have relatively high proportions of their
forest ecozones in intact forest landscapes: the Yukon has
9 % intact, the Northwest Territories has 87% intact and
Nunavut has 00% intact. Together, the three territories
account for almost 9% of the total intact
forest landscapes in Canada.
Proportion
of total IFL
area (%)
Atlantic Maritime 20,151,483 1,836,928 9.1 0.4
Boreal Cordillera 47,071,039 44,540,876 94.6 9.1
Boreal Plains 74,062,933 27,517,456 37.2 5.6
Boreal Shield 188,640,692 127,849,511 67.8 26.2
Hudson Plains 37,565,744 36,797,504 98 .0 7.5
Mixed Wood Plains 11,339,105 175,258 1.5 >0.1
Montane Cordillera 48,975,931 26,672,966 54.5 5.5
Pacific Maritime 20,873,620 14,380,619 68.9 3.0
Taiga Cordillera 26,695,320 26,125,048 97.9 5.4
Taiga Plains 65,773,771 48,124,275 73.2 9.8
Taiga Shield 139,314,737 134,175,383 96.3 27.5
Total 680,464,374 488,195,825 71.7 100.0
Alberta has almost 0 million ha of intact
forest landscape, which represents 9% of
its forest ecozone area. This percentage
places Alberta in tenth place in terms of
percent intactness compared to the other
provinces and territories. Alberta’s 0
million ha represents % of Canada’s total
intact forest landscapes.
British Columbia has 9 .7 million ha
of land area within forest ecozones.
Approximately 8 million ha are considered
intact, of which 0 million ha are large