GIS Resources

Vegetation Data

Calgary

• Open Calgary Citywide Land Cover shapefile

• Open Calgary Habitat shapefile - identifies plant communities and environments within the natural areas maintained by Calgary Parks​

• Urban Forest shapefile (at SANDS, UofC only) - provides detailed information about city trees and shrubs maintained by Calgary Parks

Alberta

• Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute data download - wall to wall landcover inventory, 2000 and 2010

• DMTI 2020 Vegetation Region, by NTS 1:250k grid | download from SANDS file server (82 covers Calgary)

• Alberta Vegetation Inventories files available at SANDS or via our file server:

  • Alberta Vegetation Inventory files available | download

• Native Prairie Vegetation Inventory download

• Central Parkland Natural Region Vegetation Inventory download

• Grassland Vegetation Inventory files available (at SANDS)

Canada

• Canada Land Inventory (CLI), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1965-1978 - Classifies land based on their capability for use in agriculture, forestry, recreation, and wildlife; and by their land use. - Format: ESRI ArcInfo interchange file format (.e00), .wmf, and .gif images

  • Canada Land Inventory, 1:1 000 000

  • Canada Land Inventory, 1:250 000

  • Canada Land Inventory, 1:50 000

• GeoBase Land Cover, circa 2000 - vectorized raster data from classified Landsat 5 and 7 orthoimages, for Canadian agricultural and forest areas and northern territories, by NTS 1:250k grid

• Circa 2000 Land Cover for Agricultural Regions of Canada - Format: GeoTIFF, FGDB/GDB,GML

• Circa 1995 Land Cover of the Prairies - Format: GEOTIFF (.tiff)

• 2010 Land Cover of Canada Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing, geotif file or web service

• 2015 Land Cover of Canada, geotif file or web service

• 2020 Land Cover of Canada, geotif file or web service

• 2010 Land Use, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, geotif files by UTM zone

• National Forestry Database data tables on forest management activities in Canada

• Forest Resources Statistical Data Natural Resources Canada

• Satellite Forest Information for Canada Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

International

• National Land Cover Database

• Intact Forest Landscapes shows the extent of the world's intact forest landscapes for 2000 and 2013

• Global Forest Watch provides data and tools for monitoring worldwide forest change