National Ecological Framework for Canada
The National Ecological Framework for Canada provides a consistent, national spatial framework that allows various ecosystems to be described, monitored and reported on. It provides standard ecological units that allow different jurisdictions and disciplines to use common communication and reporting, and a common ground to report on the state of the environment and the sustainability of ecosystems in Canada. The framework was developed between 1991 and 1999 by the Ecosystems Science Directorate, Environment Canada and the Center for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Over 100 federal and provincial agencies, non-governmental organizations and private sector companies contributed to its development.
- Publisher
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Resources
- 22
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-04-08
Data overview
- Formats
- ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB, GEOJSON, HTML, PDF, WFS
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Data Product Specification (English) (English, PDF) PDF
- Data Product Specification (French) (French, PDF) PDF
- Ecodistricts (English, WFS) WFS
- Ecodistricts (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecodistricts (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecodistricts (French, WFS) WFS
- Ecoprovinces (French, WFS) WFS
- Ecoprovinces (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecoprovinces (English, WFS) WFS
- Ecoprovinces (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecoregions (French, WFS) WFS
- Ecoregions (English, WFS) WFS
- Ecoregions (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecoregions (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecozones (French, WFS) WFS
- Ecozones (English, WFS) WFS
- Ecozones (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Ecozones (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- National Ecological Framework for Canada (English, HTML) HTML
- National Ecological Framework for Canada (French, HTML) HTML
- Pre-packaged FGDB files (English, French, FGDB/GDB) FGDB/GDB
- Pre-packaged GeoJSON files (English, French) GEOJSON