Many communities in Canada depend to some extent on forestry and the forest sector. The importance of the forest industry to the regional economy can be assessed using the CanEcumene GIS Database. “Ecumene” is a term used by geographers, meaning “inhabited lands.” A forest ecumene refers to areas where human settlement coincides with forested areas, including locations where people depend on the forest for their livelihood. 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 environmental data in a region.An analysis of ecumene labour force data and location of mill facilities resulted in a generalized rendering showing regional dependency of the forest industry. The location of mill facilities layer includes information on mill type (i.e., pulp and saw) and ownership. The sensitivity to forest industry layer shows which forest communities and regions are more sensitive to economic impacts in the forest industry.Two layers are provided: the sensitivity of forest communities and regions to forest industry, and the location of mill facilities.

The data represents the relative cultivation intensity in the agricultural area of Alberta. Cultivation intensity refers to the frequency of cultivation associated with the following management systems: no till, conventional tillage and summerfallow. It is an estimate of the degree to which cultivation contributes to wind and water erosion. The classes shown on the map are ranked between 0 (lowest) and 1 (highest).This map was created in 2002 using ArcGIS.

Crop Heat Units (CHU) are calculated on a daily basis, using the maximum and minimum temperatures in order to account for a crop’s negative response to higher temperatures.The formula used to calculate the CHU value for a day is: (1.8 × (Minimum Temperature − 4.4) + 3.33 × (Maximum Temperature − 10) − 0.084 × (Maximum Temperature − 10)²) ÷ 2.0CHU values are only accumulated during the Growing Season, April 1 through October 31.

Sectors and days for collecting waste, recyclable materials and compostable materials.attributs:ID - Unique identifierDAY1 - Sector collection day (see also DAY2 and DAY3) DAY2 - Sector collection day (see also DAY1 and DAY3) DAY3 - Sector collection day (see also DAY1 and DAY3) DAY3 - Sector collection day (see also DAY1 and DAY2) CALENDAR - Hyperlink to the sector collection calendar (see also DAY1 and DAY3)**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Note that the distribution contact is different for the general public than for Government of Alberta ministries. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset. The Summer Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Summer Villages in Alberta. Summer Village is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal government Act. The formation of a Summer Village can occur if a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres and there is a population of 300 or more. Generally same provisions related to a Village apply to a Summer Village except that in the latter, elections and annual meetings are required to be held in the summer. A Summer Village is the only type of municipality where a person can vote twice in municipal elections: once in the Summer Village and once in the municipality where their permanent residence is located. Summer Villages can no longer be created in Alberta.

The Town dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Towns in Alberta. Town is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Town can occur if a majority of buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres and there is a population of 1000 or more.

The daily mean is the average of all unit values for a given day.

Bait resources in most of the province are assigned to harvesters through the use of a block system -- 1 harvester per 'bait harvest' area. There are exceptions to the block system (e.g., Lake Erie), where bait is allocated to multiple users fishing the same area.

Layer of dots showing where custom packaging services in Manitoba are located.This dot layer shows where custom packaging services in Manitoba are located. A contract packager (subcontractor) is a company that manufactures and packages food products sold by other businesses. This list is not exhaustive and does not constitute a recommendation for services. For more information, visit the Manitoba Agriculture website. This point layer is used in the Manitoba Custom Packaging Services Map and the Manitoba Custom Packaging Services app.Fields included [Alias (Field Name): Field Description] Business Name (Business_Name): Contract Packer Business Name: Contract Packer Business Name Service Details (Service_Details): Summary of Services Provided by the Contract Packager Processing Capabilities (Business_Name): Business Name of Contract Packager: Business Name: Business Name of Contract Packager: Business Name: Contract Packager Business Name Service Details (Service_Details): Summary of Services Provided by the Contract Packager Processing Capabilities (Business_Name): Business Name of the Packager _transformation): List of specific food processing processes that the packager has package can provide Minimum production (Minimum_Production): Minimum number of units per order required by the package packager Types of packaging (packaging_types): List of packaging options offered by the packager Permits and licenses (Permis_and_licenses): List of permits and licenses that the packager has Certificates (Certifications): List of certifications obtained by the packager (e.g. organic, kosher): List of certifications obtained by the packager, halal, vegan, gluten-free) Unverified certifications ( Certifications_unverified_): List of unverified certifications obtained by the contract packager (e.g., healthy quality food, good manufacturing practices, British Retail Consortium) Contact information (Contact information): Name of the contact person for the package packager Contact email of the contact person Email of the contact person Email (Email_of_the_contact person): Email of the contact person Number of the contact person (Number_of_the_the_person_resource): Email of the contact person Resource (s): Telephone number of the contact person Address (Address): Municipal address of the packager at package City or town (City_or_village): City or village of the package packager Website (Site_Web): URL of the packager's website Logo URL (Url_du_logo): URL of the package packager logo Latitude (Latitude): Latitudinal coordinates of the entity's representative center (Latitude): Latitudinal coordinates of the entity's representative center in decimal degrees Longitude (Longitude): Longitudinal coordinates of the entity's representative center in decimal degrees**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The spatial representation for a Pulpwood Agreement, which is a 25 year term agreement, replaceable every ten years, that allows the holder of a wood-fibre processing facility to harvest Crown pulp timber if sufficient quantities of raw material are not available to the holder from other sources. Covers a large area in one or more Timber Supply Areas or TFLs.