Resources by Document Type - Maps and Geospatial Data: Agriculture

This AAC website contains links to various maps and geospatial data resources related to agriculture in Canada.

Interactive maps and maps in PDF format and soil data, as well as reference publications and manuals.

Info-Sols is a website made for the visualization of various information concerning soils in Quebec. The map interface can be used to visualize data like administrative boundaries, road network, topography, pedology, crops industry, hydrography, drainage and aerial photos.

"Contains soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada.
Includes GIS coverages at a variety of scales, and the characteristics of each named soil series." The principal types of data holdings include the: National Ecological Framework (EcoZones, EcoRegions, and EcoDistricts), Soil Map of Canada, Land Potential DataBase, Agroecological Resource Areas, Canada Land Inventory (CLI), and Soil Name and Layer Data.

"Soil surveys have been published for most of the agricultural areas, and many surrounding areas, across Canada. Data from these surveys comprise the most detailed soil inventory information in the National Soil DataBase (NSDB)"
Scale range: 1:20,000 to 1:250,000.

Maintained by "La Financière agricole du Québec", this database contains information on agricultural productions in the province of Quebec. Each polygon is represented with a color corresponding to the declared type of agricultural production. This page is available in French only.