Table 1 Reconciliation Units (RUs) in Canada and their urban area (i.e., population centres with more that 30,000 people and 400 people per km2) and canopy cover in 2011, as described by Pasher et al. [22]
From: A national assessment of urban forest carbon storage and sequestration in Canada
RU | RU (km2) | Urban area within RU (km2) | Proportion of national urban area (%) | Canopy area (km2) | Canopy cover (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. BC Pacific maritime | 200,716 | 1991 | 12.2 | 766 | 38.5 |
2. BC Montane cordillera | 428,955 | 526 | 3.2 | 136 | 25.8 |
3. AB Boreal plains | 367,539 | 111 | 0.7 | 32 | 29.0 |
4. AB Semiarid prairies | 71,203 | 262 | 1.6 | 17 | 6.6 |
5. AB Subhumid prairies | 80,577 | 1691 | 10.4 | 197 | 11.6 |
6. SK Boreal plains | 164,464 | 70 | 0.4 | 22 | 32.1 |
7. SK Semiarid prairies | 154,361 | 340 | 2.1 | 40 | 11.7 |
8. MB Subhumid prairies | 64,079 | 539 | 3.3 | 85 | 15.8 |
9. ON Boreal shield west | 335,151 | 183 | 1.1 | 87 | 47.7 |
10. ON Mixedwood plains | 82,439 | 5317 | 32.6 | 1193 | 22.4 |
11. ON Boreal shield east | 241,097 | 574 | 3.5 | 232 | 40.3 |
12. QC Boreal shield east | 600,491 | 142 | 0.9 | 47 | 32.8 |
13. QC Mixedwood plains | 27,707 | 3240 | 19.9 | 961 | 29.7 |
14. QC Atlantic maritime | 67,077 | 217 | 1.3 | 85 | 39.0 |
15. NB Atlantic maritime | 71,389 | 512 | 3.1 | 252 | 49.2 |
16. NS Atlantic maritime | 53,247 | 337 | 2.1 | 168 | 50.0 |
17. PE Atlantic maritime | 5654 | 70 | 0.4 | 16 | 22.3 |
18. NL Boreal shield east | 104,740 | 190 | 1.2 | 83 | 43.8 |
Total, Canada | 3,120,886 | 16,314 | 100 | 4412 | 27.0 |