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Grain Elevators in Canada - 2026

The Grain Elevators in Canada - 2026 dataset maps the list of grain elevators in Canada as provided by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The elevators have been located as much as possible to an actual location rather than generalizing to the station name c

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Estimated costs of carbon pollution pricing in relation to grain drying in 2019

This analysis summarises the data and analyses that have been publicly released by provinces and industry associations, or which have been received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) from external sources regarding the cost of drying grains in 2019, an

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Annual Crop Inventory 2025

In 2025, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) repeated the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery for all Canadian provinces and the Yukon Ter

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Prairie Grassland Land Cover

The Grassland Inventory provides a standardized, high-resolution land cover classification for the grassland ecosystems in Canada. Developed using a random forest classification on multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 Optical imagery, the series differ

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Crop diversity in Canada

This dataset provides two landscape-level indices derived for two hierarchical ecological frameworks in Canada—Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) and EcoDistrict polygons—across the country’s agricultural regions. The first index, the Shannon Diversity Index, qua

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Canadian Agricultural Crop Water Balance (CACWB) – Watershed Aggregates

The “Canadian Agricultural Crop Water Balance – Watershed Aggregates” provides watershed-scale summaries of agricultural crop water balance variables for Canada derived from DNDC crop simulations linked to Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) polygons. The monthly

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Estimated Historical Crop Yields in Canada by SLC

The Estimated Historical Crop Yields in Canada by SLC (kg\hectare) dataset is produced by combining three complementary sources of yield information at the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) level. First, provincial-level yields for seven major crops are allocate

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National Agroclimate Series of Derived Indicators (NASDI)

Climatic variability plays a critical role in shaping Canada’s agricultural sector, influencing essential factors such as water availability, soil health, and both the yield and quality of crops. Shifts in temperature, distribution of rainfall, and increases i

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National Agroclimate Series of Derived Indicators (NASDI) - Accumulated precipitation (mm)

Accumulated precipitation represents the amount of total precipitation in mm (solid and/or liquid) which has been recorded over a given month or ISO week. Accumulation of precipitation values serve to inform users about the total amount of precipitation that h

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National Agroclimate Series of Derived Indicators (NASDI) - Difference from average precipitation

Difference from Average Precipitation represents the accumulated precipitation value for a location, subtracted by the long-term average value. A negative value indicates that the location has received less than the normal amount of precipitation (mm) for that

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