Importance of the forest industry to the regional economy

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.

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Title (French)	Importance de l'industrie forestière pour l'économie régionale
Update Frequency	as_needed
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Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada;Secteur de la politique stratégique et de l’innovation, Plateforme géospatiale fédérale,FGP-PGF@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Federal Geospatial Platform,,FGP-PGF@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca"}
Contact Email	forestchange-changementsforestiers@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Dictionnaire de données	["environment"]
Open Canada Date Published	2016-01-01 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["écoumène forestier", "installations de production forestière", "population active", "sensibilité à l'industrie forestière", "collectivité forestière", "Industrie forestière", "Foresterie"], "en": ["forest ecumene", "mill facilities", "labour force", "sensitivity to forest industry", "forest community", "Forestry industry", "Forestry"]}
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