Available in a convenient book and CD‑ROM Package!

The report provides a statistical picture of Canada's environment with special emphasis on human activity and its relationship to natural systems — air, water, soil, plants and animals. Analysis and interpretation support the statistics and help readers make sense of these complex interactions.

The publication contains over 330 pages packed with 272 tables, 137 charts and graphs, and 45 colour maps to help you quickly spot important trends.

To add to the value of the publication, a CD-ROM is included. The CD‑ROM contains everything in the book plus more data and tables. It also features EcoGraf, a custom graphing and mapping application.

EcoGraf is a user-friendly spatial analysis tool that brings together a wide range of geographic information. It gives you access to georeferenced data, which you can use to visualize and analyse information on population and agriculture. EcoGraf lets you create bitmap images (.bmp) and print maps and graphs for use in your reports and studies.

The spatial database accessed by EcoGraf comprises 37 georeferenced variables from the censuses of population and agriculture, spanning the period 1971 to 1996.