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Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics
2006
Text table 1.9
Estimated area of non-agricultural uses of dependable
agricultural land1
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Urban and rural built-up 2 |
Transportation and
utilities 3 |
Protected areas and campgrounds |
Other 4 |
Total |
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square kilometres |
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| 1951 |
11,400
|
7,400
|
1,000
|
200
|
20,000
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| 1961 |
12,600
|
7,400
|
1,100
|
300
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21,400
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| 1971 |
14,300
|
8,200
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1,300
|
500
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24,300
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| 1981 |
18,000
|
9,800
|
1,500
|
1,100
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30,400
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| 1991 |
21,100
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10,600
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2,100
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1,700
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35,500
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| 2001 |
23,200
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11,700
|
3,400
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2,100
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40,400
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| 1. |
Includes class 1 to 3 in
the Canada Land Inventory agricultural land classification. |
| 2. |
Includes inventoried human settlements with
populations above 1,000, settlements with a population under 1,000,
and rural farmsteads and housing lots. |
| 3. |
Includes roads, railways, airports and utility
transmission lines. |
| 4. |
Includes lumberyards, sewage treatment facilities,
dumps, federal real property, cemetaries, pits, quarries, autowreckers and
golf courses. |
| Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. |
| Source: The loss of dependable agricultural land in Canada,
Rural and Small town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Vol. 6, no 1, catalogue
no. 21-006-X. |
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