List of ecoregions in Canada
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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Eastern forest-boreal transitionEastern forest-boreal transitionThe Eastern forest-boreal transition is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of North America, mostly in eastern Canada.-Setting:...
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forestsEastern Great Lakes lowland forestsThe Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests is a Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests ecoregion of North America, mostly in eastern Canada.-Setting:...
- Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forestsGulf of St. Lawrence lowland forestsThe Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests are a Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests ecoregion of eastern Canada-Setting:Located on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary, this ecoregion covers all of Prince Edward Island, the Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine of Quebec, most of...
- Lac Saint-Jean and Saguenay valley forests
- New England-Acadian forests
- Western Great Lakes forests
Temperate coniferous forests
- Alberta Mountain forestsAlberta Mountain forestsThe Alberta Mountain forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of Canada.-Setting:This ecoregion covers the grand Rocky Mountains of Alberta including the eastern outliers of the Continental Ranges. Located almost entirely in Alberta and taking in the Alberta-British Columbia border from...
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forestsAlberta-British Columbia foothills forestsThe Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of Canada.-Setting:This ecoregion covers two separate areas: the rolling foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, and further west a smaller area of the hills and valleys of central British Columbia...
- British Columbia mainland coastal forests
- Cascade Mountains leeward forestsCascade Mountains leeward forestsThe Cascade Mountains leeward forests are a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of North America, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund categorization system.-Setting:...
- Central British Columbia mountain forests
- Central Pacific coastal forests
- Eastern Cascades forests
- Fraser Plateau and Basin complex
- North Central Rockies forestsNorth Central Rockies forestsThe North Central Rockies forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of Canada and the United States.-Setting:This ecoregion is located in the Rocky Mountains regions of southeastern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, northwestern Montana and northern Idaho. The climate here is varied...
- Northern Pacific coastal forests
- Northern transitional alpine forests
- Okanogan dry forests
- Puget lowland forests
- Queen Charlotte IslandsQueen Charlotte IslandsHaida Gwaii , formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Haida Gwaii consists of two main islands: Graham Island in the north, and Moresby Island in the south, along with approximately 150 smaller islands with a total landmass of...
Boreal forests/taiga
- Central Canadian Shield forestsCentral Canadian Shield forestsThe Central Canadian Shield forests are a taiga ecoregion of Canada.-Setting:This ecoregion consists of rolling hills, lakes, bogs and rocky outcrops covering a large curved swathe on the Canadian Shield from eastern Manitoba and Northern Ontario running southeastwards through Thunder Bay District...
- Eastern Canadian forestsEastern Canadian forestsThe Eastern Canadian forests is an ecoregion of Canada as defined by the World Wildlife Fund categorization system.-Setting:This ecoregion contains a number of mountainous areas on the east coast of Canada and along the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec The Eastern Canadian forests is an...
- Eastern Canadian Shield taigaEastern Canadian Shield taigaThe Eastern Canadian Shield taiga is an ecoregion of Canada as defined by the World Wildlife Fund categorization system.-Setting:Located in northeastern Canada, this ecoregion covers a large part of northern Quebec and most of Labrador, reaching from Hudson Bay and James Bay in the west, across to...
- Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taigaInterior Alaska-Yukon lowland taigaThe Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga ecoregion, in the Taiga and Boreal forests Biome, of far northern North America.-Setting:This is a region of spruce taiga forest covering much of the central and northern interior of the U.S...
- Mid-Continental Canadian forestsMid-Continental Canadian forests-Setting:This ecoregion extends from south of the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories through most of northeastern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and parts of west-central Manitoba and consists of three main areas: the Slave River basin in northeastern Alberta, the lowlands of the northern...
- Midwestern Canadian Shield forestsMidwestern Canadian Shield forestsThe Midwestern Canadian Shield forests ecoregion, in the Taiga and Boreal forests Biome, are of northern Canada.-Setting:This is an area of rolling hills with lakes both small and large, wetlands, and rocky outcrops on the Canadian Shield in northern Saskatchewan, north-central Manitoba and...
- Muskwa-Slave Lake forestsMuskwa-Slave Lake forestsThe Muskwa-Slave Lake forests is a taiga ecoregion in Canada.-Setting:This ecoregion is located in northwestern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and a large portion of the southwestern Northwest Territories around the Mackenzie River valley and the Great Slave Lake for which the ecoregion is...
- Newfoundland Highland forestsNewfoundland Highland forestsThe Newfoundland Highland forests are an ecoregion located in Newfoundland, Canada. Part of the Taiga, the total area of the region is 4,031,999 acres .-Terrain:...
- Northern Canadian Shield taiga
- Northern Cordillera forests
- Northwest Territories taiga
- South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens
- Southern Hudson Bay taiga
- Yukon Interior dry forestsYukon Interior dry forests-Setting:This ecoregion, which covers much of the southern Yukon and a very small portion of northwestern British Columbia, is mainly located on the Yukon Plateau, which consists of rolling hills, plateaus and deeply cut, broad valleys. The area has a dry subarctic climate, with summer...
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Canadian aspen forests and parklands
- Northern mixed grasslands
- Northern short grasslandsNorthern Short GrasslandsThe Northern short grasslands is one of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the American Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and...
- Northern tall grasslandsNorthern tall grasslandsThe Northern tall grasslands is one of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion largely follows the Red River Valley in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota....
Tundra
- Alaska-St. Elias Range tundraAlaska-St. Elias Range tundraThe Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra is an ecoregion of northwestern North America.-Setting:This ecoregion consists of a long range of high rocky mountains of the Alaska Interior running north from the bottom of the Alaska Peninsula, eastwards taking in the Alaska Range and southwards to include the...
- Arctic coastal tundraArctic coastal tundraThe Arctic coastal tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, an important breeding ground for a great deal of wildlife.-Setting:...
- Arctic foothills tundraArctic foothills tundraThe Arctic foothills tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, lying inland from the north coast of Alaska. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing.-Setting:This is a hilly area between the of 123,512 km2...
- Baffin coastal tundraBaffin coastal tundraThe Baffin coastal tundra is a small ecoregion of the far north of North America, on the central north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing.-Setting:...
- Brooks-British Range tundra
- Davis Highlands tundra
- High Arctic tundra
- Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra
- Low Arctic tundra
- Middle Arctic tundra
- Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra
- Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra
- Torngat Mountain tundra