Natural Heritage Information Centre
Natural Areas Information
Natural Area Type Definitions
The NHIC considers a natural area to be any designated area with natural heritage values. The NHIC maintains natural heritage information for many different natural area types. More information about the types, including the acronyms used by NHIC for each, is available
here
.
Natural Areas List
Lists all areas within the NHIC Areas Database. The list is sortable by different categories
and alphabetically. The list is fairly large (close to 10,000 entries) so it may take a while to load.
Natural Areas by Jurisdiction
Query the database for natural
areas by jurisdiction.
Geographic Query
Natural Areas and Element Occurrence data can be accessed through the
Geographic Query. Please read the
instructions first. The Mapguide Plug-in
(download a copy) is required to access this query.
Natural Areas Maps
Create a
map of Natural Areas. The Mapguide Plug-in
(download a copy) is required to access this query.