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 Name Search

Search the Areas Database using keywords found in natural areas names. You can use the percent sign (%) as a wild card character. For example:  pine%

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.