Natural Resources Canada
SCANFI v3 Canadian Fractional Landcover
Annual Canadian fractional landcover maps
Annual, wall-to-wall 30 m rasters separating water, rock, soil, burn scars, lichen, herbs, shrubs, and tree cover, plus a summary landcover classification.
“Where do four decades of burn scars, shrub expansion, and canopy change reveal the clearest climate and land-use fingerprints across Canada?”
First published 2026-09-09 · annual layers for 1985–2025
Canada · 30 m resolution · 11 fractional components plus classification
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Cite Guindon et al. (2026), Natural Resources Canada, dataset DOI 10.23687/50f132f9-f312-4951-bb9f-9ea99580f29f, and indicate changes.
Freeze layer year and file-creation date; check EPSG:3979, 30 m pixels, and the methods paper. Do not interpret fractional cover as biomass, and disclose limitations for wetlands, regenerating stands, northern training data, and understory observation.