"Total area converted to cropland or settlement by region, Canada, 2010 to 2015",,,, ,,,, Region,Forest to cropland (square kilometers),Forest to settlement (square kilometers),Cropland to settlement (square kilometers),Total (square kilometers) Atlantic,289,164,15,468 Ontario and Quebec,855,295,315,1466 Pacific,168,135,35,339 Prairies,945,151,105,1201 Total,2258,745,470,3473 ,,,, "Note: Values of land conversion to forest were not included because the indicator focuses on the conversion from natural and semi-natural land for human activity. No settlement was converted back to cropland or forest from 2010 to 2015. The Atlantic region includes the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Prairie region includes the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Pacific region consists of the province of British Columbia. Cropland includes agricultural land used for growing perennial or annual crops. Forest includes forest cover, wetlands with forest cover, forest regenerating after harvest, and forest regenerating after fire. Settlement refers to residential, commercial, industrial, transportation or other built infrastructure use. Values are only reported for the portion of Canada south of 60° North.",,,, Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2021) Science and Technology Branch (www.open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fa84a70f-03ad-4946-b0f8-a3b481dd5248).,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,