List of ecoregions in Canada (WWF)

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Canada as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

The terrestrial ecoregions of Canada are all within the Nearctic realm, which includes most of North America. The Nearctic, together with Eurasia's Palearctic realm, constitutes the Holarctic realm of the Northern Hemisphere.Ricketts, Taylor H; Eric Dinerstein; David M. Olson; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.

British Columbia is the most biodiverse province with 18 ecoregions across 4 biomes. By contrast, Prince Edward Island is the least biodiverse with just one ecoregion - the Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests - encompassing the entire province.

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Biome

! Ecoregion

! Province/Territory

Boreal forests/taiga

| Central Canadian Shield forests

| Ontario, Quebec

Boreal forests/taiga

| Eastern Canadian forests

| New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec

Boreal forests/taiga

| Eastern Canadian Shield taiga

| Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec

Boreal forests/taiga

| Interior Alaska–Yukon lowland taiga

| Yukon

Boreal forests/taiga

| Mid-Continental Canadian forests

| Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan

Boreal forests/taiga

| Midwestern Canadian Shield forests

| Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan

Boreal forests/taiga

| Muskwa–Slave Lake forests

| Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories

Boreal forests/taiga

| Newfoundland Highland forests

| Newfoundland and Labrador

Boreal forests/taiga

| Northern Canadian Shield taiga

| Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan

Boreal forests/taiga

| Northern Cordillera forests

| British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon

Boreal forests/taiga

| Northwest Territories taiga

| Northwest Territories, Yukon

Boreal forests/taiga

| South Avalon–Burin oceanic barrens

| Newfoundland and Labrador

Boreal forests/taiga

| Southern Hudson Bay taiga

| Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec

Boreal forests/taiga

| Yukon Interior dry forests

| British Columbia, Yukon

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| Eastern forest–boreal transition

| Ontario, Quebec

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests

| Ontario, Quebec

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests

| New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| New England–Acadian forests

| New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| Southern Great Lakes forests

| Ontario

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

| Western Great Lakes forests

| Manitoba, Ontario

Temperate coniferous forests

| Alberta Mountain forests

| Alberta, British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Alberta–British Columbia foothills forests

| Alberta, British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| British Columbia mainland coastal forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Cascade Mountains leeward forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Central British Columbia Mountain forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Central Pacific coastal forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Fraser Plateau and Basin complex

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Haida Gwaii forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| North Central Rockies forests

| Alberta, British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Northern transitional alpine forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Okanagan dry forests

| British Columbia

Temperate coniferous forests

| Puget lowland forests

| British Columbia

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

| Canadian aspen forests and parklands

| Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

| Montana valley and foothill grasslands

| Alberta

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

| Northern mixed grasslands

| Manitoba, Saskatchewan

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

| Northern short grasslands

| Alberta, Saskatchewan

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

| Northern tall grasslands

| Manitoba

Tundra

| Alaska–St. Elias Range tundra

| British Columbia, Yukon

Tundra

| Arctic coastal tundra

| Northwest Territories, Yukon

Tundra

| Baffin coastal tundra

| Nunavut

Tundra

| Brooks–British Range tundra

| Northwest Territories, Yukon

Tundra

| Davis Highlands tundra

| Nunavut

Tundra

| High Arctic tundra

| Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Tundra

| Interior Yukon–Alaska alpine tundra

| Yukon

Tundra

| Low Arctic tundra

| Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec

Tundra

| Middle Arctic tundra

| Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec

Tundra

| Ogilvie–MacKenzie alpine tundra

| Northwest Territories, Yukon

Tundra

| Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra

| British Columbia, Yukon

Tundra

| Torngat Mountain tundra

| Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec

Marine ecoregions

Canada is unique among countries in that it borders three marine realms: the Arctic, Temperate Northern Atlantic, and Temperate Northern Pacific. These realms can be further subdivided into three marine biomes and fifteen marine ecoregions based upon biological distinctiveness.{{Cite journal|last=SPALDING|first=MARK D.|last2=FOX|first2=HELEN E.|last3=ALLEN|first3=GERALD R.|last4=DAVIDSON|first4=NICK|last5=FERDAÑA|first5=ZACH A.|last6=FINLAYSON|first6=MAX|last7=HALPERN|first7=BENJAMIN S.|last8=JORGE|first8=MIGUEL A.|last9=LOMBANA|first9=AL|last10=LOURIE|first10=SARA A.|last11=MARTIN|first11=KIRSTEN D.|date=2007|title=Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1641/b570707|journal=BioScience|volume=57|issue=7|pages=573–583|doi=10.1641/b570707|issn=0006-3568|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}

Quebec is the only province that borders both the Arctic and Temperate Northern Atlantic realms.

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Biome

! Ecoregion

! Province/Territory

Arctic

| Baffin Bay-Davis Strait

| Nunavut

Arctic

| Beaufort - Amundsen - Viscount Melville - Queen Maud

| Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Arctic

| Beaufort Sea continental coast and shelf

| Northwest Territories, Yukon

Arctic

| High Arctic Archipelago

| Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Arctic

| Hudson Complex

| Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec

Arctic

| Lancaster Sound

| Nunavut

Arctic

| Northern Grand Banks - Southern Labrador

| Newfoundland and Labrador

Arctic

| Northern Labrador

| Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut

Cold temperate northeast Pacific

| North American Pacific Fjordland

| British Columbia

Cold temperate northeast Pacific

| Oregon, Washington, Vancouver coast and shelf

| British Columbia

Cold temperate northeast Pacific

| Puget Trough/Georgia Basin

| British Columbia

Cold temperate northwest Atlantic

| Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy

| New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

Cold temperate northwest Atlantic

| Gulf of St. Lawrence - Eastern Scotian Shelf

| New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec

Cold temperate northwest Atlantic

| Scotian Shelf

| Nova Scotia

Cold temperate northwest Atlantic

| Southern Grand Banks - South Newfoundland

| Newfoundland and Labrador

See also

References

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