Community canopy maps and downloads
Explore the canopy shapes themselves, grouped by the source GSA community name. These differ from the census boundaries shaded by percentage in the separate census layer. The catalog preserves all 235 grouped source records across 203 communities; no polygon is counted as an individual tree.
Patches under 1,000 m² are omitted, gaps under 1,000 m² are filled, and edges are simplified. Use the original HRM data for detailed GIS analysis. These shapes do not show individual trees, property boundaries or current canopy.
203 communities match. Choose a community and load its first section. Canopy geometry and map tiles are not downloaded initially.
Halifax
Rural 2017–2018 · Urban 2019–2022
Source coverage may include only part of a named community. A small or missing footprint does not describe all of its trees.
Source details and downloads
Download Halifax overview (ZIP, 293 KB)Community metadata and section index (JSON)All-community catalog (JSON)
Snapshot prepared 2026-10-25 (UTC); source archive dated 2024-11-26 (UTC). The observation periods above describe the historical measurements. An import date is not a new canopy observation.
Full-resolution HRM archive (about 3.3 GB) · Official metadata PDF · How the overview was processed
Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
Community catalog
These are GSA community names from the source. Mapped canopy footprint uses the original projected polygons, including small patches omitted from the overview.
| Community | Historical inputs | Source canopy footprint | Overview sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural 2017–2018 | 6.13 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 1.78 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 4.42 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 2.1 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 0.77 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 · Urban 2019–2022 | 79.93 km² | 6 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 2.1 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 15.61 km² | 2 | |
| Urban 2019–2022 | 24.56 km² | 1 | |
| Rural 2017–2018 | 0.35 km² | 1 |
Census-area summaries and recorded tree assets
Load a layer to explore its records; no full inventory is downloaded initially.
Historical canopy inputs: rural 2017–2018; urban 2019–2022. Census boundaries and demographics: 2021. Priority index ranges from 0 to 1; higher means greater inequity. It is not a tree-removal risk or permission score.
| DA | Canopy cover | Land area (km²) | Priority index | Source flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12090103 | 44.7% | 0.328 | 0.22 | None |
| 12090104 | 38.5% | 0.099 | 0.35 | None |
| 12090105 | 50.0% | 0.199 | 0.24 | None |
| 12090106 | 25.4% | 0.047 | 0.28 | None |
| 12090108 | 47.5% | 0.292 | 0.21 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090114 | 55.8% | 0.175 | 0.20 | None |
| 12090115 | 48.1% | 0.685 | 0.24 | None |
| 12090116 | 34.2% | 0.751 | 0.27 | None |
| 12090117 | 49.0% | 0.413 | 0.23 | None |
| 12090118 | 53.5% | 0.321 | 0.24 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090119 | 52.7% | 0.364 | 0.22 | None |
| 12090120 | 68.2% | 8.155 | 0.17 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090121 | 47.9% | 0.501 | 0.22 | None |
| 12090122 | 32.6% | 0.282 | 0.29 | None |
| 12090123 | 45.9% | 3.034 | 0.22 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090128 | 51.5% | 1.351 | 0.16 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090130 | 70.5% | 5.624 | 0.15 | source-area-percentage-discrepancy |
| 12090131 | 25.7% | 0.264 | 0.24 | None |
| 12090132 | 18.2% | 0.048 | 0.29 | None |
| 12090133 | 26.1% | 0.182 | 0.25 | None |
Recorded inventory categories
| Category | Records |
|---|---|
| Dead Tree | 1,013 |
| Single Tree | 78,953 |
| Tree Area - Grove | 85 |
Stumps, groves and vacant sites are counted separately. An asset may be inactive or owned by another organization. Absence from this inventory does not establish ownership or permission.
How to read the historical canopy layers
Rural inputs cover 2017–2018 and urban inputs 2019–2022. The urban update accounts for removals without measuring intervening growth; deciduous areas can be underestimated. The census-area polygons are shaded by the published canopy percentage; the community maps show generalized historical canopy outlines. Neither layer identifies individual tree crowns. The equity index combines historical canopy with 2021 census context.
Some source area and percentage values do not reconcile exactly after unit conversion. The explorer preserves the published percentage and flags those records rather than silently recalculating it. It does not claim a current canopy-loss rate or a comparable annual trend.
Official community canopy downloads and metadata ↗Related resources
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25. This is general information, not a property-specific legal, arboricultural or emergency assessment.