Geoscape Canada - A map of Canada's earth materials

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Canada's surface is a mosaic of diverse earth materials, forming a geological landscape or geoscape. We depend on these earth materials as the foundation for our rich ecosystems, for the agricultural soils that produce our food, for critical groundwater resources, for the metals and building materials on which our civilization is based, and for oil and gas that fuel our economy and provide essential plastics.

We also live on a dynamic Earth, which is vulnerable to floods, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. We must carefully consider our geoscape in land use decisions to