[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada":3,"learn-related-data-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada":150},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":130,"createdAt":130,"cta":131,"description":134,"extension":135,"icon":136,"industry":130,"keywords":137,"meta":142,"navigation":143,"path":144,"province":130,"relatedPages":145,"section":146,"seo":147,"stem":148,"systems":130,"updatedAt":130,"__hash__":149},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada.md","Soil Landscapes of Canada: the National Soil Fallback",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":121},"minimark",[9,14,36,40,50,54,65,71,75,82,96,100],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-it-is","What it is",[15,16,17,21,22,25,26,31,32,35],"p",{},[18,19,20],"strong",{},"Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) v3.2"," is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's national soil dataset, describing soil ",[18,23,24],{},"order and great group"," at roughly 1:1 million scale. Inside Alberta we use the finer ",[27,28,30],"a",{"href":29},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs","AGRASID","; ",[18,33,34],{},"outside Alberta, SLC is the fallback"," that keeps soil context with you in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia.",[10,37,39],{"id":38},"what-it-carries","What it carries",[15,41,42,43,45,46,49],{},"SLC contributes the soil ",[18,44,24],{}," for a quarter section, from which we derive an estimated productivity range where a measured LSRS score is not available. Because SLC is coarse, many quarter sections sit on a single polygon and receive an averaged value - so we ",[18,47,48],{},"label the fallback explicitly"," in the UI rather than presenting it as a measured score.",[10,51,53],{"id":52},"coverage-and-refresh","Coverage and refresh",[15,55,56,57,60,61,64],{},"SLC provides soil context across the Prairies and BC outside Alberta, covering ",[18,58,59],{},"hundreds of thousands of quarter sections"," where AGRASID does not reach, refreshed ",[18,62,63],{},"annually in March",".",[66,67,68],"blockquote",{},[15,69,70],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2.",[10,72,74],{"id":73},"how-township-canada-shows-it","How Township Canada shows it",[15,76,77,78,81],{},"SLC fills the soil card on the ",[18,79,80],{},"Agriculture tab"," of the parcel report outside Alberta, always labelled as the SLC fallback. Province-specific soil indices (SAMA in Saskatchewan, MASC in Manitoba) are on the roadmap to replace this coarse estimate.",[83,84,85],"note",{},[15,86,87,90,91,95],{},[18,88,89],{},"Screenshot to add"," (",[92,93,94],"code",{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada\u002Fslc-fallback-card.png","): the Agriculture tab soil card on a Saskatchewan parcel, showing the SLC soil order with the explicit \"fallback\" label.",[10,97,99],{"id":98},"related","Related",[101,102,103,110,115],"ul",{},[104,105,106],"li",{},[27,107,109],{"href":108},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada-vs-lsrs","Soil Landscapes of Canada vs LSRS",[104,111,112],{},[27,113,114],{"href":29},"AGRASID 4.1 and LSRS",[104,116,117],{},[27,118,120],{"href":119},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fcli-land-capability","CLI Land Capability",{"title":122,"searchDepth":123,"depth":123,"links":124},"",2,[125,126,127,128,129],{"id":12,"depth":123,"text":13},{"id":38,"depth":123,"text":39},{"id":52,"depth":123,"text":53},{"id":73,"depth":123,"text":74},{"id":98,"depth":123,"text":99},null,{"label":132,"href":133},"See soil context on a parcel report","\u002Fapp\u002Fsearch","Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2 is the national soil-order dataset. Township Canada uses it for soil context outside Alberta, where AGRASID does not reach.","md","i-lucide-globe",[138,139,140,141],"soil landscapes of canada","SLC","soil order","great group",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada",[29,119,108],"data-sources",{"title":5,"description":134},"learn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada","udg4rXCOCVe1_Ll4KkBVelUefXRyF28hGwCIqBNJXWY",[151,287,395],{"id":152,"title":153,"body":154,"category":130,"createdAt":130,"cta":273,"description":275,"extension":135,"icon":276,"industry":130,"keywords":277,"meta":281,"navigation":143,"path":29,"province":130,"relatedPages":282,"section":146,"seo":284,"stem":285,"systems":130,"updatedAt":130,"__hash__":286},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs.md","AGRASID 4.1 and LSRS: Alberta Soil and the Productivity Score",{"type":7,"value":155,"toc":266},[156,158,172,174,189,191,206,211,213,227,237,247,249],[10,157,13],{"id":12},[15,159,160,163,164,167,168,171],{},[18,161,162],{},"AGRASID 4.1"," (the Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database) is the province's authoritative soil-polygon dataset. It is also the source of the ",[18,165,166],{},"Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS)"," productivity score, the federal-provincial standard for rating dryland spring-cereal cropland on a ",[18,169,170],{},"0-100"," scale. In Alberta, Township Canada reads the LSRS score directly from AGRASID.",[10,173,39],{"id":38},[15,175,176,177,180,181,184,185,188],{},"AGRASID contributes the soil ",[18,178,179],{},"subgroup, drainage, parent material, slope, and salinity"," for each polygon. LSRS contributes the ",[18,182,183],{},"productivity score"," and the single ",[18,186,187],{},"limiter"," capping it - climate, moisture, soil, water, continuous cropping, or pattern. The score is reported per quarter section with its limiter.",[10,190,53],{"id":52},[15,192,193,194,197,198,201,202,205],{},"We carry an LSRS productivity score on ",[18,195,196],{},"more than 380,000 Alberta quarter sections",", refreshed ",[18,199,200],{},"annually each June",". Outside Alberta, the ",[27,203,204],{"href":144},"Soil Landscapes of Canada"," fallback supplies the soil context.",[66,207,208],{},[15,209,210],{},"Source: AGRASID 4.1 (Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation) under Open Government Licence - Alberta.",[10,212,74],{"id":73},[15,214,215,216,219,220,222,223,64],{},"AGRASID and LSRS power the ",[18,217,218],{},"Ag Summary"," map layer (Agriculture Bundle), themed by productivity class, and the soil and productivity cards on the ",[18,221,80],{}," of the parcel report. The LSRS score is the soil component (50% weight) of the composite ",[27,224,226],{"href":225},"\u002Flearn\u002Fag\u002Fscore-methodology","Productivity Score",[83,228,229],{},[15,230,231,90,233,236],{},[18,232,89],{},[92,234,235],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs\u002Flsrs-map.png","): the Ag Summary layer themed by LSRS class, ramped from class 1 (excellent) to class 7, over an Alberta township.",[83,238,239],{},[15,240,241,90,243,246],{},[18,242,89],{},[92,244,245],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs\u002Freport-soil-card.png","): the Agriculture tab showing the productivity score, soil subgroup, drainage, and the limiter.",[10,248,99],{"id":98},[101,250,251,257,261],{},[104,252,253],{},[27,254,256],{"href":255},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsrs-soil-productivity-score","The LSRS productivity score explained",[104,258,259],{},[27,260,204],{"href":144},[104,262,263],{},[27,264,265],{"href":225},"Productivity Score methodology",{"title":122,"searchDepth":123,"depth":123,"links":267},[268,269,270,271,272],{"id":12,"depth":123,"text":13},{"id":38,"depth":123,"text":39},{"id":52,"depth":123,"text":53},{"id":73,"depth":123,"text":74},{"id":98,"depth":123,"text":99},{"label":274,"href":133},"Pull an Alberta parcel report","AGRASID 4.1 is Alberta's soil information database and the source of the LSRS productivity score. 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Mapped at 1:50,000, CLI has been the national agricultural-capability baseline used in valuation and policy since the 1960s.",[10,306,39],{"id":38},[15,308,309,310,313,314,316],{},"Each parcel carries its ",[18,311,312],{},"CLI class"," and a single-letter ",[18,315,187],{}," code - for example M for moisture or T for topography - that explains why the parcel is rated where it is. Township Canada inverts and normalizes the class to a 0-100 score: Class 1 maps to 100, Class 4 to roughly 57, Class 7 to 14.",[10,318,53],{"id":52},[15,320,321,322,325],{},"CLI is a ",[18,323,324],{},"static reference"," layer: the class boundaries reflect the original 1960s-to-1980s mapping and are revised only occasionally. It is national in coverage. Because it is decades old, we treat it as one input among four, not the last word - field-level appraisal still requires on-the-ground verification.",[66,327,328],{},[15,329,330],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Canada Land Inventory.",[10,332,74],{"id":73},[15,334,335,336,339,340,342,343,345],{},"CLI is the ",[18,337,338],{},"capability component (30% weight)"," of the composite ",[27,341,226],{"href":225},". The class and its limiter are shown on the ",[18,344,80],{}," of the parcel report for context, but the limiter does not change the score on its own.",[83,347,348],{},[15,349,350,90,352,355],{},[18,351,89],{},[92,353,354],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fcli-land-capability\u002Fcli-class-card.png","): the Agriculture tab showing the CLI class and limiter alongside the LSRS score.",[10,357,99],{"id":98},[101,359,360,364,368],{},[104,361,362],{},[27,363,265],{"href":225},[104,365,366],{},[27,367,114],{"href":29},[104,369,370],{},[27,371,373],{"href":372},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-land-use","AAFC Land Use v5",{"title":122,"searchDepth":123,"depth":123,"links":375},[376,377,378,379,380],{"id":12,"depth":123,"text":13},{"id":38,"depth":123,"text":39},{"id":52,"depth":123,"text":53},{"id":73,"depth":123,"text":74},{"id":98,"depth":123,"text":99},{"label":382,"href":133},"See capability on a parcel report","The Canada Land Inventory classifies every cultivable parcel into seven capability classes. 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They look similar at a glance. They're not the same.",[15,417,418],{},"This page covers what each one means, when to read which, and why we ship both.",[10,420,422],{"id":421},"what-slc-tells-you","What SLC tells you",[15,424,296,425,427],{},[18,426,204],{}," dataset, published by AAFC, is the national soil polygon layer - 1:1,000,000 scale, covering the entire agricultural land base from BC through the Atlantic provinces. Each polygon carries a dominant soil order:",[429,430,431,444],"table",{},[432,433,434],"thead",{},[435,436,437,441],"tr",{},[438,439,440],"th",{},"Soil order",[438,442,443],{},"Where you'll find it on the Prairies",[445,446,447,458,468,478,488,498,508,518,528,538],"tbody",{},[435,448,449,455],{},[450,451,452],"td",{},[18,453,454],{},"Chernozemic",[450,456,457],{},"The grassland soils - Black, Dark Brown, Brown, Dark Gray. The ag belt.",[435,459,460,465],{},[450,461,462],{},[18,463,464],{},"Luvisolic",[450,466,467],{},"Forest-fringe soils - gray, lower OM, less productive for cereals.",[435,469,470,475],{},[450,471,472],{},[18,473,474],{},"Brunisolic",[450,476,477],{},"Young soils, mountainous or northern areas. Limited cropland.",[435,479,480,485],{},[450,481,482],{},[18,483,484],{},"Cryosolic",[450,486,487],{},"Permafrost soils. Northern fringe.",[435,489,490,495],{},[450,491,492],{},[18,493,494],{},"Gleysolic",[450,496,497],{},"Wet-soil-influenced (poorly drained). Patches in low areas.",[435,499,500,505],{},[450,501,502],{},[18,503,504],{},"Organic",[450,506,507],{},"Peat soils. Bogs and fens.",[435,509,510,515],{},[450,511,512],{},[18,513,514],{},"Solonetzic",[450,516,517],{},"Salt-affected soils. Problem areas in SK and parts of AB.",[435,519,520,525],{},[450,521,522],{},[18,523,524],{},"Regosolic",[450,526,527],{},"Weakly developed soils. Riverbanks, recently disturbed.",[435,529,530,535],{},[450,531,532],{},[18,533,534],{},"Vertisolic",[450,536,537],{},"Shrink-swell clay soils. Limited Canadian distribution.",[435,539,540,545],{},[450,541,542],{},[18,543,544],{},"Podzolic",[450,546,547],{},"Acidic forest soils. BC, Atlantic, parts of ON.",[15,549,550],{},"The Prairie ag belt is overwhelmingly Chernozemic - that's the productive grassland soil that supports the canola-wheat economy.",[10,552,554],{"id":553},"what-lsrs-tells-you","What LSRS tells you",[15,556,296,557,560],{},[18,558,559],{},"Land Suitability Rating System"," (LSRS) is a derived index, not a soil description. It combines climate + soil + landscape into a single 1-to-7 class (or 0-100 score in Township Canada's translation) measuring suitability for spring-seeded small grains.",[15,562,563],{},"A class-1 (Excellent) parcel has all three sub-dimensions aligned for good cereal production. A class-7 (Unsuitable) parcel has limitations in at least one - too cold, too saline, too steep, too rocky.",[10,565,567],{"id":566},"when-to-read-which","When to read which",[15,569,570],{},[18,571,572],{},"Read SLC when:",[101,574,575,578,586,589],{},[104,576,577],{},"LSRS coverage isn't shipped yet for the region (SK and MB are coming; SLC is national)",[104,579,580,581,585],{},"You want to understand ",[582,583,584],"em",{},"why"," the LSRS class is what it is - Gray Luvisol with low OM explains a class-4 productivity rating",[104,587,588],{},"You're looking at non-cereal-cropping decisions where LSRS doesn't apply (forage, pasture, native land)",[104,590,591],{},"You're mapping soil zones at province scale - SLC has the national reach, LSRS is regional today",[15,593,594],{},[18,595,596],{},"Read LSRS when:",[101,598,599,602,605,608],{},[104,600,601],{},"You need a productivity score per quarter section",[104,603,604],{},"You're underwriting acquisition value where productivity is the dominant input",[104,606,607],{},"You're comparing parcels within a region (LSRS is finer-grained than SLC)",[104,609,610],{},"The target use is spring-cereal cropping specifically (LSRS is calibrated for that)",[10,612,614],{"id":613},"how-they-appear-in-township-canada","How they appear in Township Canada",[15,616,617],{},[18,618,619,620,626],{},"On the parcel report at ",[27,621,623],{"href":622},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002FSE-14-29-21-W2\u002Fpdf",[92,624,625],{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002F[lld]\u002Fpdf",":",[101,628,629,632],{},[104,630,631],{},"\"LSRS soil productivity\" card returns the class + score (AB only today)",[104,633,634],{},"\"Soil Landscapes of Canada\" card returns the dominant soil order (national coverage)",[15,636,637],{},"Both are free, on every tier. For a SK or MB quarter, the LSRS card will say \"no coverage\" but the SLC card will return the soil order - which is the next-most-useful answer.",[15,639,640],{},[18,641,642],{},"On the map (Agriculture Bundle):",[101,644,645,648],{},[104,646,647],{},"LSRS overlay shows the colour-coded productivity ramp",[104,649,650],{},"SLC overlay shows the soil orders with the colour scheme published by AAFC",[15,652,653],{},[18,654,655],{},"On the Territory CSV export (Agriculture Bundle):",[15,657,658,659,662,663,666,667,669],{},"The CSV now includes both ",[92,660,661],{},"lsrs_score"," and ",[92,664,665],{},"soil_order"," columns per parcel. For an investor scoping a portfolio in SK where LSRS isn't shipped yet, ",[92,668,665],{}," is the proxy - Black Chernozem rows are the productive ground, Luvisolic rows are the lower-productivity ones.",[10,671,673],{"id":672},"what-slc-is-not","What SLC is NOT",[101,675,676,682,688,694],{},[104,677,678,681],{},[18,679,680],{},"Not a productivity score."," It's categorical - \"Chernozem\" tells you a lot about the soil, but you still need climate and landscape context to know if it's productive.",[104,683,684,687],{},[18,685,686],{},"Not crop-specific."," Pasture, hay, and cropland respond differently to soil order; SLC doesn't break out crop suitability.",[104,689,690,693],{},[18,691,692],{},"Not high-resolution."," 1:1,000,000 is coarse. A 160-acre quarter section often sits entirely within one SLC polygon; the within-parcel variation isn't captured.",[104,695,696,699],{},[18,697,698],{},"Not current."," SLC was mapped over decades. The polygons reflect the soil as surveyed; salinity, OM, erosion may have shifted since.",[10,701,703],{"id":702},"combining-slc-lsrs-and-aafc-crop-history","Combining SLC, LSRS, and AAFC crop history",[15,705,706],{},"The three layers triangulate the answer for any parcel:",[101,708,709,714,719],{},[104,710,711,713],{},[18,712,139],{}," - what the soil is (Black Chernozem)",[104,715,716,718],{},[18,717,278],{}," - how productive that soil + climate + landscape is for cereals (class 2 - Very Good)",[104,720,721,724],{},[18,722,723],{},"AAFC"," - what's actually been grown over the last 5 years (Canola-Wheat rotation)",[15,726,727],{},"When the three align - Black Chernozem + LSRS class 2 + active canola rotation - that's confirmed productive ground. When they diverge - Gray Luvisol + LSRS class 5 + recent canola rotation - the parcel is being farmed at the high end of its capability, with diminishing yield headroom.",[15,729,730],{},"For investors, that triangulation is the diligence shape. For farmers, it's the leasing-decision shape.",[10,732,734],{"id":733},"coverage","Coverage",[101,736,737,743,749],{},[104,738,739,742],{},[18,740,741],{},"SLC:"," national, all provinces and territories",[104,744,745,748],{},[18,746,747],{},"LSRS:"," Alberta v1 shipped (AGRASID 4.1 source). Saskatchewan compute pipeline in flight (AGRASID + SKSIS + climate + DEM). Manitoba, BC, Ontario further out.",[104,750,751,754],{},[18,752,753],{},"AAFC Annual Crop Inventory:"," AB + SK full agricultural land base; MB \u002F BC \u002F ON partial.",[10,756,99],{"id":98},[101,758,759,764,770,776],{},[104,760,761],{},[27,762,763],{"href":255},"LSRS Soil Productivity Score explained",[104,765,766],{},[27,767,769],{"href":768},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faafc-crop-history-quarter-section","AAFC Crop History per Quarter Section",[104,771,772],{},[27,773,775],{"href":774},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Ffarmland-due-diligence-soil-and-crop","Farmland Due Diligence: Soil and Crop Checks",[104,777,778],{},[27,779,781],{"href":780},"\u002Fblog\u002Flsrs-explained-what-the-score-tells-you","LSRS Explained - what the score tells you",{"title":122,"searchDepth":123,"depth":123,"links":783},[784,785,786,787,788,789,790,791],{"id":421,"depth":123,"text":422},{"id":553,"depth":123,"text":554},{"id":566,"depth":123,"text":567},{"id":613,"depth":123,"text":614},{"id":672,"depth":123,"text":673},{"id":702,"depth":123,"text":703},{"id":733,"depth":123,"text":734},{"id":98,"depth":123,"text":99},{"label":793,"href":622},"Pull a parcel report","SLC and LSRS are both AAFC soil products but they answer different questions. 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