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There are ten Orders in the Canadian System of Soil Classification (Table below). The system has changed through time, and the last major addition to the system occurred in 1996, when the Vertisolic Order was added to the system. Table: Summary of the Soil Orders in the Canadian System of Soil Classification. Order. Diagnostic Horizon.
- Organic
The wetland variants of the Organic soils are associated...
- Regosolic
Regosolic soils are also very commonly found in cultivated...
- Cryosolic
In those regions of Canada where the active layer is thicker...
- Vertisolic
When the mass of soil dries out, cracks can appear at the...
- Chernozemic
This can occur due to surface or within-soil water...
- Podzolic
Many would consider the Podzolic soils to be the most...
- Solonetzic
There are four great groups of the Solonetzic order. Three...
- Gleysolic
These soils are recognized in as Gleyed subgroups in the...
- Organic
The Canadian System of Soil Classification was first outlined in 1955 and has been refined and modified numerous times since then. There are 10 orders of soil recognized in Canada. Each one is divided into groups, and then families, and then series, but we will only look at the orders, some of which are summarized in Table 5.2. The distribution ...
- Steven Earle
- 2015
Welcome to Soils of Canada! This is the first stop for people looking for information about Canadian soils: how they form, what they look like, where different types of soil are found, and how to describe them. This website has been created by soil scientists from across Canada to give people (scientists and non-scientists) from outside the ...
Canada’s soils are classified in ten distinctive orders. Click on a soil order to watch a brief instructional video on it.
The “Soil Landscapes of Canada V.2.2/V.3.1 - Soil Order” displays the highest (most general) level of soil classification. Within the Canadian System of Soil Classification there are ten recognized soil orders (Soil Classification Working Group 1998). This system is hierarchical (from general to specific).
Apr 24, 2024 · There are 10 orders of soil recognized in Canada. Each one is divided into groups, and then families, and then series, but we will only look at the orders, some of which are summarized in Table 5.2. The distribution of these types of soils (and a few others) in Canada is shown in Figure 5.5.1 5.5. 1.
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The Canadian System of Soil Classification was first outlined in 1955 and has been refined and modified numerous times since then. There are 10 orders of soil recognized in Canada (Table 8.1), and you can explore the distribution of soils using Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s interactive map (Figure 8.26).
