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Canada has 20 ecozones -

Land-Based Ecozones

- Arctic Cordillera - Atlantic Maritime - Boreal Cordillera - Boreal Plains - Boreal Shield - Hudson Plains - Mixed Wood Plains - Montane Cordillera - Northern Arctic - Pacific Maritime - Prarie - Southern Arctic - Taiga Cordillera - Taiga Plain - Taiga Shield

Water-Based Ecozones

- Arctic Archipelago - Arctic Basin - Atlantic Marine - Northwest Atlantic - Pacific Marine -

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