The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
Wine region (no legal sub-regions)
Area
881,620 ha registered outline
Centre
44.8208° N, 65.0396° W
Legal basis
Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.
Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
-13–282 m
Mean elevation
124 m
Measured over the whole outline on 188,716 elevation cells of about 217 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.