What is a Wetland?

Wetlands are quite simply — wet lands! Wetlands occur intermittently across the landscape. Seasonally or permanently covered by shallow water, wetlands are areas where the water table is close to or at the surface. Wetlands are transition zones between land and open water. Wetlands can be found along lakes, rivers, streams or low lying open fields and wooded areas.

Learn more about the types of wetlands here.

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Wetlands cover 14 per cent of Canada. That amounts to 127 million hectares of wetlands.

In the Rideau, evaluated wetlands cover 9.3 percent of the watershed. Most of this is swamp at 7 percent.