The location of the Taiga Shield
The Taiga Plains are located on the western side of the Northwest Territories. In addition, they also extend into northeastern British Columbia, and equally, in the upper margin of Alberta. A significant percentage of this ecozone is taken up by wetlands. Over 6% of Canada's landscape which is 570,000 km squared is covered by the Taiga Plains. This is typically large, for an ecozone.