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The article focuses on the history of soil classification and soil survey in Canada. It says that the first soil survey was held in Ontario in 1914, along with the systems of soil classification which can be traced back from the National Soil Survey Committee's first meeting in Ottawa in 1945. It cites that starting 1940s, soil survey in Canada had well-funded programs and major outputs like the Canada Land Inventory. Moreover, there was a rise in private sector soil survey from 1990s to 2010.

The article offers information on the genesis, distribution, and classification of brunisolic soils in Canada. It says that brunisols are formed under forest cover and have a wide range of physical and chemical properties. It states that brunisols co-exist on landscapes with cryosols in a discontinuous permafrost and form a continuum of soil development with podzolic soils in humid regions. Moreover, sombric and melanic brusinols are used as agricultural soils in British Columbia and Ontario.