Selected glacier mass balance in Canada

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1960 to 2007

Data on the mass balance and the cumulative mass balance of six glaciers in Canada are now available. Glacier net mass balance is the difference between accumulation and ablation (or mass loss) over a given year. Cumulative mass balance adds together sequential annual measurements over a number of years.

The glacier mass balance data are derived from Natural Resources Canada's Earth Science Sector's Climate Change Geoscience Program.

Available without charge in CANSIM: table 153-0102.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 7530.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the information officer (613-951-0297; fax: 613-951-0634; environ@statcan.gc.ca), Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.