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  • 1. Physical flow account for greenhouse gas emissions: Interactive tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020008
    Description: This interactive dashboard offers Canadians the ability to graph greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends over time for selected industries and household categories. It also displays total GHG emissions for the top five emitting sectors for a selected geography and year and shows the year-over-year changes in total GHG emissions over time.
    Release date: 2026-05-07
  • 2. Waste materials diverted, by type and by source
    Table: 38-10-0179-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Materials diverted by type and by source (residential and non-residential) for Canada, provinces and territories every year. The unit of measure is tonnes.
    Release date: 2026-04-28
  • 3. Business enterprise in-house research and development expenditures on environmental and clean technology products, by industry and geographic region
    Table: 38-10-0180-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table provides business enterprises' monetary estimates on research and development performed in-house on environmental and clean technology products, within Canada, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and geographic region.
    Release date: 2026-04-21
  • 4. In-house research and development activities related to the environmental and clean technology products by industry
    Table: 38-10-0181-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table provides business enterprises' percentage estimates on research and development activities performed in-house on environmental and clean technology products, within Canada, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
    Release date: 2026-04-21
  • 5. Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with various aspects of the Canadian economy
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024016
    Description: The production of goods and the delivery of services result in energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This visualization provides insights into the relationship between Canadian economic activity and the environment by including estimates of Canadian GHG emissions and energy use.
    Release date: 2026-04-09
  • 6. Housing Economic Account, environmental perspective
    Table: 36-10-0690-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The environmental perspective for the Housing Economic Account provides users detailed information on emissions related to residential construction and clean technology involved. The table breaks down greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas emissions per value added, and clean technology input for residential construction for Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2026-04-09
  • 7. Natural resources satellite account, environmental perspective
    Table: 38-10-0140-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Direct energy use (terajoules) and direct greenhouse gas emissions (kilotonnes) associated with the natural resources and the downstream natural resources sectors, by sector.
    Release date: 2026-04-02
  • 8. Natural resources satellite account, indicators
    Table: 38-10-0285-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: This table contains natural resources satellite account data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography; Prices (2 items: Current prices; 2017 constant prices); Sectors; Sub-sectors; Indicators; Commodities.
    Release date: 2026-04-02
  • 9. Census of Environment Ecosystem Profile Explorer
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2026007
    Description: The ecosystem profile explorer is designed to provide users with a single, integrated view of the data produced by the Census of Environment. Users can select an area on the map and explore the ecosystem extent, condition and services data linked to ecological, drainage or marine areas. The latest data tables will be made available in this tool as new releases occur.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 10. Change in selected climate variables since 1971, by ecoprovince
    Table: 38-10-0197-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Long-term changes in air temperature and precipitation over the period beginning in 1971, by ecoprovince. Starting in 2000, estimates are reported at five-year intervals. Changes are expressed in degrees Celsius for air temperature and in millimetres for precipitation.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
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  • 71. Households and the environment survey, dwelling's main source of water
    Table: 38-10-0274-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the main source of water for Canadian households, whether the household had had their water tested by a laboratory in the twelve months preceding interview and whether a problem had been found. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 72. Households and the environment survey, primary type of drinking water consumed
    Table: 38-10-0275-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the primary type of drinking water consumed by Canadian households. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 73. Treatment of main source of water by households, Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas (CMA)
    Table: 38-10-0277-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table contains 5040 series, with data for years 2007 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (48 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Type of supply (3 items: Municipal and non-municipal water supply; Municipal water supply; Non-municipal water supply);  Treatment of drinking water (35 items: Treated water prior to consumption; Used a filter or purifier; Used a filter or purifier on the main supply pipe; Treatment applied to main supply pipe, activated charcoal filter; ...).
    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 74. Outdoor water usage by households, Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas (CMA)
    Table: 38-10-0282-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    This table contains 2880 series, with data for years 2015 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (48 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Type of supply (3 items: Municipal and non-municipal water supply; Municipal water supply; Non-municipal water supply);  Outdoor water use (20 items: Had a barrel or cistern; Had a lawn; Watered lawn during previous summer; Used a lawn sprinkler or sprinkler system; ...).

    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 75. Capital expenditures on environmental activities by industry
    Table: 38-10-0175-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital expenditures on environmental protection and resource management activities by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and geography. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 76. Drivers and obstacles to the purchase of technologies related to environmental protection by industry
    Table: 38-10-0176-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of the percentage of enterprises that reported drivers and obstacles to the purchase of technologies, systems or equipment related to environmental protection by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The unit of measure is percent.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 77. Canada’s Natural Resource Wealth: Interactive Tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022022
    Description: The data on natural wealth reflects reserves of energy, selected minerals and timber.
    Release date: 2025-11-20
  • 78. Value of selected natural resource reserves
    Table: 38-10-0006-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Closing stock present value of reserves of natural gas, crude oil, subbituminous coal and lignite, bituminous coal, crude bitumen, potash, gold from gold mines, iron, miscellaneous minerals, and timber (dollars x 1,000,000).
    Release date: 2025-11-20
  • 79. Selected natural resource reserves
    Table: 38-10-0007-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Closing stock of reserves of uranium, copper, gold from gold mines, lead, molybdenum, nickel, silver, zinc, crude bitumen, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal and lignite, sulphur, iron, and potash (tonnes unless otherwise noted).
    Release date: 2025-11-20
  • 80. Selected population characteristics, Canada, ecozones, ecoprovinces and ecoregions
    Table: 38-10-0047-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Demographic and housing indicators by ecological area, every 5 years starting 1971. Includes total population, density of occupied private dwellings, urban/rural distribution, measured in numbers and percentages.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
Analysis (261)

Analysis (261) (190 to 200 of 261 results)

  • 191. Natural resource wealth, 1990 to 2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X201000211284
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Natural resources such as oil and gas, timber and minerals are an important component of Canada's wealth, generating income, employment and exports. This article examines growth in resource wealth.
    Release date: 2010-06-29
  • 192. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Private Vehicles in Canada, 1990 to 2007 Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-001-M2010012
    Description:

    The paper examines the contribution of the household sector to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada, through its use of private motor vehicles. Emissions estimates are presented at national, provincial and census metropolitan area (CMA) levels. The study uses data from the Canadian Vehicle Survey (CVS), conducted by Statistics Canada's Transportation Division and the Material and Energy Flow Accounts (MEFA) from Environment Accounts and Energy Statistics Division (EASD).

    At the national level the study presents estimates of vehicle emissions, GHG intensity, as well as per capita emissions. Total and per capita emissions by income group are also presented at the national level. At the provincial and CMA levels, the study presents the first survey based estimates of total and per capita vehicle emissions. It also explores the regional differences and examines the contributing factors.

    Release date: 2010-05-13
  • 193. A new research project on Canadian settlements: Initial geographic results Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X201000111134
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Settlements are important hubs for residential, commercial and industrial activity, however, the size, structure and form of settlements over time can have a variety of social, economic and environmental implications. Statistics Canada has developed a new concept and dataset to delineate or map boundaries for Canada's settlements. This article presents some of the early geographic results of this project.

    Release date: 2010-03-24
  • 194. The Canadian manufacturing industry: Investments and use of energy-related processes or technologies Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900411030
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Energy use is one of the primary contributors to environmental degradation and climate change. This article provides a profile of the Canadian manufacturing industry and the investments made in energy-related processes and technologies in 2006. These investments either reduced the amount of energy used for a process, or lowered the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants produced through the production and use of energy.

    Release date: 2009-12-09
  • 195. Drinking Water Decisions of Canadian Municipal Households Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-001-M2009010
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part
    Description: Households in Canadian municipalities often have options when choosing the type of water they drink at home and whether they treat it prior to drinking it. The reasons why they might choose to treat their water could be aesthetic or there might have been problems in the past that are influencing their decisions today. Using data from the 2007 Households and the Environment Survey, the author explores some of the factors governing these decisions for households in a selection of Canadian municipalities.
    Release date: 2009-12-09
  • 196. Canada's natural resource wealth, 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900310926
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Natural resources contribute to Canada's overall socio-economic well-being. This article examines the value of key natural resource stocks, focusing on timber, energy and minerals.

    Release date: 2009-09-24
  • 197. Agricultural water use in 2007: A profile of irrigation Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900310927
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Water is essential for crop production, whether it is provided by rain or irrigation. Although relatively few farms in Canada irrigate, this use of water can represent a significant portion of water use in some areas of the country. This article presents information on the use of irrigation in 2007.

    Release date: 2009-09-24
  • 198. Measuring renewable water assets in Canada: Initial results and research agenda Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900210889
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canada's renewable water resources are mostly the result of rain and melted snow that flow over the ground, eventually reaching our rivers and lakes. This article describes the results of a new methodology producing consistent national estimates of Canada's total annual average water yield from 1971 to 2000.

    Release date: 2009-06-18
  • 199. Targeting environmental protection expenditures in the manufacturing sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900210890
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using data from Statistics Canada's Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures and Annual Survey of Manufacturers and Logging, as well as data derived from Environment Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory, this study examines environmental expenditures in the manufacturing sector.

    Release date: 2009-06-18
  • 200. 2009 Red River Valley Flood: Impact on Agriculture
    Journals and periodicals: 18-504-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis (RSGA) of the Agriculture Division prepared a series of maps and statistics that show the progression of the 2009 Red River valley flood in Manitoba for the spring of 2009. Starting with an image acquired on March 31, the maps were produced from the analysis of Radarsat-2 satellite image data integrated with 2006 Census of Agriculture data and census geography boundary files. From this analysis, the total area of flooded agriculture land and the number of farmers affected were calculated. A comparison is made with the 1997 flood that occurred in the same region.
    Release date: 2009-05-11
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Reference (52) (0 to 10 of 52 results)

  • 1. Census of Environment: Spatial information products
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X
    Description: Spatial information products provide users with data for visualization, reference, mapping and spatial analysis using geographical information systems (GIS). Available files include spatial environmental data as well as documentation and metadata. This information is released as part of a suite of products associated with the Census of Environment (CoE). The CoE organizes data about Canada’s natural environment using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting international statistical standard, which takes a spatial approach to accounting for Canada’s ecosystems and natural capital.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 2. Urban greenness: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024003
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of annual estimates of average normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and green/grey classification.

    "Urban greenness" is a measure that assesses the condition and health of an urban landscape. Vegetation contributes to more livable, beautiful communities by helping to clean the air, moderate the local climate, control water flow and provide habitats for wildlife.

    Annual average normalized difference vegetation index datasets and annual green/grey classifications are available for the years 2000 to 2025 and cover Canada south of 60°N.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 3. Urban greenness: Data product specifications, 2025
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025006
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the urban greenness geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2025-11-17
  • 4. Clean technologies and the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services: A technical reference guide
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-511-X
    Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services (SEGS). The tables indicate which technologies and services were included in SEGS.
    Release date: 2025-06-03
  • 5. The Canadian Index of Social Resilience and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability: User Guide
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00012025002
    Description: The Canadian Index of Social Resilience (CISR) and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability (CISV) were created to provide area-based information on resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters across Canada. The user guide explains how the CISR and CISV were developed and how to use them. The indexes can be used to better understand areas which may experience the largest disproportional social impacts from natural hazards.
    Release date: 2025-05-27
  • 6. Land Cover Register: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025003
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the land cover register geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 7. Statistical Ecosystem Register grid system reference files: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025004
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the Statistical Ecosystem Register grid system reference files. This document provides important technical information for users, including the coordinate reference system, resolution, and file contents and structure. This document also provides additional information about the grid system, reasons for some of the chosen parameters, and intended uses.
    Release date: 2025-05-13
  • 8. Land Cover Register: Documentation
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2025001
    Description: This document describes the methodology used to develop the land cover register, a raster dataset that maps Canada’s terrestrial and freshwater land cover using an 11-class classification system. The data product, with a spatial resolution of 30 metres, represents circa 2020 and was created through the integration of multiple land cover and land use datasets. The dataset and documentation were created by the Census of Environment program and will support Statistics Canada's ecosystem accounting efforts.
    Release date: 2025-03-27
  • 9. Ocean and coastal ecosystem extent: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024005
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the ocean and coastal ecosystem extent geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-12-16
  • 10. Ocean and coastal ecosystem extent: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024006
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of ocean and coastal ecosystem extent for ocean and coastal areas of Canada. Mapping the extent of ocean ecosystems is the first stage in creating spatially explicit accounts, to help understand the ocean and coastal ecosystems of Canada. The files cover the area from the coastline, defined by the 2021 Statistics Canada Census of Population, to the outer boundary of Canada’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Coastal areas of salt marsh are also included in the files.
    Release date: 2024-12-16

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