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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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  • 101. Composting practices of Canadian households
    Table: 38-10-0128-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    Composting practices of kitchen waste and yard waste of Canadian households.

    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 102. Services used by households in the sharing economy
    Table: 38-10-0188-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Indication of whether household members used services in the sharing economy. The data are from the Households and the Environment Survey.
    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 103. Primary heating systems and type of energy
    Table: 38-10-0286-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table contains 2304 series, with data for years 2013 - 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; ...) Primary heating system and type of energy (48 items: All primary heating systems; Electricity; Natural gas; Oil; ...).
    Release date: 2025-09-22
  • 104. Satisfaction with local environment, by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0069-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by level of satisfaction with their local environment, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-09-10
  • 105. Vegetation cover in large urban areas
    Table: 38-10-0187-01
    Geography: Dissemination area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Vegetative cover of 30 large cities in Canada in percentage and number of hectares, by province, contiguously settled area and dissemination area, from 2019 to 2024. Annual data.
    Release date: 2025-07-14
  • 106. Wastewater volumes processed by municipal sewage systems
    Table: 38-10-0099-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Wastewater (sewage) volumes by month, province, territory and drainage region.
    Release date: 2025-06-24
  • 107. Combined sewer overflow discharge volumes
    Table: 38-10-0100-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Discharge volumes from combined sewers by month, province, territory and drainage region.
    Release date: 2025-06-24
  • 108. Population served by municipal wastewater systems
    Table: 38-10-0119-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Population served by municipal wastewater systems, by province, territory and drainage region.

    Release date: 2025-06-24
  • 109. Wastewater volumes discharged from municipal sewage systems by treatment category
    Table: 38-10-0124-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Wastewater volumes discharged by treatment category, province and territory.
    Release date: 2025-06-24
  • 110. Population served by municipal wastewater systems by treatment category
    Table: 38-10-0125-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Population served by wastewater systems treatment category, province and territory.

    Release date: 2025-06-24
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  • 71. Unravelling the story about household textile and e-waste disposal in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022015
    Description:

    This infographic visually presents information on household disposal methods of textile and e-waste for the years 2017 and 2019. It also presents total household textile and e-waste diverted from landfills or incinerators and total household waste sent to landfills and incinerators for the year 2018. This infographic is based on data from the 2017 and 2019 cycles of the Households and Environment Survey and the 2018 Waste Management Industry Survey.

    Release date: 2022-02-15
  • 72. Accounting for ecosystem change in Canada: Selected findings from Human Activity and the Environment, 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021073
    Description: Using data from the publication Human Activity and the Environment (HAE), 2021, this infographic provides selected highlights from the report, covering ecosystem extent, condition and services.
    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 73. Study: Accounting for ecosystem change Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202202531384
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 74. Human Activity and the Environment
    Thematic map: 16-201-X
    Description:

    Human Activity and the Environment (16-201-X) focuses on current environmental issues. The latest information and statistics are gathered from many sources to produce an in-depth analytical article.

    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 75. Estimates of the economic activity in and around flooded areas in British Columbia
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101200003
    Description:

    This article reports experimental estimates for the impact of flooding in B.C. on local economies. The paper uses a firm level dataset to geographically determine firm locations that are likely to have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains during November 13th to November 15th 2021.

    Release date: 2022-01-18
  • 76. Preliminary Data on Canada's Natural Resource Wealth, 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021081
    Description: The data on natural wealth presented reflects the proven & probable reserves for select minerals and established active reserves for energy (2020 preliminary).
    Release date: 2021-11-01
  • 77. Urban greenness, 2001, 2011 and 2019
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202100100002
    Description: Urban greenness reflects the presence and health of vegetation in urban areas and is a measure of urban ecosystem condition. This study uses data from satellite imagery to track greenness across population centres for three reference years over an 18-year period.
    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 78. Study: Urban greenness Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202122929503
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 79. Canada's oceans and the economic contribution of marine sectors
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X202100100001
    Description: This article provides estimates of the economic contribution of marine sectors in Canada in 2014 to 2018 and describes some of the environmental challenges faced by these sectors.
    Release date: 2021-07-19
  • 80. Study: Canada's oceans and the economic contribution of marine sectors 2014 to 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202120030743
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-07-19
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Reference (52) (20 to 30 of 52 results)

  • 21. Environment Accounts and Statistics Product Catalogue
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-257-X
    Description:

    Environment Accounts and Statistics Division is Statistics Canada's focal point for the collection, analysis and dissemination of environmental information. This reference guide briefly describes the division's programs, as well as all publications and electronic products offered on a quarterly, annual, biennial and occasional basis.

    Release date: 2014-04-17
  • 22. Using a Trend-cycle Approach to Estimate Changes in Southern Canada's Water Yield from 1971 to 2004 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2010014
    Description: Quantifying how Canada's water yield has changed over time is an important component of the water accounts maintained by Statistics Canada. This study evaluates the movement in the series of annual water yield estimates for Southern Canada from 1971 to 2004. We estimated the movement in the series using a trend-cycle approach and found that water yield for southern Canada has generally decreased over the period of observation.
    Release date: 2010-09-13
  • 23. Agricultural Water Use Survey 2007, Methodology Report Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2009008
    Description:

    In 2008, Statistics Canada conducted the first Agricultural Water Use Survey. This pilot survey is part of the Canadian Environment Sustainability Indicators initiative and collects information on volumes of water used for irrigation, irrigated areas, irrigation practices and the quality of water used for agricultural purposes. This technical paper describes the methodology used for the pilot survey and includes recommendations for future cycles of the survey. The validation process seems to indicate that the method used to estimate the volumes of water used and the irrigated areas calculated underestimates the results. The report gives recommendations to minimize this bias in the next iterations of the survey. First, it is recommended to simplify the level of information collected by the survey; to review the sampling methodology; and to examine other means of collecting information on volumes of water used for irrigation. This pilot version of the survey remains a reliable source for consistent data on agricultural water use.

    Release date: 2009-06-26
  • 24. The Water Yield for Canada As a Thirty-year Average (1971 to 2000): Concepts, Methodology and Initial Results Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2009007
    Description: In this paper, we present the methodology developed by Statistics Canada to calculate the average annual water yield for Canada. Water yield, for the purposes of this paper, is defined as the amount of freshwater derived from unregulated flow (m3 s-1) measurements for a given geographic area over a defined period of time. The methodology is applied to the 1971 to 2000 time period.

    This research was conducted to fill data gaps in Statistics Canada's water statistics program. These gaps exist because estimates of freshwater flow for Canada have not been calculated regularly and have been produced using a variety of methods that do not necessarily generate comparable results. The methodology developed in this study produced results that are coherent through space and time. These results will be used in the future to investigate changes in water yield on a more disaggregated basis.

    To achieve the water yield estimate a database of natural streamflow observations from 1971 to 2000 was compiled. The streamflow values were then converted to a runoff depth and interpolated using ordinary kriging to produce spatial estimates of runoff. The spatial estimates were then scaled to create a National estimate of water yield as a thirty-year average. The methodology and results were then validated using a stability analysis and several techniques involving uncertainty. The result of the methodology indicates that the thirty-year average water yield for Canada is 3435 km3.

    Release date: 2009-06-01
  • 25. Environment Surveys of Establishments: The Canadian Experience Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2007004
    Description:

    Statistics Canada administers a number of environmental surveys that fill important data gaps but also pose numerous challenges to administer. This paper focuses on two on-going environment surveys - one newly initiated and one in the process of a redesign.

    Release date: 2007-11-23
  • 26. Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2007003
    Description:

    The objective of the present study is to understand and explain how the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Water Quality Index (WQI) behaves, and at the same time determine its limitations to make a better use of it in the future. In order to do so, four data sets were made available to us thanks to participation of the following provinces: Newfoundland, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec.

    Release date: 2007-09-19
  • 27. Concepts, Sources and Methods of the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-505-G
    Description:

    Part of Statistics Canada's Econnections: linking the environment and the economy statistical series, this publication describes in detail the conceptual frameworks, data sources and empirical methods used to compile the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts (CSERA). Designed to be compatible with the accounting frameworks of the System of National Accounts, the CSERA allows users to easily analyze the linkages between economic activity and the environment in terms of material and energy flows, environmental expenditures and natural resource stocks. This publication will be of interest to researchers in both the economic and environmental fields who want to familiarize themselves with the accounting concepts of the CSERA. It is a companion volume to Environment-economy indicators and detailed statistics (catalogue no. 16-200-XKE), another product in the Econnections series.

    Statistics Canada has updated its 1997 documentation on environmental accounts, Econnections: Concepts, Sources and Methods of the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts, with publication of the Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting.

    Release date: 2006-04-12
  • 28. Watering Our Prairie Farms Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004010
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada
    Description:

    This activity focuses on how water is used for irrigation, the benefits and risks associated with irrigation and the ways farmers manage their water use.

    Release date: 2004-08-30
  • 29. Survey of Environmental Goods and Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1209
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to produce estimates of the production of environmental goods and services by industry. This survey collects data on sales of environmental and clean technology goods and services.
  • 30. Waste Management Industry Survey: Government Sector
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1736
    Description: The survey provides information on waste management financial and employment characteristics. It also collects information on collection, disposal and recycling quantities reported by municipalities and other public bodies that provide waste management services.

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