Environment
Key indicators
Selected geographical area:Canada
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8.6 million metric tonnes
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3.1 million metric tonnes
More environment indicators
Selected geographical area:Canada
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$15.3 billion
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$20.2 billion
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-5.2%
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3.75 gigajoules per $1,000
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0.26 tonnes per $1,000
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3.99 terajoules per million dollars of real GDP-1.9%
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0.28 kilotonnes per million dollars of real GDP-2.6%
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61.4 gigajoules-5.2%
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2.8 tonnes-5.0%
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$33.3 billion7.8%
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Volume of untreated wastewater discharged in Canada (including combined sewer overflows) - Canada
(2023)215 million cubic metres -
15.7 cubic metres per thousand dollars of real GDP
Subject
- Limit subject index to Air and climate
- Limit subject index to Environmental protection, technology and practices
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Results
All (717)
All (717) (0 to 10 of 717 results)
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020008Description: 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
- Table: 38-10-0179-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: 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
- Table: 38-10-0180-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: 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
- Table: 38-10-0181-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: 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
- Table: 36-10-0690-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: 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
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024016Description: 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
- Table: 38-10-0140-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: 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
- Table: 38-10-0285-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription: 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
- Table: 38-10-0197-01Frequency: OccasionalDescription: 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
- Table: 38-10-0198-01Frequency: OccasionalDescription: Long-term changes in air temperature and precipitation over the period beginning in 1971, by drainage region. 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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Data (402)
Data (402) (330 to 340 of 402 results)
- Table: 38-10-0280-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: OccasionalDescription:
This table contains 1392 series, with data for years 1971 - 2011 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (87 items: Abbotsford - Mission (census metropolitan area), British Columbia; Baie-Comeau (census agglomeration), Quebec; Barrie (census metropolitan area), Ontario; Bathurst (census agglomeration), New Brunswick; ...); Area (2 items: Census metropolitan area/census agglomeration; Census metropolitan area-ecosystem/census agglomeration-ecosystem); Land cover and land use (8 items: Total land area; Built-up area, settled; Built-up area, roads; Arable; ...).
Release date: 2018-07-10 - Table: 38-10-0030-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription:
This table contains 120 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 (8 items: Canada; Atlantic provinces; Quebec; Ontario; ...); Environmental and clean technology goods and services (15 items: Total goods; Renewable energy production; Non-hazardous waste management; Industrial air pollution or flue gas management; ...).
Release date: 2017-12-11 - Table: 38-10-0009-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Volumes of potable water treated, by source water type and unit processes for water treatment by drinking water plants.Release date: 2017-11-01
- 334. Indoor air qualityTable: 38-10-0018-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: Percentage of households that rated their indoor air quality and practices used to improve indoor air quality. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.Release date: 2017-07-05
- 335. Natural resource assets and produced assets ArchivedTable: 38-10-0251-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: Produced non-financial assets (residential structures, non-residential structures, machinery and equipment, consumer durable goods, and inventories) and non-produced non-financial assets (land, timber, and subsoil resource stocks), annual (dollars x 1,000,000).Release date: 2017-04-20
- 336. Irrigation volume by month, inactive ArchivedTable: 38-10-0088-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: This table shows irrigation volume, by province, by month. Data are available on a biennial basis.Release date: 2017-02-09
- 337. Farm irrigation status and area, inactive ArchivedTable: 38-10-0101-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: This table shows irrigated crop area and, of those farms that reported having irrigated in the past, the number of farms that irrigated and the number of farms that did not irrigate. Data are available on a biennial basis.Release date: 2017-02-09
- 338. Value of timber stocks (methods I and II) ArchivedTable: 38-10-0105-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 20 series, with data for years 1961 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-03-26. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (10 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Value (2 items: Present value calculation; timber stocks; method I; Present value calculation; timber stocks; method II ...).Release date: 2017-02-09
- 339. Direct plus indirect energy intensity, by industry ArchivedTable: 38-10-0108-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: Intensity of energy use is measured in gigajoules per thousand dollars of production. Industry aggregation is at the L-level of the input-output accounts of Statistics Canada.Release date: 2017-02-09
- 340. Energy use, by sector ArchivedTable: 38-10-0109-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: Energy use by industries and households. Industry aggregation is at the L-level of the input-output accounts of Statistics Canada.Release date: 2017-02-09
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Analysis (261)
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- Articles and reports: 11-626-X2019008Description: This article in the Economic Insights series examines how accounting for greenhouse gas emissions as part of economic activity changes the measurement of productivity growth.Release date: 2019-05-08
- 112. Environmentally Adjusted Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Manufacturing Sector ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2019013Description: The need to measure both the desirable outputs (goods and services) and the undesirable outputs (emissions of greenhouse gases [GHGs] and criteria air contaminants [CACs]) from economic activity is becoming increasingly important as economic performance and environmental performance become ever more intertwined. Standard measures of multifactor productivity (MFP) growth provide insights into rising standards of living and the performance of economies, but they may be misleading if only desirable outputs are considered. This study presents estimates of environmentally adjusted multifactor productivity (EAMFP) growth using a new comprehensive database. This database contains information on GHG and CAC emissions, as well as on the production activities of Canadian manufacturers.Release date: 2019-05-08
- Articles and reports: 16-508-X2019001Geography: Census metropolitan areaDescription:
This fact sheet compares population density for the Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in 1971 and 2016. It includes maps showing changes in the extent and density of populated areas on the periphery of these areas, as well as changes in population density within previously settled areas.
Release date: 2019-02-11 - Stats in brief: 16-508-X2018002Description: This factsheet looks at Canadian government expense relating to environmental protection between 2008 and 2016. The data is based on the Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG).Release date: 2018-06-05
- 115. Environment Fact Sheets: Government spending on environmental protection in Canada 2008 to 2016 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201815617422Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-06-05
- 116. An overview of Canada’s forest sector ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2018008Description: The infographic presents some of the highlights from the publication Human Activity and the Environment, 2017: Forests in Canada (Catalogue no. 16-201-X). It includes multiple components including maps, graphs, pictographs and facts about the forest sector and forest sector-based communities.Release date: 2018-05-08
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018011Description:
The infographic “Freshwater in Canada: A look at Canada’s freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013,” presents some highlights from the publication Human Activity and the Environment, 2017: Freshwater in Canada (Catalogue no. 16-201-X). It includes multiple components including a map, a graph, pictographs and facts about the depth of renewable freshwater resources and water use.
Release date: 2018-05-03 - 118. An overview of Canada’s forest resources ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2018007Description: This infographic presents some of the highlights from the publication Human Activity and the Environment, 2017: Forests in Canada (Catalogue no. 16-201-X). It includes multiple components including a map, graphs, pictographs and facts about Canada’s forests and the disturbances that affect them.Release date: 2018-05-01
- Stats in brief: 16-508-X2018001Description: To comply with various environmental rules, businesses invest in processes and technologies that eliminate or reduce pollution before it is created (pollution prevention), or before it is released into the environment (pollution abatement and control). However, the various industries do not all spend at the same rate and do not all use the same techniques. This depends on current regulations and economic growth in the industry. This study draws a portrait of the environmental protection expenditures by the three of the main industries in Canada: oil and gas extraction; petroleum and coal product manufacturing; and electric power generation, transmission and distribution.Release date: 2018-04-13
- 120. Human Activity and the Environment: Forests in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201807317603Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-03-14
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Reference (52)
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1903Description: The Environmental Protection Expenditures Survey provides a measure of the costs incurred by Canadian industries to protect the environment, whether or not they are in response to current or anticipated Canadian or international environmental regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements. The survey also collects information on the goods, technologies and services purchased by industries as well as the processes and practices adopted by them to protect the environment. Data from the survey are used predominantly by policy analysts and by both industry and academic researchers. Data may be used to monitor expenditure trends within industry groups or provinces for the purpose of developing business or research and development strategies, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of policy.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2009Description: This survey collects information that will help Canadians understand the contributions made by waste management industry to Canada's economy and environment.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2749Description: The purpose of this survey is to measure road use by light motor vehicles, their fuel consumption and their impact on the environment.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3808Description: The major objective of this survey was to collect information on nature-related activities, and what these activities contributed to the Canadian economy.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3881Description: The Households and the Environment Survey (HES) measures the environmental practices and behaviours of Canadian households that relate to the condition of our air, water and soils. The survey was also designed to collect data to develop and improve three key environmental indicators: air quality, water quality and greenhouse gas emissions.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5044Description: This survey, focusing on both livestock and crop operations, will allow the establishment of base lines and development of updates for an expanded set of agri-environmental indicators, and generate the information to design effective and well targeted policy and program responses.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5081Description: The survey collects, analyses and publishes information on industrial greenhouse gas emissions to support Canada's national and international reporting obligations and the public interest as it relates to climate change and the environment.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5114Description: Natural resource asset accounts are one of the main elements of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting which was adopted as an international statistical standard in 2012. Natural resource asset accounts measure quantities of natural resource assets (oil, natural gas, minerals, and timber) and the annual changes in these assets due to natural processes and human activity. These accounts, which are recorded using both physical and monetary units, form the basis of the estimates of Canada's natural resource wealth that are integrated into the Canadian national balance sheet accounts.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5115Description: Physical flow accounts are one of the main elements of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) which was adopted as an international statistical standard in 2012. These accounts record, in physical units of measure, the supply and use of natural inputs (e.g. cubic metres of water), products (e.g. terajoules of gasoline), and residuals (e.g. kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emissions).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5120Description: This survey is being conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional indicators related to the use of water in industry.
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