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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. 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
  • 6. 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
  • 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. 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
  • 10. Change in selected climate variables since 1971, by drainage region
    Table: 38-10-0198-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: 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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  • 341. Direct plus indirect greenhouse gas emissions intensity Archived
    Table: 38-10-0110-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Intensity of greenhouse gas emissions is measured in tonnes 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
  • 342. Greenhouse gas emissions, by sector Archived
    Table: 38-10-0111-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide equivalents), by industries and households. Industry aggregation is at the L-level of the input-output accounts of Statistics Canada.
    Release date: 2017-02-09
  • 343. Water use in Canada Archived
    Table: 38-10-0118-01
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Water use by industries and households (cubic metres x 1,000).
    Release date: 2017-02-09
  • 344. Households and the Environment Survey: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 16M0001X
    Description: The file provides data for Canada, the provinces and census metropolitan areas and includes information on a wide range of topics, including water quality concerns; consumption and conservation of water; energy use and home heating and cooling; pesticide and fertilizer use on lawns and gardens; recycling, composting and waste disposal practices. It also provides information on the socio-demographic, income and labour force characteristics of the population.
    Release date: 2016-12-16
  • 345. Households and the environment survey, treatment of drinking water Archived
    Table: 38-10-0276-01
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows whether Canadian households treated their water prior to consumption and the method(s) and reason(s) if they did. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2016-02-18
  • 346. Adoption of advanced green technologies, by industry and enterprise size
    Table: 27-10-0289-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Survey of advanced technology, adoption of advanced green technologies, by type of advanced technologies, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and enterprise size for Canada and certain provinces, in 2014.
    Release date: 2016-01-07
  • 347. Agriculture in Canada Archived
    Table: 16-201-X201400014117
    Description:

    The 2014 article “Agriculture in Canada” gathers together a variety of statistics describing agriculture from the perspective of ecosystem goods and services.

    The article addresses the ecological infrastructure supporting agricultural activity (Section 2), ecosystem goods and services from agriculture (Section 3), the main beneficiaries of these goods and services (Section 4) and the environmental impacts and management activities associated with agriculture (Section 5). Section 6 provides an example to illustrate how agricultural information can be integrated into a system of environmental accounts that follow international guidelines being developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Section 7 concludes with a short listing of areas requiring further research.

    Release date: 2014-11-13
  • 348. Direct and indirect household energy use and household greenhouse gas emissions Archived
    Table: 38-10-0115-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Direct and indirect household energy use (petajoules) and greenhouse gas emissions (megatonnes) and household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions per unit of expenditure (index, 1990=100).
    Release date: 2014-07-02
  • 349. Industrial Water Use
    Table: 16-401-X
    Description:

    The Industrial Water Survey will provide information about the quantities of water consumed and costs, sources, treatments and discharge of water used for manufacturing, mining and power generating industries. Additional industries will be surveyed in subsequent years.

    The Industrial Water Survey uses three separate questionnaires to collect data from respondents, one for manufacturing, one for the mineral extraction industries and another for the thermal-electric power generators.

    There is an independent sampling strategy for each of the three sectors. The frame used for sampling purposes is the Statistics Canada Business Register.

    The sample for the thermal-electric power generating stations is a census. A probability design is used for sample selection in the manufacturing and mineral extraction sectors.

    Release date: 2014-07-02
  • 350. Selected agricultural activities, all major drainage areas and sub-drainage areas with agriculture Archived
    Table: 38-10-0112-01
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: This table contains 1435 series, with data for years 1971 - 2006 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (80 items: All sub-drainage areas with agricultural activity; Maritime provinces major drainage area; Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northern Bay of Fundy; New Brunswick; Maritime provinces major drainage area; Saint John and Southern Bay of Fundy; New Brunswick; Maritime provinces major drainage area ...), Agricultural activities (18 items: Total area; Agricultural land area; Average farm unit size; Number of farm units ...).
    Release date: 2014-04-22
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Analysis (261) (140 to 150 of 261 results)

  • 141. Emergency preparedness in Canada, 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201500114234
    Description: Using data from the Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience (SEPR) in Canada, this report investigates emergency preparedness activities and risk awareness among Canadians aged 15 and over from across the 10 provinces. The SEPR, developed in partnership with Defence Research and Development Canada's Centre for Security Science and Public Safety Canada and conducted for the first time in 2014, contributes to the understanding of community resilience in Canada by examining how Canadians prepare for and respond to emergencies or disasters. The survey also collects information on a number of socio-demographic characteristics that may make some groups more or less prepared or vulnerable in a disaster.
    Release date: 2015-10-28
  • 142. Households and the Environment Survey: Teacher's kit Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201526012546
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-09-17
  • 143. Canadians and nature: Trees 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201518112545
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-06-30
  • 144. Canadians and Nature: Trees, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015008
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at trees, shrubs and hedges around Canadian homes using data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2015-06-30
  • 145. Canadians and nature: Around the home 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201514612381
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-05-26
  • 146. Canadians and Nature: Homegrown fruits, herbs, vegetables and flowers, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015006
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at households that grew their own fruits, herbs, vegetables and flowers using data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2015-05-26
  • 147. Canadians and Nature: Fertilizers and pesticides, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015007
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at the use of fertilizers and pesticides by Canadian households using data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2015-05-26
  • 148. Capital expenditures on environmental protection, 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015005
    Description: This factsheet examines capital expenditures on environmental protection and capital spending by industry from the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures.
    Release date: 2015-04-29
  • 149. Canadians and Nature: Parks and green spaces, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015002
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at households with respect to parks and green spaces using data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2015-04-14
  • 150. Canadians and Nature: Outdoor activities, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015003
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at the outdoor activities done close to home of households using data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2015-04-14
Reference (52)

Reference (52) (30 to 40 of 52 results)

  • 31. Annual Environmental Protection Expenditures Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1903
    Description: 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.
  • 32. Biennial Waste Management Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2009
    Description: This survey collects information that will help Canadians understand the contributions made by waste management industry to Canada's economy and environment.
  • 33. Fuel Consumption Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2749
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to measure road use by light motor vehicles, their fuel consumption and their impact on the environment.
  • 34. Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3808
    Description: The major objective of this survey was to collect information on nature-related activities, and what these activities contributed to the Canadian economy.
  • 35. Households and the Environment Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3881
    Description: 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.
  • 36. Farm Management Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5044
    Description: 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.
  • 37. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5081
    Description: 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.
  • 38. Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Natural Resource Asset Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5114
    Description: 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.
  • 39. Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Physical Flow Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5115
    Description: 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).
  • 40. Industrial Water Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5120
    Description: 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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