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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • Table: 38-10-0028-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that had trees, bushes or hedges on their property, and whether trees were planted or cut down in the last five years, by type of dwelling. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0048-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the proportion of Canadian households that reported the use of various types of energy-saving lights. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0049-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the presence of and usage characteristics of thermostats by Canadian households.The unit of measure is percent.The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0052-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the use of fertilizer and pesticides by Canadian households. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0102-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the indoor water conservation practices, Canada and provinces. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0142-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    Disposal of boxes from online purchases by Canadian households.

    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0143-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    Disposal of boxes from online purchases by Canadian households, by household income.

    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0148-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    Lawn care and landscaping equipment used by Canadian households.

    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0155-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    Presence of various types of household hazardous waste and disposal methods used in previous 12 months.

    Release date: 2025-12-09

  • Table: 38-10-0273-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that had trees, bushes or hedges on their property, and whether trees were planted or cut down in the last five years. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-12-09
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Analysis (261) (210 to 220 of 261 results)

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800210620
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Using data from the Households and the Environment Survey, the study examines the characteristics of households drinking bottled water in the home.
    Release date: 2008-06-25

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800210623
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This study compares businesses' greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction activities and expenditures by establishment size using data from the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures.
    Release date: 2008-06-25

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800210624
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study extends the trend analysis and builds upon the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) ground-level ozone indicator. It presents two additional population-weighted ground-level ozone concentration trends from 1990 to 2005.

    Release date: 2008-06-25

  • Journals and periodicals: 16-254-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report presents details on the data sources and methods underlying the air quality indicators as they were reported in Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, 2007 (16-251-XWE). The air quality indicators focus on human exposure to ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter.

    Details on the indicators reported after 2007 can be found on Environment Canada's site: &&www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/

    Release date: 2008-06-20

  • Journals and periodicals: 16-255-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This report presents details on the data sources and methods underlying the greenhouse gas emissions indicator as it was reported in Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, 2007 (16-251-X). The greenhouse gas indicator describes the trend in emissions and the contribution to the trend by energy production, energy consumption and other factors.

    Release date: 2008-06-20

  • Journals and periodicals: 16-256-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report presents details on the data sources and methods underlying the freshwater quality indicator as it was reported in the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, 2007 (16-251-XWE). The national freshwater quality indicator provides an overall measure of the suitability of water bodies to support aquatic life in selected monitoring sites in Canada.

    Details on this indicator reported after 2007 can be found on Environment Canada's site: www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/

    Release date: 2008-06-20

  • Articles and reports: 16-201-X200700010542
    Geography: Canada
    Description: The article "Climate Change in Canada" begins with an explanation of the science necessary to explore this topic. It continues to examine greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, investigating the driving forces behind those emissions and how those forces may have changed over time. It illustrates some of the impacts of climate change on our land, wildlife and peoples. The article concludes with a presentation of the activities that Canadians, industry and governments are undertaking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changing climate, and also profiles some promising areas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
    Release date: 2008-04-22

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800110539
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Households across the country regularly produce special wastes ranging from dead batteries to old paint containers. This study focuses on four special wastes for which information was collected in the 2006 Households and the Environment Survey' leftover or expired medication, dead batteries, old computer and communication equipment and leftover paint.
    Release date: 2008-03-27

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800110540
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Diverting organic waste is one way of reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfills. Materials such as food waste and leaf and yard trimmings are often composted at home using compost bins or they are collected curbside and processed at centralized composting facilities. The study examines composting in Canada using data from the Waste Management Industry Survey and the Households and the Environment Survey.
    Release date: 2008-03-27

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200700310454
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Natural resources, including energy, timber and minerals, contribute significantly to Canada's total wealth. This article examines the growth in resource wealth, from 1997 to 2006. It also describes the changes in natural resource prices, reserves and extraction costs.

    Release date: 2007-12-10
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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5127
    Description: The air quality indicators reflect the potential for long term exposure of Canadians to ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), key components of smog and two of the most common and harmful air pollutants to which people are exposed. Both the ozone and PM2.5 indicators are population weighted estimates of average concentrations of these pollutants observed by monitoring stations across Canada. Statistics Canada calculates the indicators based on monitoring data provided by Environment Canada's National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) network.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5129
    Description: The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions indicator reports the trend in human made greenhouse gas emissions at a national, provincial/territorial, and sectoral level for six greenhouse gases in Canada: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons, and hydrofluorocarbons.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5149
    Description: The Survey of Drinking Water Plants is conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional information related to the production of drinking water.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5163
    Description: The Survey of Industrial Processes (SIP) is an industry-specific business survey focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is designed to link economic data with industrial processes and environmental outcomes. The SIP collects data on operational activities and engineering processes of industrial, manufacturing, and service oriented establishments.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5199
    Description: This survey collects data on the amount of hazardous waste handled by businesses in the Canadian Hazardous Waste Management industry. The data will be used to compile a national-level estimate of the amount of hazardous waste that is processed at Canadian facilities. The data will also be used by Environment Canada to fulfill international reporting requirements under the Basel Convention.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5248
    Description: The National Fire Information Database (NFID) is a pilot project with the objective of gathering ten years of microdata information on fire incidents and fire losses from provincial/territorial Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners Offices across Canada, standardizing the data, and creating a centralized national system for the collection of fire statistics.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5331
    Description: Ecosystem accounts are based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework, which was adopted as an international statistical standard by the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2021. This framework complements, and builds on, the accounting for environmental assets described in the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA-CF), which was adopted as an international standard in 2012.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5376
    Description: The Environmental tax statistics (ETS) product is one of the elements of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Central Framework (SEEA-CF), which was adopted as an international standard in 2012. This product records, in monetary units, government revenues generated from environmental tax from industry, households, government institutions and non-profit organizations and gross fixed capital formation.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5431
    Description: The Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability were created to provide area-based information on resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters across Canada.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5450
    Description: The Environmental and Clean Technology Products Economic Account (ECTPEA) is one of the main elements of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Central Framework, which was adopted as an international statistical standard in 2012. This account provides statistics on the production and use of environmental and clean technology (ECT) products in the Canadian economy, expressed in monetary values.