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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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  • 351. Selected agricultural activities, provinces Archived
    Table: 38-10-0113-01
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: This table contains 198 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 (11 items: All provinces; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Agricultural activities (18 items: Land area; Agricultural land area; Average farm size; Number of farms ...).
    Release date: 2014-04-22
  • 352. Manure production, Canada, major drainage areas and sub-drainage areas Archived
    Table: 38-10-0114-01
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: This table contains 240 series, with data for years 2001 - 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: Canada; Saint John and Southern Bay of Fundy; New Brunswick; Maritime provinces major drainage area; Maritime provinces major drainage area; Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northern Bay of Fundy; New Brunswick; Maritime provinces major drainage area ...), Manure and selected substances (3 items: Manure production; Phosphorous production; Nitrogen production ...).
    Release date: 2014-04-22
  • 353. Selected agricultural activities, Canada, ecozones and ecoregions with agriculture Archived
    Table: 38-10-0116-01
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: This table contains 2286 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 (127 items: All eco-regions with agricultural activity; Central Ungava Peninsula; Southern Arctic ecozone; Southern Arctic ecozone; Maguse River Upland; Southern Arctic ecozone ...), Agricultural activities (18 items: Total area; Number of farm units; Average farm unit size; Agricultural land area ...).
    Release date: 2014-04-22
  • 354. Agricultural Water Use in Canada
    Table: 16-402-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This analytical report depicts irrigation in Canada: it characterizes Canadian irrigators, estimates water volumes used and presents data on irrigation techniques, irrigation and conservation practices, as well as the sources and quality of the water used in agriculture. Information presented in the report come from the Agricultural Water Survey 2010, conducted as part of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators initiative.

    Release date: 2013-12-13
  • 355. Farm Environmental Management - Survey Report
    Table: 21-023-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This report details the methodology and results of the Farm Environmental Management Survey (FEMS).

    The FEMS is conducted to gather information about farming practices on Canadian crop and livestock operations. The survey focuses on information related to manure storage and spreading, pesticide application, crop and nutrient management, grazing and the implementation of environmental farm plans.

    Release date: 2013-10-09
  • 356. Households and the Environment: Energy Use
    Table: 11-526-S
    Description:

    This report presents results from the Households and the Environment Survey Energy Use supplement. It includes information on the use of home heating equipment and fuels, household energy use, as well as participation in certain energy-saving activities.

    Release date: 2013-09-19
  • 357. Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors
    Table: 16F0023X
    Description:

    This report presents results and analysis of two surveys: the Waste Management Industry Survey: Business Sector, and the Waste Management Industry Survey: Government Sector.

    Information on the physical quantities of non-hazardous and hazardous waste collected, disposed of and recycled was gathered from these surveys.

    The first survey covered those operations and facilities owned by businesses that provided waste management services while the second covered operations and facilities owned by Canadian local governments and other local bodies engaged in the delivery of waste management services.

    Information on the employment and financial characteristics of businesses and local governments involved in the supply of these services is also reported.

    Release date: 2013-08-21
  • 358. Composting by households in Canada Archived
    Table: 16-002-X201300111848
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at composting by Canadian households using data from the 2011 Households and the Environment Survey.

    Release date: 2013-07-10
  • 359. Survey of Drinking Water Plants
    Table: 16-403-X
    Description:

    The Survey of Drinking Water Plants is conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional information related to the production of drinking water. The survey is a census of drinking water plants serving 300 or more people, and asks for information on volumes of water drawn and treated, treatment type, financial aspects of the operation, as well as raw (source) water quality.

    Release date: 2013-05-29
  • 360. Environmental Protection Expenditures in the Business Sector
    Table: 16F0006X
    Description: This document presents operating and capital expenditures made by primary and manufacturing industries in response to, or in anticipation of, environmental regulations and conventions. It also reports the use of environmental management processes and technologies including those used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by Canadian businesses. The results are from the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures. The data contained in Environmental protection expenditures in the business sector help to fill important gaps in existing information on the demand side of the 'environment industry'. More specifically, it provides a measure of the cost to the industry of adopting pollution prevention and abatement technologies and other environmental protection practices. The document presents comparisons of current year spending with previous years' expenditures.
    Release date: 2012-12-17
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  • 161. Study: Measuring ecosystem goods and services Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20133337122
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2013-11-29
  • 162. Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201300011875
    Description:

    The article "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada" presents preliminary results achieved through a two-year interdepartmental project to develop experimental ecosystem accounts and the required statistical infrastructure. It provides an overview of ecosystem accounting and valuation and presents several measures of the quantity and quality of ecosystems and ecosystem goods and services (EGS). These measures focus on land cover, human landscape modification, ecosystem potential of the boreal forest, biomass extraction, marine and coastal EGS, and wetland EGS. The report also includes a case study on the Thousand Islands National Park exploring monetary valuation of EGS and concludes with a research agenda for future work on this topic.

    Release date: 2013-11-29
  • 163. Farm Environmental Management Survey 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20132824472
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2013-10-09
  • 164. Study: Composting by households in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20131915321
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2013-07-10
  • 165. The Great U.S. Recession and Canadian Forest Products Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2013028
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article in the Economic Insights series reports on changes in the production of Canada's forest industries. This article is published as part of a program at Statistics Canada that examines the role of natural resources in the Canadian economy.
    Release date: 2013-07-10
  • 166. Households and the Environment
    Journals and periodicals: 11-526-X
    Description:

    Statistics Canada periodically conducts the Household and the Environment Survey to measure household actions that have, or are perceived to have, positive or negative impacts on the environment. The survey provides baseline information to use in measuring progress towards sound environmental practices at the household level. The subjects examined include consumption and conservation of energy, consumption and conservation of water, indoor environment, use of pesticides and fertilizers, outdoor air quality and consumer decisions.

    Release date: 2013-03-18
  • 167. Canada Year Book
    Journals and periodicals: 11-402-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Presented in almanac style, the 2012 Canada Year Book contains more than 500 pages of tables, charts and succinct analytical articles on every major area of Statistics Canada's expertise. The Canada Year Book is the premier reference on the social and economic life of Canada and its citizens.
    Release date: 2012-12-24
  • 168. Human activity and the environment 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20121575282
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2012-06-05
  • 169. Waste management in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201200011679
    Description:

    This analytical article 'Waste management in Canada' gathers together a variety of statistics describing the generation and management of different types of waste. The report starts with an overview of waste generation in Canada (Section 2). The remaining sections cover solid waste (Section 3), wastewater discharges (Section 4), and air emissions (Section 5) in greater detail.

    Release date: 2012-06-05
  • 170. The Role of Natural Resources in Real Income Growth in Canada, 1870 to 2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2012006
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article in the Economic Insights series is based on the research paper Natural Resources, the Terms of Trade, and Real Income Growth in Canada: 1870 to 2010. The research paper examines the importance of resource products in Canada's trade and real income growth.
    Release date: 2012-04-23
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