Environment
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8.6 million metric tonnes
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3.1 million metric tonnes
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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
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202616741796Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2026-06-16
- Table: 36-10-0655-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Expansion of the Infrastructure Economic Accounts focusing on the environmental aspect to aid in understanding the relationship between investment in infrastructure and the environment. Main indicators include greenhouse gas emissions as a result of production of infrastructure assets, greenhouse gas emissions per value-added, and clean input proportion.Release date: 2026-06-12
- Table: 36-10-0645-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Annual output, gross domestic product, and compensation of employees estimates of the environmental and clean technology products sector, by industry, for Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2026-05-29
- 4. Employment in the environmental and clean technology products sector by demographic characteristicTable: 36-10-0691-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: National data on employment in the environmental and clean technology products sector by type of worker and by demographic characteristic. This includes full-time employment and part time employment, and it includes gender, age, level of education, immigration status, indigenous identity and visible minority status by environmental and clean technology products group. Variables of interest include number of jobs, hours worked, wages and salaries as well as average hourly wage.Release date: 2026-05-29
- Table: 36-10-0692-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: National data on employment in the environmental and clean technology products sector by demographic characteristic. This includes gender, age, level of education, immigration status, indigenous identity and visible minority status by industry. Variables of interest include number of jobs, hours worked, wages and salaries as well as average hourly wage.Release date: 2026-05-29
- Table: 36-10-0693-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: National data on employment in the environmental and clean technology products sector, by gender, age, and demographic characteristic. This includes level of education, immigration status, indigenous identity and visible minority status by environmental and clean technology products group. Variables of interest include number of jobs, hours worked, wages and salaries as well as average hourly wage.Release date: 2026-05-29
- Table: 36-10-0694-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: National data on employment per occupation (National Occupation Classification) in the environmental and clean technology products sector by demographic characteristic. This includes level of education, immigration status, indigenous identity and visible minority status. Variables of interest include number of jobs, hours worked, wages and salaries as well as average hourly wage.Release date: 2026-05-29
- 8. Demographic characteristics of employees in the environmental and clean technology products sectorData Visualization: 71-607-X2025005Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical statistics on employment in Canada's environmental and clean technology products sectors by industry, occupation, and environmental and clean technology products. With its interactive charts, it allows the user to compare and analyze statistics on employment by different demographic characteristics including the education level, age, gender, immigrant status and Indigenous identity.Release date: 2026-05-29
- Table: 33-10-1156-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Businesses or organizations that are concerned about the impact of natural disasters and extreme weather events or of climate change on the future of its activities, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, second quarter of 2026.Release date: 2026-05-27
- 10. Types of environmental insurance the business or organization is insured for, second quarter of 2026Table: 33-10-1157-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Types of environmental insurance the business or organization is insured for, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, second quarter of 2026.Release date: 2026-05-27
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Data (405) (330 to 340 of 405 results)
- Table: 38-10-0045-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: Distribution of capital expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) and pollution prevention, by type of environmental medium, Canada, provinces and territories every two years. The unit of measure is dollars x 1,000,000.Release date: 2018-12-14
- 332. Capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and establishment size, inactive ArchivedTable: 38-10-0046-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: Capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and establishment size at the Canada level every two years. The unit of measure is dollars x 1,000,000.Release date: 2018-12-14
- 333. Distribution of operating expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) and pollution prevention, inactive ArchivedTable: 38-10-0120-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 2 yearsDescription: Distribution of operating expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) and pollution prevention, by medium and industry, Canada, provinces and territories, every two years. The unit of measure is dollars x 1,000,000.Release date: 2018-12-14
- 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
- 337. 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
- 338. 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
- 339. 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
- 340. 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
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Analysis (262)
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- Articles and reports: 16-002-X201400111907Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study looks at uptake and disposal of compact fluorescent lights by Canadian households using data from the Households and the Environment Survey.
Release date: 2014-03-19 - 162. Study: Measuring ecosystem goods and services ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X20133337122Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2013-11-29
- 163. Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 16-201-X201300011875Description:
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 - 164. Farm Environmental Management Survey 2011 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X20132824472Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2013-10-09
- 165. Study: Composting by households in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X20131915321Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2013-07-10
- 166. The Great U.S. Recession and Canadian Forest Products ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-626-X2013028Geography: CanadaDescription: 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
- Journals and periodicals: 11-526-XDescription:
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 - 168. Canada Year BookJournals and periodicals: 11-402-XGeography: CanadaDescription: 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
- 169. Human activity and the environment 2012 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X20121575282Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2012-06-05
- 170. Waste management in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 16-201-X201200011679Description:
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
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 7531Description: This is non-Statistics Canada information.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 8012Description: These data sets are developed for the purpose of longitudinal analysis of the Census of Agriculture for both Soil Landscapes of Canada and Drainage Area (Watershed) spatial frameworks.
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