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)
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- 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
- 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: 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
- 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
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2026007Description: 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: 38-10-0197-01Frequency: 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
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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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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202231235984Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-11-08
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202231136405Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-11-07
- Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100006Description: As the sixth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. This 2022 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixth Sustainable Development Goal in support of clean water and sanitation, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.Release date: 2022-09-28
- Articles and reports: 16-508-X2022001Description:
This paper analyzes water use by three important manufacturing industries. These industries include the pulp and paper industry, the primary metal industry, and the petroleum and coal product industry.
Release date: 2022-06-10 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022029Description:
This infographic presents the 2019 portrait of the Environmental and Clean Technology jobs in Canada. It displays data per workers characteristics (education, age, and gender), and per jobs characteristics (wage and occupation).
Release date: 2022-04-28 - Articles and reports: 42-28-0001202100100005Description:
Environmental issues are a priority for young people in Canada—and their actions often reflect this priority. For example, youth aged 15 to 30 make 5% of their total donations to environmental organizations (vs. 2% to 3% among older Canadians), and dedicate 7% of their volunteer hours to environmental organizations (vs. 3% to 6% among older Canadians). Youth tend to live in more walkable but less “green” neighbourhoods and use sustainable transportation to get to work more often than older adults (46% vs. 28%). This chapter provides an overview of how youth in Canada interact with and live in their environment. Data are taken from the 2016 Census of Population, the 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home, the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, the 2019 Households and the Environment Survey, and other published reports.
Release date: 2022-04-07 - 67. Portrait of youth in Canada: Environment ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2022025Description:
This infographic highlights the environmental engagement of Canadian youth, defined as those aged 15 to 30 years old. It explores youth donations to environmental organizations, the satisfaction of youth with their local environment, the health benefits from living in walkable neighbourhoods and the use of sustainable transit. Data are drawn from a number of sources including the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home, 2015 to 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey and the 2016 Census of Population.
Release date: 2022-04-07 - 68. Study: Youth and the Environment ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X202209734203Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2022-04-07
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022003Description: Data for Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to household consumption and use of select goods and services along with the associated emissions intensity figures and breakdowns by final demand categories.Release date: 2022-03-28
- Articles and reports: 16-002-X202200100001Description:
Using data from the Households and the Environment Survey, this article looks at the options Canadian households choose when their cell phones and computers become damaged or are no longer needed.
Release date: 2022-02-15
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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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