Canada at a Glance, 2023
Environment
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- Urban greenness, a measure of the condition of urban areas, decreased overall from 2000 to 2023 in Canada. The most recent five-year period (2019 to 2023) had an average urban greenness of 74.5%, compared with 82.3% from the baseline five-year period (2000 to 2004).
- Water yield is an important measure as it estimates the supply of renewable freshwater in Canada. The Pacific Coastal drainage region, located on the West coast, had an average annual water yield of 508.8 km³ from 1971 to 2019, which was the highest of all drainage regions in Canada.
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