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Environment Accounts and Statistics Product Catalogue
Environment Accounts and Statistics Division is Statistics Canada's focal point for the collection, analysis and dissemination of environmental information. This reference guide briefly describes the division's programs, as well as all publications and electronic products offered on a quarterly, annual, biennial and occasional basis.
Released March 19, 2010 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-257-X).
Introducing a New Concept and Methodology for Delineating Settlement Boundaries: A Research Project on Canadian Settlements
A new concept and methodology has been developed by Statistics Canada to delineate or map boundaries for Canada’s settlements. Settlements, for the purposes of this research project, are defined as tracts of land where humans have altered the physical environment by constructing residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and other installations/buildings. Settlements include cities, towns, villages and other concentrations of human population that inhabit a given area of the environment. The purpose of the settlements research project is to provide detailed, harmonized and comparable datasets that will allow for a more complete national analysis of settlements including their physical form and growth patterns.
Released February 2, 2010 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-001-M2010011).
CANSIM tables and updates
CANSIM is Statistics Canada’s key socio-economic database.
Data for the years 1971, 1976 and 2006 can now be found in the following tables on CANSIM:
CANSIM table 153-0036, Selected population characteristics, Canada, major drainage areas and sub-drainage areas
CANSIM table 153-0038, Selected agricultural activities, all major drainage areas and sub-drainage areas with agriculture
Summary tables and updates
The following summary tables have been added to the Statistics Canada website:
Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region
Capital expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) by medium and industry
Capital expenditures on pollution prevention by medium and industry
Area of stocked timber-productive forest land burned
Forest area harvested by province and territory
Forest land by province and territory
Landed catch and value
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Households and the Environment: Energy Use
The Households and the Environment Survey Energy Use Supplement (2007) collected detailed information on the energy consumption by households. It also gathered detailed information on energy conservation practices, heating and cooling systems, and other household characteristics. Conducted in partnership with Natural Resources Canada, it is similar to the Survey of Household Energy Use, which was last collected in 2003.
To be released shortly (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11-526-S).
Greenhouse gas emissions from private vehicles in Canada, 1990 to 2007 - Estimates for Canada, the provinces and census metropolitan areas
The paper examines the contribution of the household sector to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada, through its use of private motor vehicles. Emissions estimates are presented at national, provincial and census metropolitan area (CMA) levels. The study uses data from the Canadian Vehicle Survey, conducted by Statistics Canada’s Transportation Division and the Material and Energy Flow Accounts from Environment Accounts and Energy Statistics Division.
At the national level the study presents estimates of vehicle emissions, GHG intensity, as well as per capita emissions. Total and per capita emissions by income group are also presented at the national level. At the provincial and CMA levels, the study presents the first survey based estimates of total and per capita vehicle emissions. It also explores the regional differences and examines the contributing factors.
To be released shortly (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-001-M).
