Table 1
Selected Canadian environment, economic and social indicators

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Selected Canadian environment, economic and social indicators
  Period Percentage change
     %
Population 2009 to 2010 1.2
Gross domestic product, monthly June 2011 0.2
Greenhouse gas emissions 2008 to 2009 -5.7
Particulate matter (PM2.5 ) 2000 to 2008 n.s.s. 1
Ground-level ozone (median percentage change per year) 1990 to 2008 0.6
Natural resource wealth 2009 to 2010 23.4
1.
Not statistically significant.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 051-0001 (accessed August 17, 2011) and 378-0005 (accessed September 20, 2011). Statistics Canada, 2011, Gross Domestic Product by Industry, Catalogue no. 15-001-X . Environment Canada, 2011, National Inventory Report 1990-2009: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada - Executive Summary, Catalogue no. En81-4/1-2009E-PDF. Environment Canada, 2011, Measuring Sustainability: Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=EnXXn=ED311E59-1&offset=6&toc=show (accessed August 17, 2011).
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