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  • 1. Research to Insights: Social, Economic, and Health Perspectives on Climate Change
    Stats in brief: 11-631-X2024004
    Description: Many aspects of Canadian society affect and are affected by climate change. This presentation synthesizes recent research examining the impact of climate change on Canadian society (economy, labour, and health) as well as adaptation and mitigation measures to combat climate change.
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 2. A Presentation Series from Statistics Canada About the Economy, Environment and Society
    Journals and periodicals: 11-631-X
    Description: Statistics Canada regularly prepares presentations with statistical findings about the country’s economy, society and environment. These presentations may be intended for conferences, meetings with stakeholders, or other events held throughout the year to provide Statistics Canada with an opportunity to promote the role of official statistics and to better understand data users’ needs. This series provides online access to these presentations as well as new presentations created to help communicate research findings on a wide range of subjects to a broad audience.
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 3. What does nature provide to Canadians?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024018
    Description: This infographic gives a visual representation of the three main types of ecosystem services, the level of protection given to ecosystems and the dependence level of resource based communities on natural resources.
    Release date: 2024-04-11
  • 4. Ecosystem services, biomass provisioning services by ecosystem type and type of product
    Table: 38-10-0171-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Products commercially harvested from ecosystems including forests, coastal and marine, agricultural, and other natural and semi-natural land and freshwater ecosystems, annually starting with 2002.
    Release date: 2024-04-11
  • 5. Housing Economic Account, environmental perspective
    Table: 36-10-0690-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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: 2024-04-10
  • 6. Spending by Canadian businesses on environmental protection
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023018
    Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical values spent by Canadian businesses to protect the environment. The interactive map and charts allow the user to compare and analyze capital expenditures and operating expenses made on different environmental protection and resources management activities. The information is available by Canadian region and by industry.

    This web-based application is updated annually as soon as the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 7. Capital and operating expenditures on environmental activities by industry
    Table: 38-10-0130-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection activities by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) at the Canada level. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 8. Capital and operating expenditures on environmental activities by geographic region
    Table: 38-10-0131-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection activities for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 9. Environmental protection activities by industry
    Table: 38-10-0132-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of the percentage of establishments that reported expenditures in environmental protection activities by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is percent.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 10. Capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention and pollution abatement and control by industry
    Table: 38-10-0133-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention (integrated processes) and pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe processes) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and environmental protection activity at the Canada level. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
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  • 1. Ecosystem services, biomass provisioning services by ecosystem type and type of product
    Table: 38-10-0171-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Products commercially harvested from ecosystems including forests, coastal and marine, agricultural, and other natural and semi-natural land and freshwater ecosystems, annually starting with 2002.
    Release date: 2024-04-11
  • 2. Housing Economic Account, environmental perspective
    Table: 36-10-0690-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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: 2024-04-10
  • 3. Spending by Canadian businesses on environmental protection
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023018
    Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical values spent by Canadian businesses to protect the environment. The interactive map and charts allow the user to compare and analyze capital expenditures and operating expenses made on different environmental protection and resources management activities. The information is available by Canadian region and by industry.

    This web-based application is updated annually as soon as the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 4. Capital and operating expenditures on environmental activities by industry
    Table: 38-10-0130-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection activities by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) at the Canada level. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 5. Capital and operating expenditures on environmental activities by geographic region
    Table: 38-10-0131-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection activities for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 6. Environmental protection activities by industry
    Table: 38-10-0132-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of the percentage of establishments that reported expenditures in environmental protection activities by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is percent.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 7. Capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention and pollution abatement and control by industry
    Table: 38-10-0133-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention (integrated processes) and pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe processes) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and environmental protection activity at the Canada level. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 8. Capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention and pollution abatement and control by geographic region
    Table: 38-10-0134-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of capital and operating expenditures on pollution prevention (integrated processes) and pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe processes) by environmental protection activity, for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is dollars (x1,000,000).
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 9. Drivers to the purchase of technologies related to environmental protection by industry
    Table: 38-10-0135-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of the percentage of establishments that reported drivers to the purchase of technologies, systems or equipment related to environmental protection by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is percent.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
  • 10. Obstacles to the purchase of technologies related to environmental protection by industry
    Table: 38-10-0136-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Annual estimates of the percentage of establishments that reported obstacles to the purchase of technologies, systems or equipment related to environmental protection by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is percent.
    Release date: 2024-04-08
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Analysis (234) (0 to 10 of 234 results)

  • 1. Research to Insights: Social, Economic, and Health Perspectives on Climate Change
    Stats in brief: 11-631-X2024004
    Description: Many aspects of Canadian society affect and are affected by climate change. This presentation synthesizes recent research examining the impact of climate change on Canadian society (economy, labour, and health) as well as adaptation and mitigation measures to combat climate change.
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 2. A Presentation Series from Statistics Canada About the Economy, Environment and Society
    Journals and periodicals: 11-631-X
    Description: Statistics Canada regularly prepares presentations with statistical findings about the country’s economy, society and environment. These presentations may be intended for conferences, meetings with stakeholders, or other events held throughout the year to provide Statistics Canada with an opportunity to promote the role of official statistics and to better understand data users’ needs. This series provides online access to these presentations as well as new presentations created to help communicate research findings on a wide range of subjects to a broad audience.
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 3. What does nature provide to Canadians?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024018
    Description: This infographic gives a visual representation of the three main types of ecosystem services, the level of protection given to ecosystems and the dependence level of resource based communities on natural resources.
    Release date: 2024-04-11
  • 4. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 12, Responsible Consumption and Production
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100012
    Description: As the twelfth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the twelfth Sustainable Development Goal in support of responsible consumption and production, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25
  • 5. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 13, Climate Action
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100013
    Description: As the thirteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the thirteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of climate action, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25
  • 6. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 14, Life Below Water
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100014
    Description: As the fourteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of life below water, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25
  • 7. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 15, Life on Land
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100015
    Description: As the fifteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the fifteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of life on land, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-01-25
  • 8. Stimulants in the wastewater of Canadian cities: provisional results January 2022 to May 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202330527063
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-11-01
  • 9. Census of Environment: Measuring settled area expansion, 2010 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202330036869
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 10. Ecosystem Accounting in Canadian Agroecosystems
    Articles and reports: 16-001-M2023001
    Description: This technical paper provides an ecosystem accounting framework to assess Canada’s agroecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. These accounts will measure ecosystem extent, condition and services following the internationally accepted environmental accounting standard. The technical paper will serve as guidance for the development of agroecosystem accounts as part of the Census of Environment and will be used to engage with stakeholders about needs, methods, and uses of new data.
    Release date: 2023-09-13
Reference (37)

Reference (37) (0 to 10 of 37 results)

  • 1. Contiguously Settled Areas: Boundaries and User Documentation
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2023001
    Description: This product contains contiguously settled area (CSA) boundaries for a subset of Canadian population centres for 2010 and 2020 with user documentation. The CSA boundaries are derived from land cover data and represent the geographic extent of settled areas based on their physical footprint on the landscape. The boundaries can be used for reference, mapping and spatial analysis of settled areas and urban ecosystems. The CSA boundaries are created and maintained under the umbrella of the Census of Environment, and will support Statistics Canada's ecosystem accounting efforts.
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 2. Environmental Statistics: Boundary Files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X
    Description: This product contains boundary files and user documentation for environmental analysis using geographical information systems (GIS).
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 3. Clean technologies and the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services: A technical reference guide
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-511-X
    Description: This reference guide is intended for users of the Survey of Environmental Goods and Services (SEGS). The tables indicate which technologies and services were included in SEGS.
    Release date: 2022-03-23
  • 4. Ecological Land Classification
    Classification: 12-607-X
    Description:

    The Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is Statistics Canada's official classification for ecological areas in Canada.

    The ELC was developed to enable the production of integrated statistics for ecological areas. It is a hierarchical framework that classifies ecological areas or ecosystems and that incorporates all major components of ecosystems: air, water land and biota. All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).

    There are 15 ecozones at the top of the ecological land classification hierarchy. They cover the entire terrestrial extent of Canada.

    These ecozones are subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces that contain 194 ecoregions, which can be further subdivided into 1,027 separate ecological units called ecodistricts.

    Release date: 2018-01-23
  • 5. Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-509-X
    Description:

    The Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting provides readers with information on environmental-economic accounts at Statistics Canada. It provides links to produced data and publications and describes the concepts, sources, and methods used to compile them. Topics include ecosystem accounting, asset accounts (natural resources in physical and monetary terms), physical flow accounts (energy and water use, and waste and greenhouse gas emissions), environmental activity statistics (expenditures on environmental protection), and the applications and extensions of those accounts (attribution of physical flows to final demand and intensity measures).

    This user's guide has been developed by the Environmental Statistics Program to facilitate access to environmental-economic accounting information throughout Statistics Canada and to explain its linkage with international standards, the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting. This guide is continually being updated to maintain its relevance.

    Release date: 2016-04-22
  • 6. Households and the Environment Survey – Elementary level teacher’s kit Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-507-X2015001
    Description:

    These educational resources provide instructors with innovative material, lesson plans, handouts and assignments to accompany the 2011 Households and the Environment report (catalogue no. 11-526-X). The materials and activities were developed for Statistics Canada by Enable Education.

    Resources were developed for an elementary school audience. Curriculum links include grades 1 to 3 mathematics, social studies, science and technology, as well as arts, language arts, and health and safety.

    Release date: 2015-09-17
  • 7. Households and the Environment Survey – Secondary level teacher’s kit Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-507-X2015002
    Description:

    These educational resources provide instructors with innovative material, lesson plans, handouts and assignments to accompany the 2011 Households and the Environment report (catalogue no. 11-526-X). The materials and activities were developed for Statistics Canada by Enable Education.

    Resources were developed for a secondary school audience. Curriculum links include grades 9 to 12 science, business, environmental science, mathematics, with cross-curricular links to family studies, language arts, technology education and visual arts.

    Release date: 2015-09-17
  • 8. Environmental Statistics: Teacher’s Kits and Educational Resources
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-507-X
    Description:

    These educational resources provide instructors with innovative materials, lesson plans and case study assignments based on environmental statistics produced by Statistics Canada. Resources have been developed for educators at the elementary, high school and post-secondary levels.

    Curriculum links include grades 1 to 12 geography, social studies, biology, mathematics, science and economics, as well as introductory post-secondary geography and environmental science.

    Release date: 2015-09-17
  • 9. What is the value of an ecosystem? Teacher’s Kit for Human Activity and the Environment 2013: Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-507-X2014001
    Description:

    These educational resources provide instructors with innovative materials, lesson plans and case study assignments to accompany the 2013 release of the Human Activity and the Environment article, “Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada.” The materials and activities were developed by the Critical Thinking Consortium, a non-profit, registered association of 55 educational partners—school districts, schools, teacher associations and other educational organizations.

    Resources were developed for a junior high school, senior high school and introductory post-secondary audience. Curriculum links include grades 7 to 12 geography, social studies, biology, science and economics, as well as introductory post-secondary geography and environmental science.

    Release date: 2014-09-24
  • 10. Environment Accounts and Statistics Product Catalogue
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-257-X
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2014-04-17

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