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North America > Canada > Environment

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 3,822 [5th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1.69 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [44th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 521,404 [8th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 7.66 [9th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 95.8% [24th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 34.1 % of land area Time series [78th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 193 [41st of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Municipal waste generation 640 kgs per person per year [5th of 17]
Definition: Environment > Municipal waste generation
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 119,713 [7th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 158 [7th of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 16 [4th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 500 [14th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Pollution > Nuclear waste 1,340 [2nd of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Protected area 10 [37th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Threatened species 40 [50th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Waste generation 330 kgs per person per year [13th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Waste generation
Water > Availability 84.51 thousand cubic metres [4th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.11 tons/cubic km [60th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Wildness 81.87% [2nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; World Development Indicators database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

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