Canada - Environment
As far as the environment of Canada is concerned, there have been metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting agricultural and forest productivity; air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Canada
| Climate | We have varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 25,103,034 tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 2.9 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Mackenzie - 4, 241 km; Yukon river source (shared with the US [m]) - 3,185 km; Saint Lawrence river mouth (shared with US) - 3,058 km; Nelson - 2,570 km; Columbia river source (shared with the US [m]) - 1,953 km; Churchill - 1,600 km; Fraser - 1,368 km; Ottawa - 1,271 km; Athabasca - 1,231 km; North Saskatchewan - 1,220 km; Liard - 1,115 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 4.87 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 27.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 3.86 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 6.39 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 544.89 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 101.82 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 6.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 4.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 1.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 34.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 59.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 81.9% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.95% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 6.372 million Toronto, 4.308 million Montreal, 2.657 million Vancouver, 1.640 million Calgary, 1.544 million Edmonton, 1.437 million OTTAWA (capital) (2023). |
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