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Air emissions from oil sands development can come from a number of sources including industrial smokestacks, tailings ponds, transportation, and dust from mining operations. Air quality monitoring under the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for the Oil Sands is designed to determine the...

The Air Pollutant Emission Inventory (APEI) is an annual report of air pollutant emissions across Canada published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The report details the release of air pollutants from all known of sources since 1990. The APEI serves many purposes, including:...

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Population exposure to outdoor air pollutants indicator tracks the proportion of the Canadian population living in areas...

The National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) program is the main source of ambient air quality data in Canada. The NAPS program, which began in 1969, is now comprised of nearly 260 stations in 150 rural and urban communities reporting to the Canada-Wide Air Quality Database (CWAQD). Managed by...

Atmospheric concentrations and deposition rates of particulate elements are important indicators for determining the potential impacts of the oil sands industries on the local environment. The datasets consist of measured ambient air concentrations (in PM2.5 and PM2.5-10) and estimated deposition...

This notice applied to owners of textile mills that manufactured textile using wet processing, used nonylphenol and its ethoxylates, and discharged their effluents, with a daily flow greater than 30 m3, to an off-site wastewater treatment facility. This notice was in effect from December 4, 2004...

This notice applied to owners of wastewater systems that, as specified in the notice, released effluent to surface water and where the concentration of total residual chlorine in the effluent was greater than 0.02 mg/L. This notice was in effect from December 4, 2004, to June 15, 2010. It is now...

This notice applies to owners of facilities that manufacture or use greater than 100 kg of siloxane D4 per year (alone or in a mixture), release effluents containing siloxane D4, and are involved in the activities specified in the notice. This notice has been in effect since June 2, 2012, for...

This notice applies to owners of dental facilities that perform activities in relation to dental amalgam or elemental mercury. This notice has been in effect since May 8, 2010, for owners of dental facilities. Although the initial facilities subject have completed their obligations, this notice...

This notice applies to owners of facilities that manufacture or use greater than 100 kg of bisphenol A per year (alone or in a mixture), release effluents containing bisphenol A, and are involved in the activities specified in the notice. This notice has been in effect since April 14, 2012, for...