Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators
The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The data collection contains datasets that track water quality within Canada. The Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality is below the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem. Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when substances in a river are very rarely measured above their guidelines. Conversely, water quality is rated poor when measurements are usually above their guidelines, sometimes by a wide margin. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.
Supplemental Information
Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page:
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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FedRawData.csvCSVEnglish French dataset CSV
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FedTrendData.csvCSVEnglish French dataset CSV
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FedWQIScores.csvCSVEnglish French dataset CSV
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Water-Qual-Eau-TableDescriptions.csvCSVEnglish French guide CSV
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Water-Qual-Eau-VariableInfo_WQI.csvCSVEnglish French guide CSV
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Data sources and methodsHTMLEnglish guide HTML
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Data sources and methodsHTMLFrench guide HTML
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Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian riversHTMLEnglish guide HTML
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Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian riversHTMLFrench guide HTML
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National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring DataHTMLEnglish website HTML
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National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring DataHTMLFrench website HTML
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wqi_E.kmlKMLEnglish dataset KML
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wqi_E.kmzKMZEnglish dataset KMZ
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wqi_F.kmlKMLFrench dataset KML
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wqi_F.kmzKMZFrench dataset KMZ
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View ECCC Data Mart (English)HTMLEnglish website HTML
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View ECCC Data Mart (French)HTMLFrench website HTML