Releases of harmful substances to water

Releases of harmful substances to water The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Releases of harmful substances to water indicators track facility-based releases to water of 3 substances that are defined as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999: mercury, lead and cadmium and their compounds. For each substance, data are provided at the national, regional (provincial and territorial) and facility level and by source. The indicators inform Canadians about releases to water of these 3 substances from facilities in Canada. The Releases of harmful substances to water indicators also help the government to identify priorities and develop or revise strategies to inform further risk management and to track progress on policies put in place to reduce or control these 3 substances and water pollution in general. 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. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators 2024-01-11 Environment and Climate Change Canada indicateurs-indicators@ec.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentEnvironmentSustainable developmentToxic substancesenvironmental indicatorswaterwater qualitypressures on water qualitypollutionreleasesharmful substancestoxic substancesmercuryHgleadPbcadmiumCdtoxic metalstoxicCanadian Environmental Protection ActCEPA Releases of harmful substances to water – EnglishPDF https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/releases-harmful-substances-water.html Releases of harmful substances to water – FrenchPDF https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/rejets-substances-nocives-eau.html Data sources and methods – EnglishPDF https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/releases-harmful-substances-water.html#DSM Data sources and methods – FrenchPDF https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/rejets-substances-nocives-eau.html#DSM Facility-based releases of mercury, lead and cadmium to water, Canada – English (1.32 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/1-releases-harmful-substances-water.csv Facility-based releases of mercury, lead and cadmium to water, Canada – French (1.35 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/1-rejets-substances-nocives-eau.csv Facility-based mercury releases to water by source, Canada – English (2.18 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/2-releases-mercury-water-source.csv Facility-based mercury releases to water by source, Canada – French (2.43 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/2-rejets-mercure-eau-source.csv Facility-based mercury releases to water by province and territory, Canada – English (1.83 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/3-releases-mercury-water-province-territory.csv Facility-based mercury releases to water by province and territory, Canada – French (2.06 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/3-rejets-mercure-eau-province-territoire.csv Facility-based lead releases to water by source, Canada – English (2.39 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/4-releases-lead-water-source.csv Facility-based lead releases to water by source, Canada – French (2.65 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/4-rejets-plomb-eau-source.csv Facility-based lead releases to water by province and territory, Canada – English (1.87 Kb)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/5-releases-lead-water-province-territory.csv Facility-based lead releases to water by province and territory, Canada – French (2.10 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/5-rejets-plomb-eau-province-territoire.csv Facility-based cadmium releases to water by source, Canada – English (2.31 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/6-releases-cadmium-water-source.csv Facility-based cadmium releases to water by source, Canada – French (2.57 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/6-rejets-cadmium-eau-source.csv Facility-based cadmium releases to water by province and territory, Canada – English (1.81 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/7-releases-cadmium-water-province-territory.csv Facility-based cadmium releases to water by province and territory, Canada – French (2.08 kB)CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/releases-of-harmful-substances-to-water/2022/7-rejets-cadmium-eau-province-territoire.csv

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Releases of harmful substances to water indicators track facility-based releases to water of 3 substances that are defined as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999: mercury, lead and cadmium and their compounds. For each substance, data are provided at the national, regional (provincial and territorial) and facility level and by source. The indicators inform Canadians about releases to water of these 3 substances from facilities in Canada. The Releases of harmful substances to water indicators also help the government to identify priorities and develop or revise strategies to inform further risk management and to track progress on policies put in place to reduce or control these 3 substances and water pollution in general. 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.

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