The environmental state of Canada

The authors of this study have worked independently and the opinions expressed are therefore their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. [...] Any errors or omissions and the accuracy and completeness of this paper remain the responsibility of the authors. [...] Multiple polls taken over the years have shown that large numbers of Canadians view the preservation of the natural environment as a public policy priority.1 In 2009, the Frontier Centre undertook an examination of the long-term trends surrounding the health and vitality of Canada’s natural environment across a wide range of indicators.2 Our objective was to provide an overview of Canada’s environ [...] This indicator measures the GHG emission intensity of economic activity by comparing the total amount of activity that takes place in a year with the total amount of GHG emitted. [...] Academics at Yale and Columbia developed the EPI, which assigns each country that it monitors a rating based on measurements from water sites.12 As the chart below illustrates, the quality of fresh water in Canada as measured by the EPI is among the best in the world.