Emissions of harmful substances to air – Mercury emissions to air by facility

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. These indicators track human-related emissions to air of 3 substances (mercury, lead and cadmium) and facility-based emissions to air of 1 substance (arsenic). The 4 substances are defined as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. For each substance, data are provided at the national, regional (provincial and territorial) and facility level, and by source. Global emissions data are also provided for mercury. The indicators inform Canadians about emissions of mercury, lead and cadmium to air from human activity and emissions of arsenic from facility-based reporting in Canada. These 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 4 substances and air 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

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-08-28
Date ( RI_366 )
2022-02-16
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • environmental indicators, water, pollution, releases, harmful substances, toxic substances, substances, sources, mercury, Hg, lead, Pb, cadmium, Cd, arsenic, As, toxic metals, toxic, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, CEPA
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Environment
  • Toxic substances
  • Environmental indicators
  • Air pollution
  • Atmospheric emissions
  • Air
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; fra
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Society
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
2022-01-01
End date
2023-12-31
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • Web App ( unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada
OnLine resource
Interactive indicator map – English ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
Interactive indicator map – French ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air – English (CSV; 137 kB) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – French (CSV; 139 kB) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – English (REST) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – French (REST) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – English (WMS) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – French (WMS) ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – English (KMZ; 52 kB) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;KMZ;eng

OnLine resource
Mercury emissions to air by facility – French (KMZ; 52 kB) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;KMZ;fra

File identifier
178726a6-3f2f-4d4d-b11c-366394c39187 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
f262c7b0-efed-42ed-8416-470587ed04ce f262c7b0-efed-42ed-8416-470587ed04ce
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-08-25T15:49:43.581Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
 
 

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