Air Quality Health Index Observations

The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is a scale designed to help quantify the quality of the air in a certain region on a scale from 1 to 10. When the amount of air pollution is very high, the number is reported as 10+. It also includes a category that describes the health risk associated with the index reading (e.g. Low, Moderate, High, or Very High Health Risk). The AQHI is calculated based on the relative risks of a combination of common air pollutants that are known to harm human health, including ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide. The AQHI formulation captures only the short term or acute health risk (exposure of hour or days at a maximum). The formulation of the AQHI may change over time to reflect new understanding associated with air pollution health effects. The AQHI is calculated from data observed in real time, without being verified (quality control).

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Date ( RI_367 )
2023-05-23
Date ( RI_366 )
2014-02-14
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  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada
77 Westmorland Street, suite 260 , Fredericton , New Brunswick , E3B 6Z4 , Canada
+01-819-997-2800
+01-506-451-6010
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onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
continual; continue RI_532
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Air
  • Air quality
  • Health hazards
  • Air pollution
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Provide Weather Information Products and Services
  • Deliver Weather Products and Services to Clients
Branch Direction Générale ( RI_528 )
  • Meteorological Service of Canada
Directorate Direction ( RI_528 )
  • Weather and Environmental Operations
GC Security Level GC Restrictions de manipulation ( RI_528 )
  • Unclassified
Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
  • National (CA)
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Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
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otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
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eng; CAN
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
2013-01-01
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  • GEOJSON ( RFC7946 )

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  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada
77 Westmorland Street, suite 260 , Fredericton , New Brunswick , E3B 6Z4 , Canada
+01-819-997-2800
+01-506-451-6010
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2024-04-09T18:00:13
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North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
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RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada
77 Westmorland Street, suite 260 , Fredericton , New Brunswick , E3B 6Z4 , Canada
+01-819-997-2800
+01-506-451-6010
 
 

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