All posts by David McKie
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Census(TOP)
2021 Census – Boundary files
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/geo/sip-pis/boundary-limites/index2021-eng.cfm?year=21
Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E
Census Profile, 2016 Census
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E
Census Program Data Viewer dashboard
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/cpdv-vdpr/index-eng.cfm
Statistics Canada Instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/statcan_eng/
Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population download files
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger.cfm?Lang=E
Income Explorer, 2021 Census
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/income-revenu/index-en.html
Download, Census Profile, 2016 Census
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger/comp/page_dl-tc.cfm?Lang=E
What is the average household income in Canada for 2023? – insurdinary
https://www.insurdinary.ca/average-household-income-in-canada/
2021 long form census – ward data – City of Ottawa
https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/59b3ea74ecea4a8a9d7fb797190bbdb8/explore
2021 Census Highlights for Ottawa and Region
Ottawa neighbourhood boundaries
https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ottawa::ottawa-neighbourhood-study-ons-neighbourhood-boundaries-gen-2/explore?location=45.250153%2C-75.798941%2C1.80&showTable=true
Carbon pricing(TOP)
Which Canadian climate policies will have the biggest impact by 2030?https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/industrial-carbon-pricing-systems-driver-emissions-reductions/
Carbon pollution pricing systems across Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work.html
Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2023/carbon-price-affordability/
The conservative defeat of carbon pricing is the defeat of economics – and of conservatism
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-conservative-defeat-of-carbon-pricing-is-the-defeat-of-economics/
Crime(TOP)
Toronto Police open data portal
https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/58285/
Ottawa Police open data portal
https://data.ottawapolice.ca/
Ottawa Police – Crime Map (Year-to-Date)
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/7db5b7d590754c9988d89643542ba646/
Ottawa Police – Crime Map (Year End) 2018-2023
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e5a8c6d852f242758355702fa041c012/page/Page/?views=Summary
Ottawa Police open-data sets
https://data.ottawapolice.ca/search?collection=Dataset&layout=grid&sort=Title%7Ctitle%7Casc
Government of Canada announces federal support to prevent crime and combat auto theft in Ontario
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/01/government-of-canada-announces-federal-support-to-prevent-crime-and-combat-auto-theft-in-ontario.html
Police-reported Information Hub – Statistics Canada
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2023027-eng.htm
Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510017701
Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510002601
Disinformation(TOP)
Improvements to the deceptive marketing practices provisions – Competition Bureau of Canada
Greenwashing in Canada: Enforcement and trends for 2023
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d1266be6-995e-4157-b2d2-cce6fd02e9d9
Canada’s consumer watchdog has ideas about how to crack down on greenwashing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/canada-competition-bureau-greenwashing-1.7142939
More greenwashing regulatory cases leading to litigation in Canada, Blakes lawyers say
https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/esg/more-greenwashing-regulatory-cases-leading-to-litigation-in-canada-blakes-lawyers-say/377670
What do ‘clean’ and ‘green’ actually mean? Canadian watchdog receives complaints about environmental claims by Shell, RBC, Enbridge
https://thenarwhal.ca/competition-bureau-greenwashing-investigations/
Be on the lookout for greenwashing
https://www.canada.ca/en/competition-bureau/news/2022/01/be-on-the-lookout-for-greenwashing.html
Constructing “Sound Science” and “Good Epidemiology”: Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Relations Firms
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1446868/
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to “Manufacture Uncertainty” on Climate Change
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/smoke-mirrors-hot-air
Big Tobacco once made us sick and lied about it. Now we’re letting another industry get away with the same
http://bit.ly/3RdqxKx
Leaked Decision Slams LNG Ads for Greenwashing
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/31/Leaked-Decision-Slams-LNG-Ads-Greenwashing/
Improvements to the deceptive marketing practices provisions
https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/how-we-foster-competition/education-and-outreach/guide-june-2024-amendments-competition-act#sec04
https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/deceptive-marketing-practices
SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 1.2, March 2024
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/resources/files/Net-Zero-Standard.pdf
Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments by Businesses, Financial Institutions, Cities and Regions (report from the United Nations’ high level expert group on the net zero emissions commitments of non-state entities)
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/high-level_expert_group_n7b.pdf
How wildfires expose Canada’s climate disinformation problem
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/14/news/wildfires-climate-disinformation-problem
Education(TOP)
Number of students in elementary and secondary schools, by school type and program type
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3710010901
Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates – Canada – Study permit holders by province/territory, gender and year in which permit(s) became effective
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/90115b00-f9b8-49e8-afa3-b4cff8facaee/resource/a26ab6fd-c51a-4cd2-8da5-77d0ac41fb81
Project Atlas
https://www.iie.org/
https://www.iie.org/research/?pag=1
Elections(TOP)
Elections BC
https://elections.bc.ca/
Elections Canada
https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx
2024 European election results
https://results.elections.europa.eu/
The European Green Deal
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en
European Climate Law
https://bit.ly/3XhPTuP
Electricity(TOP)
Powering Canada: A blueprint for success (Canada’s Electricity Advisory Council)
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/energy-sources-distribution/electricity-infrastructure/the-canada-electricity-advisory-council/powering-canada-blueprint-for-success/25863#a4
2023 Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities
https://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/pdf/comparison-electricity-prices.pdf
The loud fights and quiet conversations driving the quest for a clean power grid in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/electricity-grid-wilkinson-climate-1.7087778
Electric Vehicles(TOP)
iSeeCars.com – Cars
https://x.com/iseecars
https://www.iseecars.com/
Recurrent
https://x.com/recurrentauto
https://www.recurrentauto.com/
Jessica Caldwell
https://x.com/jessrcaldwell
Edmunds
https://www.edmunds.com/industry/insights/
ZEV Council Dashboard
https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/innovative-technologies/zero-emission-vehicles/zev-council-dashboard#light-duty-zev-market-share
PlugShare
https://www.plugshare.com/
Electric vehicle charging stations
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buying-and-selling-measured-goods/electric-vehicle-charging-stations
Electric Charging and Alternative Fuelling Stations Locator
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/transportation-alternative-fuels/electric-charging-alternative-fuelling-stationslocator-map/20487#/find/nearest?fuel=ELEC
Trends in electric cars
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-electric-cars
More than half of all cars sold in China last month were electric
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-u4n8WOAGv/
Power Boost: Electric school buses and the revitalization of small- and medium-size businesses in Ontario’s auto industry
https://www.pembina.org/pub/power-boost
Opportunities for Accelerating School Bus Electrification in Ontario – White Paper, May 2022
https://www.pollutionprobe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/White-Paper-Opportunities-for-accelerating-school-bus-electrification-in-Ontario.pdf
An Electric School Bus Strategy for Ontario – Pollution Probe
https://www.pollutionprobe.org/an-electric-school-bus-strategy-for-ontario/
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/transparency/corporate-management-reporting/transportation-canada-annual-reports/transportation-canada-2023/greenhouse-gas-emissions
Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Canadian Model Availability Catalogue
https://cleanenergycanada.org/report/canadian-zemhdv-model-availability-catalogue/
Energy and Climate organizations(TOP)
Canadian Centre for Energy Information
https://energy-information.canada.ca/en
Energy Fact Book, 2023-2024
https://energy-information.canada.ca/en/energy-facts
Forum for Leadership on Water
https://www.flowcanada.org/
Canadian Coalition for Health Waters
https://healthywaterscoalition.ca/
AquaAction
https://aquaaction.org/en/
ESS Open Archive
https://essopenarchive.org/
Oxford Climate Journalism Network
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-climate-journalism-network
Canadian Climate Institute
https://climateinstitute.ca/
Re.Climate
https://reclimate.ca/about-us/
Smart Prosperity Institute
https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/
Canadian Energy Centre
https://www.canadianenergycentre.ca/
Canadian Environmental Law Association
https://cela.ca/
Canadian Centre for Energy Information
https://energy-information.canada.ca/en
Canada Energy Regulator
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/
GreenPAC
https://www.greenpac.ca/about
Young Politicians of Canada
https://www.youngpoliticians.org/
End Climate Science
https://www.endclimatesilence.org/about
Energy vs Climate Global
https://www.energyvsclimate.com/
International Energy Agency
https://www.iea.org/about
2023 Reports 6 to 10 of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the Parliament of Canada
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_202311_06_e_44369.html
Climate Action Network
https://climateactionnetwork.ca/about/
Climate Action Tracker
https://climateactiontracker.org/
Potential Energy
https://potentialenergycoalition.org/who-we-are/
Corporate Knights
https://www.corporateknights.com/about-us/
Divest the BC Teachers Pension Plan from Fossil Fuels
Clean Prosperity
https://cleanprosperity.ca/canada-could-fall-short-of-climate-targets-without-expanded-contracts-for-difference-program/
Ecojustice
https://ecojustice.ca/
Canada in a Changing Climate
https://changingclimate.ca/
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
https://ecofiscal.ca/
Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health
https://www.shiftaction.ca/
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
https://policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/news-releases/your-inflation-dollars-may-not-be-going-where-you-think-report
Ecology Action Centre
https://ecologyaction.ca/
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/institute/about
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
https://www.undrr.org/words-action-nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-reduction
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
https://www.ipcc.ch/about/
The Green Resilience Project
https://greenresilience.ca/
The Energy Mix
https://www.theenergymix.com/category/jurisdictions/canada/
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
https://www.nrdc.org/
Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
https://www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca/
https://x.com/ICCA_Canada
https://www.instagram.com/intact_centre_uw/
Community Climate Council
https://www.communityclimatecouncil.org/
Indigenous Clean Energy
https://indigenouscleanenergy.com/
Canada Plastics Pact
https://plasticspact.ca/
Rainforest Action Network
https://www.ran.org/
https://www.ran.org/issue/climate/
US Inflation Reduction Act drives demand for capital and project expertise in methanol and renewable natural gas
https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/insights/us-inflation-reduction-act-drives-demand-for-capital-and-project-expertise-in-methanol-and-renewable-natural-gas.html#Footnotes
United States Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.epa.gov/
UN Climate Change
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/
https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/8
Environmental Voter Project
https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
Climate Emergency Unit
https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/
The Center for Climate Integrity
https://climateintegrity.org/
E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism
https://www.e3g.org/
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
https://ieefa.org/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://www.noaa.gov/
https://www.noaa.gov/news/2023-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record-by-far
The World Meteorological Organization
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/climate-change-indicators-reached-record-levels-2023-wmo
The World Bank
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/05/19/what-you-need-to-know-about-nature-based-solutions-to-climate-change
World Resources Institute
https://www.wri.org
OECD – Environment
https://www.oecd.org/environment/
The Climate Reality Project
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists
https://www.ucsusa.org/
Citizens for Public Justice
https://cpj.ca/
CICERO Center for International Climate Research
https://cicero.oslo.no/en/about
IDDRI
https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
https://www.cser.ac.uk/about-us/
Ontario Adaptation Campaign – Seniors for Climate Action Now
https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/ontario-adaptation-campaign/
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/about/about-the-institute/
Climate Resilience for All
https://www.climateresilience.org/mission
https://www.instagram.com/_climateresilienceforall/
UK Energy Research Centre
https://ukerc.ac.uk/
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
http://www.cec.org/about/our-impact/
Report 2—Protecting Fish From Mining Effluent
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201904_02_e_43308.html
International Renewable Energy Agency
https://www.irena.org/Energy-Transition/Socio-economic-impact/Gender
Environment data(TOP)
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – Canada Energy Regulator
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/canada-energy-future/2023/results/
Canadian Climate Policy Inventory
https://440megatonnes.ca/policy-tracker/
Countries and regions profiles (Find global, regional, or country-level data on energy mix, emissions, electricity, efficiency and demand, renewables, oil, gas and coal)
https://www.iea.org/countries
Air quality life index
https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/
Energy Institute
https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/resources-and-data-downloads
Distribution, Transmission & Gathering, LNG, and Liquid Accident and Incident Data
https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/data-and-statistics/pipeline/distribution-transmission-gathering-lng-and-liquid-accident-and-incident-data
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17hhUqMH-X69TZqWN7qdCH8CMQXd25H14/edit?gid=522632705#gid=522632705
Greenhouse gas sources and sinks in Canada: executive summary 2024
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/sources-sinks-executive-summary-2024.html
Canada’s official greenhouse gas inventory – Main page
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/inventory.html
Canadian economic sectors (breakdown of Canada’s GHG emissions by economic sector 2022)
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/sources-sinks-executive-summary-2024.html#toc7:~:text=The%20Oil%20and%20Gas%2C%20Agriculture%20and%20Buildings%20economic%20sectors%20showed%20emission%20increases%20of%2021%20Mt%20(11%25)
Canada’s Official Greenhouse Gas Inventory
https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/canada-s-official-greenhouse-gas-inventory/
Environment and Climate Change Canada Data Catalogue
https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/canada-s-air-pollutant-emissions-inventory/APEI_Tables_Canada_Provinces_Territories/EN_APEI-Canada.xlsx
The Environment and Climate Change Canada Data Catalogue
https://data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/canada-s-official-greenhouse-gas-inventory/B-Economic-Sector/?lang=en
National Inventory Submissions 2024
https://unfccc.int/ghg-inventories-annex-i-parties/2024
440 megatonnes
https://440megatonnes.ca/about/
https://440megatonnes.ca/
Climate Change Performance Index
https://ccpi.org/countries/
https://ccpi.org/ccpi-philosophy-team/
Carbon Rebate Estimator
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/cai-payment/how-much.html
Greenhouse gas emissions projections
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/projections.html
2023 Progress Report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview/emissions-reduction-2030/2023-progress-report.html
2023 progress report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan uploaded to DocumentCloud – part one
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24433698-2023-progress-report-final-en
2023 progress report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan uploaded to DocumentCloud – part two
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24433696-nir-2023-part-2
2023 progress report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan uploaded to DocumentCloud – part three
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24433697-nir-2023-part-3
2023 update on progress on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24433700-en1-78-2023-eng
Greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
Monitoring old growth logging in British Columbia
https://stand.earth/forest-eye/
https://stand.earth/forest-eye/2024/06/25/seeing-through-the-smoke-and-mirrors/
https://www.policynote.ca/old-growth-leak/
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/old-growth-forests/information-and-analysis
Primary heating systems and type of energy
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3810028601
2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Clean Air, Strong Economy
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview/emissions-reduction-2030.html
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – Canada Energy Regulator
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/canada-energy-future/2023/results/#:~:text=GHG%20emissions%20by%20economic%20sector%2C%202021
Greenhouse gas emissions — National Inventory Report (NIR)
https://energy-information.canada.ca/en/subjects/greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-inventory-report-nir
National Inventory Submissions 2023 — United Nations Climate Change
https://unfccc.int/ghg-inventories-annex-i-parties/2023
National Pollutant Release Inventory
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.htm
National Pollutant Release Inventory open-data portal
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1fb7d8d4-7713-4ec6-b957-4a882a84fed3
National Pollutant Release Inventory Map
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-pollutant-release-inventory/tools-resources-data/npri-map.html
Welcome to the First Nation Profiles Interactive Map
https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/cippn-fnpim/index-eng.html
Canadian refineries – Oilsands Magazine
https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/projects/canadian-refineries
Statista
https://www.statista.com/
Fire M3 Hotspots
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map
Provincial and Territorial Energy Profiles – Canada
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles-canada.html
The Main Electricity Sources in Canada by Province
https://energyrates.ca/the-main-electricity-sources-in-canada-by-province/
Carboncounter.com
https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore
Canadian Social Survey: Energy use
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231030/dq231030b-eng.htm
InfluenceMap
https://www.influencemap.org/
https://influencemap.org/mission
https://influencemap.org/index.html
https://influencemap.org/briefing/The-Canadian-Oil-and-Gas-Industry-and-Climate-Policy-14696
CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Our World in Data)
https://bit.ly/3Rukt0M
Canada: CO2 Country Profile
https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/canada
Oil-Climate Index
https://oci.carnegieendowment.org/#
https://oci.carnegieendowment.org/#total-emissions?ratioSelect=perBarrel
Copernicus – Europe’s eyes on Earth – Climate Data Store
https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/home
https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/search?type=dataset
https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/
https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/copernicus-canada-produced-23-global-wildfire-carbon-emissions-2023
VisualCarbon.org
http://www.saxifrages.org/eco/
Data supplement to the Global Carbon Budget 2023
https://www.icos-cp.eu/science-and-impact/global-carbon-budget/2023
Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations: SOR/2023-275
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2023/2023-12-20/html/sor-dors275-eng.html
The costs of climate change: A series of five reports
https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/the-costs-of-climate-change/
Greenhouse gas sources and sinks in Canada: executive summary 2023
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/sources-sinks-executive-summary-2023.html
Direct plus indirect energy and greenhouse gas emissions intensity, by industry
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3810009801
Energy Fact Book 2023-2024
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/node/4946
Statistics on the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/42986a95-be23-436e-af15-7c6bf292a2e1
New motor vehicle registrations, quarterly
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2010002401
New motor vehicle registrations: Quarterly data visualization tool
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021019-eng.htm
New Motor Vehicle Registrations Data Visualization Tool
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019028-eng.htm
New zero-emission vehicle registrations, quarterly
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2010002501
New Motor Vehicle Registration Survey (NMVRS)
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5307
Global EV Outlook 2023
https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales
The Key Minerals in an EV Battery
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/the-key-minerals-in-an-ev-battery/
https://www.instagram.com/vcelements/
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
https://www.ciffc.ca/
Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/science-and-data/science-and-research/natural-hazards/flood-hazard-identification-and-mapping-program/24044
World Bank Open Data
https://data.worldbank.org/
UNDATA
https://data.un.org/
OECD OPEN DATA
https://www.oecd.org/gov/digital-government/open-government-data.htm
OECD environment data
https://data.oecd.org/environment.htm
World Health Organization Open Datasets
https://www.who.int/data/collections
Options to cap and cut oil and gas sector greenhouse gas emissions to achieve 2030 goals and net-zero by 2050 – discussion document
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/oil-gas-emissions-cap/options-discussion-paper.html#toc3
Independent Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking
https://climatetrace.org/
World Meteorological Organization
https://wmo.int/
New Climate Institute
https://www.newclimate.org/
Aircraft and satellite observations reveal historical
gap between top–down and bottom–up CO2 emissions
from Canadian oil sands
https://bit.ly/41kzPIJ
Livestock emission data at a glance – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
https://foodandagricultureorganization.shinyapps.io/GLEAMV3_Public/
Alberta orphan well inventory
https://www.orphanwell.ca/about/orphan-inventory/#:~:text=As%20of%20November%201%2C%202023%2C%20orphan%20inventory%20counts%20are%20as%20follows%3A
Global Coal Mine Tracker
https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-mine-tracker/
World Resources Institute
https://www.wri.org/
Miscelleneous open-data sites
https://usafacts.org/?utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sproutlink
Assess what your true needs are – An awareness campaign on the impacts of SUVs
https://www.equiterre.org/en/initiatives/no-suv-for-me#compare-two-vehicles
Ember – We are an independent energy think tank that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy
https://ember-climate.org/data/
China’s petrochemical surge is driving global oil demand growth
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/china-s-petrochemical-surge-is-driving-global-oil-demand-growth#
US oil demand on course for long, slow decline
https://www.woodmac.com/news/opinion/us-oil-demand-on-course-for-long-slow-decline/
Oil Market Report – December 2023 – International Energy Agency
https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-market-report-december-2023
Barrels of oil equivalent – Energy Education
https://bit.ly/4cs9yxc
The Global Carbon Project
https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm
Environment/Health(TOP)
Adopting Clean Fuels and Technologies on School Buses
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.1164/rccm.201410-1924OC?role=tab
Killer Coal: Just how bad are the health effects of coal?
Why does burning coal generate more CO2 than oil or gas?
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-does-burning-coal-generate-more-co2-oil-or-gas
Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/gbd
Outdoor air pollution death rate, 2021
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/outdoor-pollution-death-rate?tab=map
Grist
https://grist.org/article/skeptics/
Environmental Health News
https://www.ehn.org/
Oilchange International – we are data-driven, people powered
https://priceofoil.org/
The Causes of Climate Change
https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/
Canada’s official greenhouse gas inventory – main page
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/inventory.html
Climate Change Litigation
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-change-litigation
Canada Energy Dashboard
https://www.canadaenergydashboard.com/index.html
Canada: CO2 Country Profile
https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/canada
Government of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/greening-government/government-canada-greenhouse-gas-emissions-inventory.html
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector, Canada
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?time=latest&country=~CAN
National Pollutant Release Inventory
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.htm
Canada’s Official Greenhouse Gas Inventory – open data site
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/779c7bcf-4982-47eb-af1b-a33618a05e5b
Breakdown of Canada’s GHG emissions by economic sector (2021)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23831848-en81-4-2021-1-eng#document/p30/a2262003
Canada’s total GHG emissions broken down by economic sector (2021)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23831848-en81-4-2021-1-eng#document/p29/a2381636
Spreadheet tables for the GHG emissions breakdown
https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/canada-s-official-greenhouse-gas-inventory/B-Economic-Sector/?lang=en
Facility greenhouse gas reporting: overview of 2019 reported emissions
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-emissions/facility-reporting/overview-2019.html
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data search
https://climate-change.canada.ca/facility-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) – Facility Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Data
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a8ba14b7-7f23-462a-bdbb-83b0ef629823
National Air Pollution Surveillance Program
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/air-pollution/monitoring-networks-data/national-air-pollution-program.html
Canadian Institute for Health Information
https://www.cihi.ca/en
Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/
Cannabis use (non-medical) in Canada – Health Infobase
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/cannabis/data-exploration.html
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/
https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/8
Annual Reviews
https://www.annualreviews.org/
National Library of Medicine — National Center for Biotechnology Information
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26732376/
Visit to Canada – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc4512add1-visit-canada-report-special-rapporteur-implications-human
An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice
https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-226
Air Quality Reports
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=834044885422242&set=pcb.834045472088850
What is the Paris Agreement?
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement
Map of long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1620925418298/1620925434679
Ending long-term drinking water advisories
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1506514143353/1533317130660
Code Like a Journalist (Nael Shiab)
https://bit.ly/4etOXtc
Action Speaks Louder
https://speakslouder.org/about/
CAREX Canada
https://carexcanada.ca/about-us/
The Impact of Low–Income Neighborhoods on Health
https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/news/impact-low-income-neighborhoods-health
https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
Global Action Plan
https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/
Environmental journalism(TOP)
Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures
https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc
BREAKING NEWS: Canada’s New Rapid Analysis Tool Attributes Recent Heatwaves to Climate Change | 3E (3eco.com)
The Liberal-NDP deal is dead. Here’s what got done – and what didn’t
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/the-liberal-ndp-deal-is-dead-here-s-what-got-done-and-what-didn-t/article_7deee530-6aef-11ef-9432-0fc1baa226fc.html
Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02452-2
Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/12/climate/canada-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/climate/extreme-wildfires-have-doubled-in-2-decades-study-finds.html
No matter who leads them into the next election, Liberals still need to think about governing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-liberals-cabinet-shuffle-election-1.7293659
Which Canadian climate policies will have the biggest impact by 2030?https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/industrial-carbon-pricing-systems-driver-emissions-reductions/
Climate Lab – Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/
One of Europe’s Hottest Cities Rediscovers an Old Cooling Technique
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-seville-spain-extreme-heat/?cmpid=BBD081224_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240812&utm_campaign=greendaily
Canada’s climate pollution rises for third straight year in 2023
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/04/analysis/canadas-climate-pollution-rises-third-straight-year-2023
Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action
https://theconversation.com/nuclear-power-makes-no-sense-for-australia-but-its-a-useful-diversion-from-real-climate-action-226838
Radio-Canada Environment
https://www.instagram.com/radiocanadaenvironnement/?g=5
PR Watch
https://www.prwatch.org/cmd/index.html
Grist
https://grist.org/article/skeptics/
https://sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumer_Energy_Alliance
Kamala Harris likely to shake up US trade policy
https://gracelinbaskaran.com/article?article=kamala-harris-likely-to-shake-up-us-trade-policy&slgid=164&type=article
Analysis: How some of the world’s largest companies rely on carbon offsets to ‘reach net-zero’
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/carbon-offsets-2023/companies.html
The great Canadian climate divide
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/17/analysis/great-canadian-climate-divide
A grim report about climate change in Ontario was kept quiet for 8 months
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-climate-change-impact-assessment-1.6964662
Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/energy/emissions/
How Fossil Fuels Drive Inflation and Make Life Less Affordable for Canadians
https://www.iisd.org/articles/deep-dive/fossil-fuels-drive-inflation-canada
Why Don’t More Voters Care About Climate Change?https://mailchi.mp/coveringclimatenow/why-dont-more-voters-care-about-climate-change?e=3cbe5717d3
Canada’s uncounted emissions: Going green at home while shipping oil and gas abroad
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2024/emissions/
Heat waves linked to higher mortality rates, especially in cities with more renters
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/extreme-heat-mortality-statistics-canada-1.7239455
The impacts of extreme heat events on non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: An analysis of 12 Canadian cities from 2000 to 2020
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00001-eng.htm
The world is drowning in plastic
https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&c_src=35763508.34070
How the Oil and Gas Industry Smuggles Corporate Propaganda Into Schools
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/discovery-education-oil-gas-schools-1235015174/
Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups
https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/07/andrew-coyne-helped-run-charity-that-gave-6-4m-to-climate-crisis-denial-groups/
Reporting guide for journalists covering extreme weather events
https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-extreme-weather-and-climate-change-a-guide-for-journalists/
Exposing Canada’s Chemical Valley – An Investigation of Cumulative Air Pollution Emissions in the Sarnia, Ontario Area
https://ecojustice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2007-Exposing-Canadas-Chemial-Valley.pdf
The federal government is more than $14 billion behind in climate funding
https://www.corporateknights.com/rankings/other-rankings-reports/climate-dollars/14-billion-climate-funding-gap/
https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CK_Climate-Dollars-Report_2024.pdf
Justin Trudeau’s government is $14.3 billion behind in climate change spending, report says
https://bit.ly/43OOQnj
Justin Trudeau pledged billions to fight climate change. A Star reality check found much of that money hasn’t been spent
https://bit.ly/3Jdqfz4
Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/
The Energy Mix
https://www.theenergymix.com/category/jurisdictions/canada/
The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change Journalism
https://gijn.org/stories/investigative-agenda-climate-change-journalism?mc_cid=01e598feba&mc_eid=c5baead8c9
The political brawl over our heating planet – The Fifth Estate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=C_mhBweaVxU
The EU is formalizing rules for taking CO2 out of the atmosphere
https://app.slack.com/client/T0GH66C3Z/D01BJTQSW7L
Discovering millions of datasets on the web
https://blog.google/products/search/discovering-millions-datasets-web/?utm_source=API+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_campaign=1527209863-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_24_01_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-1527209863-45820049
Google Dataset Search
https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/
Covering Climate Now
https://www.instagram.com/coveringclimate/?g=5
Drilled Media
https://drilled.media/
https://www.instagram.com/drilledmedia/?g=5
Heated.World
https://www.instagram.com/heated.world/
Climate Reality
https://www.instagram.com/climatereality/
The Climate Propagandist
https://www.instagram.com/theclimatepropagandist/
What On Earth with Laura Lynch
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth
The Geneva Observer
https://www.thegenevaobserver.com/
Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/
https://www.instagram.com/carbonbrief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/new-study-calculates-climate-changes-economic-bite-will-hit-about-38-trillion-a-year-by-2049/
Climate Story Network
https://www.climatestorynetwork.ca/
Climate Change in Canada – Climate Atlas of Canada
https://climateatlas.ca/
$1 Trillion of Oil and Gas Assets Risk Being Stranded by Climate Change
https://www.brinknews.com/1-trillion-of-oil-and-gas-assets-risk-being-stranded-by-climate-change/
Selling Hot Air: Lessons from how Shell’s flagship carbon capture project sold $200M of credits for reductions that never happened
https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/2024/02/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf
As worries about Baby Powder’s safety mounted, J&J focused its pitches on minority, overweight women
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-marketing/
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/
Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels
https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca/
Fossil Fuels(TOP)
THE INCREDIBLE INEFFICIENCY OF THE FOSSIL ENERGY SYSTEM
https://rmi.org/the-incredible-inefficiency-of-the-fossil-energy-system/
Oil and gas extraction, 2022
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230927/dq230927c-eng.htm
Canada’s investment in energy innovation is an important part of building our clean economy
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/science-and-data/funding-partnerships/opportunities/current-investments/21146#invenstment
Canadian Centre for Energy Information
https://energy-information.canada.ca/en/energy-facts/oil-natural-gas-coal
New motor vehicle registrations, quarterly
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2010002401
Global Fuel Economy Initiative
https://www.globalfueleconomy.org/data-and-research/publications/trends-in-the-global-vehicle-fleet-2023
Record high crude oil production largely driven by oil sands: Crude oil year in review 2023
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5781-record-high-crude-oil-production-largely-driven-oil-sands-crude-oil-year-review-2023
Supply and disposition of crude oil and equivalent
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2510006301
Supply and disposition of crude oil and equivalent
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2510006301
U.S. Energy Information Administration
https://bit.ly/3PE7it7
5 levers for reducing the environmental impact of renewable energy – Alcimed
https://www.alcimed.com/en/insights/environmental-impact-renewable-energy/
Carbon pollution pricing systems across Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work.html
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
https://environmentaldefence.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadas-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies.pdf
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
https://ieefa.org/resources/carbon-capture-crux-lessons-learned
GasBuddy
https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts
Following Money(TOP)
Why do green investments create more jobs? Experts explain
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/12/jobs-renewable-energy-fossil-fuels/
International Institute for Sustainable Development
https://www.iisd.org/mission-and-goals
How Fossil Fuels Drive Inflation and Make Life Less Affordable for Canadians
https://www.iisd.org/articles/deep-dive/fossil-fuels-drive-inflation-canada
Fuel Consumption Levies in Canada
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/domestic-and-international-markets/transportation-fuel-prices/fuel-consumption-taxes-canada/18885
Social cost of greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/science-research-data/social-cost-ghg.html
Applying the Canada Recovery Dividend to Fossil Fuel Companies
https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publications/LEG-2324-011-M–applying-canada-recovery-dividend-fossil-fuel-companies–application-dividende-relance-canada-entreprises-secteur-combustibles-fossiles
Canada Growth Fund
https://www.cgf-fcc.ca/
Committed and actual federal government climate spending – A CLIMATE DOLLARS REPORT, April 2024
https://www.corporateknights.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CK_Climate-Dollars-Report_2024.pdf
Canada’s Regional Development Agencies
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadas-regional-development-agencies
Fall Economic Statement 2023
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/c2cb858e-660b-44a8-821a-0fd849f20271
Search for a federal corporation
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpSrch.html
Canada’s business registry
https://beta.canadasbusinessregistries.ca/search
Corporate Affairs Registry Database – New Brunswick
https://www.pxw2.snb.ca/card_online/Search/search.aspx
Canada Revenue Agency – List of Charities
https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplyBscSrch?request_locale=en
Quarterly balance sheet, income statement and selected financial ratios, by non-financial industries, non seasonally adjusted (x 1,000,000
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310022501
Gross domestic product, income-based, quarterly (x 1,000,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610010301
Balance sheet, income statement and taxation statistics with selected financial ratios, by non-financial industries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3310050001
How economists and market bets for rate cuts are reacting to surprisingly subdued Canadian inflation data
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-how-economists-and-market-bets-for-rate-cuts-reacted-to-todays/
SHARE
https://share.ca/
https://share.ca/about/
Market Screener
https://ca.marketscreener.com/
ESG’s Emerging Leading Role in Capital Markets
https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/corporate-esg-capital-markets
The Financial Stability Board
https://www.ifrs.org/sustainability/tcfd/
Business Renewable Centre – Fact sheet on Alberta’s renewables
https://businessrenewables.ca/resource/fact-sheet-albertas-corporate-renewables-procurement-advantage
UN Principles for Responsible Banking
https://www.unepfi.org/banking/bankingprinciples/
Clean Energy Buyers Association
https://cleanenergybuyers.org/
Banking on Climate Chaos – Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2023
https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BOCC_2023_vF.pdf
The Quiet Culprit: Pension Funds Bankrolling the Climate Crisis – Stand.earth
https://climatesafepensions.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CSPN-The-Quiet-Culprit.pdf
2023 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card – Feb 2024
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9a9754d274cbec1ca7f8f8/t/65dd59845cc1be2456837829/1709005189393/2023+Canadian+Pension+Climate+Report+Card.pdf
Goparity Canada
https://goparity.ca/
Investors for Paris Compliance
https://www.investorsforparis.com/about/
BloombergNEF
https://about.bnef.com/
https://about.bnef.com/blog/citi-jpmorgan-first-adopters-of-energy-finance-ratio/
https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook-series/
https://bit.ly/44T22YS (New Energy Outlook analysis in BloombergNEF newsletter on the path to netzero)
Canada Climate Law Institute
https://ccli.ubc.ca/
Deep decarbonization and the business of climate
https://www.nathanielbullard.com/
Inflation Reduction Act – interactive map tracking spending
https://www.whitehouse.gov/build/maps-of-progress/
Clean Investment Monitor
https://www.cleaninvestmentmonitor.org/
Farm Credit Canada
https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en
Finances of the Nation
https://financesofthenation.ca/
https://financesofthenation.ca/real-data-2/
https://twitter.com/foncanada?lang=en
International Monetary Fund – World Economic Outlook 2023
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2023/10/10/world-economic-outlook-october-2023
Visual Capitalist – visualizing the $105 trillion world economy in one chart
https://bit.ly/4aIW0vU
Canadian Climate Institute – Damage Control – Reducing the costs of climate impacts in Canada
https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/damage-control/
Consumer Reports – climate change could cost each American born today $500,000
https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/climate-change/the-per-person-financial-cost-of-climate-change-a6081217358/
Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit
https://budget.canada.ca/2024/report-rapport/tm-mf-en.html#a35
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
https://ieefa.org/resources/carbon-capture-crux-lessons-learned
Clean Technica
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/03/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-are-mostly-bad-policy/
$1 Trillion of Oil and Gas Assets Risk Being Stranded by Climate Change
https://www.brinknews.com/1-trillion-of-oil-and-gas-assets-risk-being-stranded-by-climate-change/
Selling Hot Air: Lessons from how Shell’s flagship carbon capture project sold $200M of credits for reductions that never happened
https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/2024/02/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf
Energy Transitions Commission
https://www.energy-transitions.org/
Investing 101: A beginner’s guide to growing your money
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-investing-101-beginners/
Canada’s carbon pricing: How much is it and how does it work? What you need to know
https://tgam.ca/3xPgvsA
Carbon Watch Market
https://carbonmarketwatch.org/get-to-know-cmw/
Global Carbon Markets Get Bigger, Even as Trading Dips
https://about.bnef.com/blog/global-carbon-markets-get-bigger-even-as-trading-dips/
Food(TOP)
Inflation Calculator
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/
Good Food Institute
https://gfi.org/
Coolfood Pledge
https://www.nourishleadership.ca/coolfoodpledge
Hoser’s Data Driven Grocery Tracker Project
https://hosergrocerytracker.ca/
Quarterly balance sheet, income statement and selected financial ratios, by non-financial industries, non seasonally adjusted
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310022501
OCEC Statistics
https://twitter.com/OECD_Stat
Consumer Prices, OECD – Updated: 8 April 2024
https://bit.ly/3JUp6N5
Food Inflation In Canada: What You Need To Know
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/ca/personal-finance/food-inflation/
Canada’s Food Price Report 2024 predicts Canadians will finally get relief from “sticker‑shock”
https://www.dal.ca/news/2023/12/07/canada-food-price-report-2024.html
New data on household food insecurity in 2023
https://proof.utoronto.ca/2024/new-data-on-household-food-insecurity-in-2023/
Canadian Income Survey (CIS)
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5200
New Data on Continued Record Profits in Canadian Food Retail
https://centreforfuturework.ca/2023/12/10/new-data-on-continued-record-profits-in-canadian-food-retail/
Canada: Retail Foods
https://fas.usda.gov/data/canada-retail-foods-7
Competition Bureau Retail Grocery Market Study Report
https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/how-we-foster-competition/education-and-outreach/canada-needs-more-grocery-competition
Leading grocery retailers in Canada in 2022, by market share
https://www.statista.com/statistics/481019/leading-grocery-retailers-by-market-share-canada/
Support Local Alternative Grocers
https://www.altgrocery.ca/
Behind the Numbers: What’s Causing Growth in Food Prices
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/62f0014m/62f0014m2022014-eng.htm
Your guide to climate action: Food
https://www.un.org/en/actnow/food
Open letter urges WHO to take action on industrial animal farming
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31358-2/fulltext
Animal-sourced food consumption and Canada’s emissions targets
https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/sites/default/files/media/2022-08-30-World-Animal-Protection-Navius-FINAL.pdf
Plant-based protein market: global and Canadian market analysis
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-development/research-collaboration/programs/plant-based-protein-market-global-canadian-market-analysis#
A National School Food Program to set kids up for success
https://bit.ly/3VrKRdD
C40 Cities
https://www.c40.org/cities/
Government Open Data Portals(TOP)
Federal
The Open Data Charter
https://opendatacharter.net/who-we-are/
Open Data 101
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data-principles
Open Government – Proactive disclosure and access to information
https://open.canada.ca/en
Open By Default – Investigative Journalism Foundation
https://theijf.org/open-by-default
Canada FOI Resource Website
https://canadafoi.ca/federal-access-to-information/
Open Data Portal
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data
Federal mandate letters
https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters
Information about programs and holdings
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/access-information/information-about-programs-information-holdings.html
Orders In Council – Search
https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/index.php?lang=en
Prime Minister’s Office
https://pm.gc.ca/en
Orders In Council – Search
https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/
Public opinion reports
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/government-canada/public-opinion-research/search-report/Pages/search-report.aspx
House of Commons sessional papers directly from the Library of Parliament catalogue
https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,%3F&tab=SESSIONAL&search_scope=SESSIONPAP&vid=01CALP_INST:01CALP&lang=en&offset=0
HillNotes
https://hillnotes.ca/
Newly declassified documents reveal why Canada let convicted Nazi war criminals keep their citizenship
https://www.jta.org/2024/02/06/global/newly-declassified-documents-reveal-why-canada-let-convicted-nazi-war-criminals-keep-their-citizenship
Parlvu
https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/XRender/
Environmental Petitions
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_fs_e_919.html
Titles of older petitions
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_fs_e_43431.html
Petition results – Environment and Climate Change Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/search.html?q=petitions&wb-srch-sub=
Petitions by Federal Institution
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_lp_e_940.html
Petitions by issue
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_lp_e_941.html
Petitions by number
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_lp_e_938.html
Submitting a petition
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/pet_fs_e_43424.html#details-panel2
Tools of Members of Parliament (MPs): Understanding Levers of Change
https://www.environmentalleadership.ca/_files/ugd/29304f_b3e6584457914935943e3c2aaa592073.pdf
Deputy Ministers’ Task Team on Values and Ethics Report to the Clerk of the Privy Council
https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/services/publications/deputy-ministers-task-team-values-ethics-report-clerk-privy-council.html
Public service ‘fell short’ due to procurement ethics breaches, says Privy Council Clerk in report to PM
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-public-service-fell-short-due-to-procurement-ethics-breaches-says/
Provinces and territories
B.C.
http://www.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/ibc/index.page?
http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/
Alberta
http://data.alberta.ca/
Saskatchewan Open Data
http://www.opendatask.ca/
Manitoba
https://www.gov.mb.ca/openmb/index.html
Ontario
http://www.ontario.ca/government/open-data-ontario
Québec Ouvert (les données ouvertes pour le Québec)
https://www.quebec.ca/en/access-information
https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/english/
http://quebecouvert.org/
https://www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca/ministere/accesprotect/index.htm
https://www.demandesinfos.environnement.gouv.qc.ca/
Diffusion de l’information et protection des renseignements personnels
https://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/ministere/acces_info/decisions-et-documents-transmis-dans-le-cadre-d-une-demande-deacces/
New Brunswick
https://gnb.socrata.com/
Nova Scotia
https://data.novascotia.ca/
Newfoundland and Labrador
http://open.gov.nl.ca/
Prince Edward Island
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/search/site/?f%5B0%5D=type%3Aservice&f%5B1%5D=field_service_topics%3A2237
Yukon
https://open.yukon.ca/data/
Northwest Territories
https://www.opennwt.ca/
Nunavut
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset?keywords=Nunavut&page=1
Cities
Edmonton
http://data.edmonton.ca/
Halifax
https://www.halifax.ca/home/open-data
Fredericton
http://www.fredericton.ca/en/open-data
Mississauga
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/mississaugadata
Oakville
http://oakville.ca/data/
Saskatoon
http://opendata-saskatoon.cloudapp.net/
Ottawa
https://open.ottawa.ca/
Ottawa Region Data Consortium
https://www.spcottawa.on.ca/data-consortium/
Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/open-data-catalogue/
Saint John
http://catalogue-saintjohn.opendata.arcgis.com/
St. John’s
http://www.stjohns.ca/event/open-data
Vancouver
https://opendata.vancouver.ca/pages/home/
Winnipeg
https://data.winnipeg.ca/
http://www.mbcdp.ca/local-data-portals.html
BC Municipalities
Municipal open data sites
BCTransit Open Data
https://www.bctransit.com/open-data
City of Courtenay Open Data Catalogue
http://data-courtenay.opendata.arcgis.com/
Cowichan Valley Regional District Open Data
https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/2025/Maps-GIS
City of Delta Open Data Catalogue
http://www.delta.ca/your-government/municipal-information/open-data-catalogue
District of Peachland
https://peachland2017-01-16t194902237z-rdco.opendata.arcgis.com/
District of Tofino — Mapping
http://www.tofino.ca/maps
District of West Vancouver — Mapping
https://westvancouver.ca/home-building-property/maps
City of Kamloops Open Data
https://www.kamloops.ca/node/29807
City of Kelowna Open Data
https://www.kelowna.ca/city-services/city-maps-open-data/open-data-catalogue
City of Maple Ridge Open Data
https://www.mapleridge.ca/1813/Open-Government-Portal
City of Nelson Open Data
https://www.nelson.ca/Search?searchPhrase=open%20data
City of Penticton Open Data
http://open.penticton.ca/
City of Port Alberni Mapping, including an Outdoor Tsunami Warning System map
https://www.portalberni.ca/municipal-mapping
City of Port Moody Open Data
https://data.portmoody.ca/
City of Port Coquitlam Mapping
https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/business-development/pocomap/
Columbia-Shuswap Open Data
http://www.csrd.bc.ca/services/maps
Fraser Valley Regional District
https://www.fvrd.ca/
Township of Langley Open Data
https://data-tol.opendata.arcgis.com/
City of Nanaimo Open Data
https://www.nanaimo.ca/open-data-catalogue/
City of New Westminster Open Data
http://opendata.newwestcity.ca/
City of North Vancouver
http://geoweb.dnv.org/data/
City of Burnaby Open Data
https://www.burnaby.ca/City-Services/Maps-Open-Data.html
City of Powell River – qathet Regional District Open Data
https://www.qathet.ca/?s=open+data&tab=site
City of Richmond
https://www.richmond.ca/SearchResults/
City of Surrey Open Data
https://data.surrey.ca/
City of Vancouver Open Data
https://vancouver.ca/your-government/open-data-catalogue.aspx
City of Victoria Open Data
https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/online-services/open-data-catalogue.html
Town of Smithers in Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako — Mapping
https://www.rdbn.bc.ca/departments/planning/mapping
Regional District of Nanaimo — Mapping
https://www.rdn.bc.ca/gis-mapping
Regional District of North Okanagan
http://www.rdno.ca/index.php/maps/digital-data
Resort Municipality of Whistler
https://portal-rmow.opendata.arcgis.com/
City of White Rock
http://data.whiterockcity.ca/
Squamish Open Data
https://data.squamish.ca/
Town of Sydney — Mapping
http://www.sidney.ca/Town_Hall/Departments/Information_Technology/Sidney_Maps.htm
Government Education(TOP)
Number of students in elementary and secondary schools, by school type and program type
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3710010901
Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates – Canada – Study permit holders by province/territory, gender and year in which permit(s) became effective
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/90115b00-f9b8-49e8-afa3-b4cff8facaee/resource/a26ab6fd-c51a-4cd2-8da5-77d0ac41fb81
Project Atlas
https://www.iie.org/
https://www.iie.org/research/?pag=1
Hansard(TOP)
Federal Hansard search
https://www.ourcommons.ca/PublicationSearch/en/?PubType=37
Historical Hansard
http://parl.canadiana.ca/
https://www.lipad.ca/
Employee wages by industry, annual
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1410006401
Historical Hansard
http://parl.canadiana.ca/
https://www.lipad.ca/
Question Period
https://www.cpac.ca/program?id=19
House of Commons sessional papers directly from the Library of Parliament catalogue
https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,%3F&tab=SESSIONAL&search_scope=SESSIONPAP&vid=01CALP_INST:01CALP&lang=en&offset=0
Journal des débats
https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-parlementaires/journaux-debats.html
Ontario Hansard
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-hansard-index
Nova Scotia Hansard
https://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/hansard-debates
Health(TOP)
The neighbourhood in which you live may reveal how long you’ll live
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-neighbourhood-in-which-you-live-may-reveal-how-long-youll-live/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
Extent and socioeconomic correlates of small area variations in life expectancy in Canada and the United States
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024008/article/00001-eng.htm
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/82-003-x/2024008/article/00001-eng.pdf?st=AdW-oU9b (PDF version)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25080077-extent-and-socioeconomic-correlates-of-small-area-variations-of-life-expectancy-in-canada-and-the-us (uploaded to DocumentCloud)
Data and Statistics – Medevac Ornge
https://www.ornge.ca/stats-reports/data-statistics
Canadian Institute for Health Information
https://www.cihi.ca/en
Institute for Research on Public Policy
https://irpp.org/research-studies/prioritize-low-income-households/
First Nations Health Authority
https://www.fnha.ca/
https://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/first-nations-life-expectancy-in-bc-drops-due-to-toxic-drug-poisonings-and-covid-19
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care
https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/613/2020/11/In-Plain-Sight-Summary-Report.pdf
Housing(TOP)
Ottawa has opportunity to create an effective energy retrofit program for low-income households
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/june-2024/retrofits-low-income/
Housing Market Information Portal
https://www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/hmip-pimh/en#Profile/1/1/Canada
Rental Market Report Jan 2024 – CMHC
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24402966/rental-market-report-2023-en.pdf
Rental Market Report portal – CMHC
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/market-reports/rental-market-reports-major-centres
Rentals.ca
https://rentals.ca/
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing starts, under construction and completions, all areas, quarterly
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3410013501
Housing Accelerator Fund
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/housing-accelerator-fund
Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/icp-pic-INFC-eng.html
ACORN
https://acorncanada.org/about/
Just a few big landlords come up, again and again, in analysis of Ontario rent hikes
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/ontario-above-guideline-rent-increases-2022-data-1.7175254
https://www.instagram.com/p/C53fF_kgj6o/
Data set used for CBC story
Ratehub.ca
https://www.ratehub.ca/
Homebuyer affordability deteriorated in March as sellers’ market returns
https://www.ratehub.ca/blog/homebuyer-affordability-deteriorated-in-march-as-sellers-market-returns/
Storys
https://storeys.com/
Another Toronto nursing home says it will shut down, as deadline for 31 licence renewals draws nearer
https://www.thestar.com/business/another-toronto-nursing-home-says-it-will-shut-down-as-deadline-for-31-licence-renewals/article_66162884-1d00-11ef-aebc-27b83675cefa.html
Fifth Toronto nursing home announces closure, bringing total of long-term-care beds lost to more than 500 in less than three years
https://www.thestar.com/business/fifth-toronto-nursing-home-announces-closure-bringing-total-of-long-term-care-beds-lost-to/article_517ece64-2cc6-11ef-9941-dbc6fa2c2633.html
Legal(TOP)
Canadian Legal Information Institute
https://www.canlii.org/en/
Class Action Database — Canadian Bar Association
https://www.cba.org/Publications-Resources/Class-Action-Database
Climate Change Litigation
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-change-litigation
An Open Letter on Climate Accountability Litigation in Canada
https://suebigoil.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Climate-Litigation-LawProfsLetter_final2.pdf
West Coast Environmental Law
https://www.wcel.org/
Environmental Defence
https://environmentaldefence.ca/
Sue Big Oil
https://suebigoil.ca/how-it-works/
Lobbyists(TOP)
14 groups behind it have gotten donations from a Shell Oil nonprofit
https://x.com/GeoffDembicki/status/1824122239144399227
The Canadian Oil and Gas Industry and Climate Policy: A report on climate and energy policy advocacy by the Canadian oil and gas sector February, 2023
https://influencemap.org/briefing/The-Canadian-Oil-and-Gas-Industry-and-Climate-Policy-14696
U.S. Committee on Oversight and Reform
investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the American
people about the industry’s role in climate change
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/2022.09.14%20FINAL%20COR%20Supplemental%20Memo.pdf
Greenwashing, net-zero, and the oil sands in Canada: The case of Pathways Alliance
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624000938?via%3Dihub
Federal lobbyist registry
https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/lrs/do/guest?lang=eng
B.C. – Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists
https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/
Alberta Lobbyist Registry
https://www.albertalobbyistregistry.ca/apex/f?p=171:9996:11841761880093::::CMS_SITE,CMS_PAGE:ABLBY,HOME
Saskatchewan – Office of the Registrar of Lobbyist
shttps://www.sasklobbyistregistry.ca/lobbyists/
Manitoba Lobbyist Registry
http://www.lobbyistregistrar.mb.ca/index.php?lang=en
Ontario – Office of the Integrity Commissioner: Lobbyists Registration
http://www.oico.on.ca/home/lobbyists-registration/overview
Quebec – Registre des lobbyistes
https://www.lobby.gouv.qc.ca/servicespublic/consultation/ConsultationCitoyen.aspx?id=0
New Brunswick – Lobbyist Registry
https://www.pxw1.snb.ca/snb9000/product.aspx?productid=A001PSNBCATLOBBY&l=e
Nova Scotia – Registry of Lobbyists
https://novascotia.ca/sns/lobbyist/
PEI – Lobbyist Registry
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/feature/lobbyist-registry#/home/Lobbyist/Lobbyist
Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined
https://www.ciel.org/news/fossil-fuel-and-chemical-industries-at-inc-3/
CAPP Forecasts Capital Investment for Canadian Oil and Natural Gas Sector to Reach $40.6 Billion in 2024
https://www.capp.ca/en/media/capp-forecasts-capital-investment-for-canadian-oil-and-natural-gas-sector-to-reach-40-6-billion-in-2024/
Logging(TOP)
Rise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wildfires-climate-change-carbon-88-1.6852178
Quantifying the contribution of major carbon producers to increases in vapor pressure deficit and burned area in western US and southwestern Canadian forests
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acbce8
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25172206-quantifying-the-contribution-of-major-carbon-producers-to-the-increases-in-vapor-pressure-deficit-and-burned-area-in-western-us-and-southwestern-canadian-forests
Reported greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from logging in Canada double after
revision to government data
https://naturecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-Logging-Emissions-Update-Report.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25172208-2024-logging-emissions-update-report
High emissions or carbon neutral? Inclusion of “anthropogenic” forest sinks leads to underreporting of forestry emissions
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1297301/full
2023 LOGGING EMISSIONS UPDATE: The Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Logging
in Canada in 2021
https://naturecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Logging-Emissions-Update-1.pdf?
The State of Canada’s Forests Annual Report
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/state-canadas-forests-report/16496
Canada’s logging industry is seeking a wildfire ‘hero’ narrative
https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/canadas-logging-industry-is-seeking-a-wildfire-hero-narrative-8642461
Nuclear(TOP)
Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action
https://theconversation.com/nuclear-power-makes-no-sense-for-australia-but-its-a-useful-diversion-from-real-climate-action-226838
Land-title and property assessment offices(TOP)
The TitleSearchers.ca ( is a website of title searches / registry agents across Canada
Alberta Land Titles
http://www.servicealberta.ca/LandTitles.cfm
British Columbia Land Titles
Manitoba Property Registry
http://www.gov.mb.ca/tpr/land_titles/lto_offices/offices.html
New Brunswick Land Titles and Assessments
http://www.snb.ca/e/4000/4106e.asp
NewFoundland and Labrador Deeds
http://www.gs.gov.nl.ca/registries/deeds.html
Northwest Territories Land Titles
http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/LandTitles/index.shtml
Nova Scotia’s Property Online
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/property/default.asp?mn=282.46.1064
Nunavut
http://www.justice.gov.nu.ca/i18n/french/legreg/lt_index.shtm
Ontario Land Registration Information
http://www.ontario.ca/en/information_bundle/land_registration/STEL01_130081.html
Prince Edward Island Registry of Deeds
http://www.gov.pe.ca/finance/index.php3?number=1007538&lang=E
Quebec Land Titles
https://www.registrefoncier.gouv.qc.ca/Sirf/Script/14_06_01-02/pf_14_06_01_reglr.asp
Saskatchewan Land Registry
http://www.isc.ca/LandTitles/Pages/default.aspx
Yukon Land Titles
http://www.justice.gov.yk.ca/prog/cs/index.html
Parliament(TOP)
House of Commons publication search
https://www.ourcommons.ca/PublicationSearch/en/
House of Commons sessional papers directly from the Library of Parliament catalogue
https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,%3F&tab=SESSIONAL&search_scope=SESSIONPAP&vid=01CALP_INST:01CALP&lang=en&offset=0
HillNotes
https://hillnotes.ca/
Historical Hansard
http://parl.canadiana.ca/
https://www.lipad.ca/
Early Canadiana
http://online.canadiana.ca/
Pensions(TOP)
Shift’s Climate Pension Quarterly – Issue #12 – June 2024
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9a9754d274cbec1ca7f8f8/t/66743902296ced3d1afe44fb/1718892802625/Shift%27s+Climate+Pension+Quarterly+-+Issue+%2312++-+June+2024.pdf
Climate Safe Pensions
https://climatesafepensions.org/
Plastic pollution(TOP)
Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/reduce-plastic-waste/canada-action.html
Plastic Pollution
https://www.unep.org/plastic-pollution
The ocean cleanup
https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
The Plastic Forecast
https://plasticforecast.com/#
UN draft text on plastic pollution – Zero Draft
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/44526/RevisedZeroDraftText.pdf
Break FreeFromPlastic
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/
High Ambition Coalition To End Plastic Pollution
https://hactoendplasticpollution.org/
The Story of Plastic in Canada – Part 5: Plastic Waste and Microplastics
https://bit.ly/3JBxoJA
Plastic Polymers under the Full Life Cycle Approach: Key Considerations on the Scope of the Future Plastics Treaty
https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/plastic-polymers-full-life-cycle-of-plastics-brief.pdf
PlastChem
https://plastchem-project.org/
Center for International Environmental Law
https://www.ciel.org/news/fossil-fuel-and-chemical-industries-at-inc-3/
World Plastics Council
https://worldplasticscouncil.org/who-we-are/
Police(TOP)
Ottawa Police Service crime map (year-to-date)
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/7db5b7d590754c9988d89643542ba646/
Ottawa Police Service crime map (year-end) 2018-2022
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e5a8c6d852f242758355702fa041c012/
Ottawa Police Service crime data (Carleton University MacOdrum Library)
https://library.carleton.ca/find/gis/geospatial-data/ottawa-police-service-crime-data#:~:text=Open%20Data%20Ottawa%20also%20provides,so%20available%20data%20may%20change.)
Criminal Code
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/FullText.html
Polling(TOP)
PARCA Longitudinal Study Wave 4
https://impact.canada.ca/en/behavioural-science/parca/wave-4
Extreme Weather Events
https://leger360.com/extreme-weather-events-2024/
https://x.com/leger360
Impact Canada
https://impact.canada.ca/en
https://impact.canada.ca/en/about
The Program of Applied Research on Climate Action in Canada
https://impact.canada.ca/en/behavioural-science/parca
WHAT DO CANADIANS REALLY THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? A Summary of Public Opinion Research for Communicators – 2024
https://reclimate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-public-opinion-summary.pdf
Annual reports on public opinion research
https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/rop-por/rapportsannuels-annualreports-eng.html
Search for a report
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/government-canada/public-opinion-research/pages/search-por-reports.aspx#a1
Government of Canada Public Opinion Research Reports
https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/pwgsc-tpsgc/por-ef/index.html
Polling Fundamentals
https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polling-and-public-opinion/polling-fundamentals
Angus Reid Institute
https://angusreid.org/
Nanos Research
https://nanos.co/
https://nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-2551-MLI-Energy-Conference-Polling-Brief-Compiled.pdf
Abacus Data
https://abacusdata.ca/
Researchco.
https://researchco.ca/
Campaign Research
https://www.campaignresearch.com/news-updates
Rental Market Survey Data Tables – CMHC
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-data/data-tables/rental-market/rental-market-report-data-tables
Data tables – CMHC
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-data/data-tables
Overview and key findings of the 2024 Digital News Report
https://bit.ly/3Vzq8DN
Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker
https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/global-leader-approval
Salaries(TOP)
Public Sector Executive Compensation Disclosure Statements
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/public-sector-management/compensation/executive-compensation-disclosures
Alberta – Salary and severance disclosure table
https://www.alberta.ca/salary-and-severance-disclosure-table.aspx
Alberta Health Services
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/about/page13093.aspx
Ontario public salary disclosure
https://www.ontario.ca/public-sector-salary-disclosure/2022/all-sectors-and-seconded-employees/
Nova Scotia – Public sector compensation: disclosure reports
https://beta.novascotia.ca/public-sector-compensation-disclosure-reports
New Brunswick – 2022 – Employee Salaries
https://gnb.socrata.com/Public-Accounts/2022-Employee-Salaries-Traitements-des-employ-s/f2ea-jbt8
Newfoundland and Labrador: Compensation Disclosure – Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act
https://www.gov.nl.ca/exec/tbs/compensation-disclosure/
Research(TOP)
Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures
https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc
Generative AI Can Harm Learning
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4895486
More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/more-999-studies-agree-humans-caused-climate-change
General comment No. 25 (2021) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment
https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-comment-no-25-2021-childrens-rights-relation
Polluter pay policies are the most effective weapons against climate change: study
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/22/news/polluter-pay-policies-climate-change-study
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl6547
Methane emissions are rising faster than ever
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056987
A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadershiphttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540118/#b10
Women and Girls in Climate Activism
https://www.state.gov/dipnote-u-s-department-of-state-official-blog/women-and-girls-in-climate-activism/
Big Tech’s toxic business model is turbo-charging the climate crisis
https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/news/big-tech-s-toxic-business-model-is-turbo-charging-the-climate-crisis
Updated Mining Footprints and Raw Material Needs for Clean Energy
https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/updated-mining-footprints-and-raw-material-needs-for-clean-energy
https://ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-technologies-need-far-less-mining-fossil-fuels
Rise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wildfires-climate-change-carbon-88-1.6852178
Quantifying the contribution of major carbon producers to increases in vapor pressure deficit and burned area in western US and southwestern Canadian forests
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acbce8
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25172206-quantifying-the-contribution-of-major-carbon-producers-to-the-increases-in-vapor-pressure-deficit-and-burned-area-in-western-us-and-southwestern-canadian-forests
Reported greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from logging in Canada double after
revision to government data
https://naturecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-Logging-Emissions-Update-Report.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25172208-2024-logging-emissions-update-report
High emissions or carbon neutral? Inclusion of “anthropogenic” forest sinks leads to underreporting of forestry emissions
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1297301/full
2023 LOGGING EMISSIONS UPDATE: The Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Logging
in Canada in 2021
https://naturecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Logging-Emissions-Update-1.pdf?
The State of Canada’s Forests Annual Report
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/state-canadas-forests-report/16496
Canada’s logging industry is seeking a wildfire ‘hero’ narrative
https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/canadas-logging-industry-is-seeking-a-wildfire-hero-narrative-8642461
Social media(TOP)
ANALYSIS: Google raises prices for Canadian advertisers in rebuke to Digital Services Tax
https://cartt.ca/commentary-google-raises-prices-for-canadian-advertisers-in-rebuke-to-digital-services-tax/
Impacts of Canada’s Proposed Digital Service Tax on the United States
https://ccianet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CCIA_Study-Canada-DST%E2%80%93Impacts-US.pdf
The GDELT Project
https://www.gdeltproject.org/
Russia Today covered ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests more than any foreign outlet: research
https://globalnews.ca/news/8983352/freedom-convoy-russia-today-disinformation/
New research shows online ads have limited impact on consumer valuations for Facebook
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1055694
Company apologizes for anonymous campaign against chlorine plant
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7321873
Statistics Canada(TOP)
Statistics Canada’s data tables
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2022 Version 1.0
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=1369825
Statistics Canada – Data Visualization Products
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/71-607-X#wb-auto-2
Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/14-20-0001/142000012018001-eng.htm
Consumer Price Index visualization tool
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/2018016/cpilg-ipcgl-eng.htm
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application – explainer
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/sc/video/CIMT-web-application
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021004-eng.htm
How to use Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Merchandise (CIMT) web app
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/sc/video/CIMT-web-application
International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, monthly (x 1,000,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1210001101
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210013601
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/cf26a8f3-bf96-4fd3-8fa9-e0b4089b5866
The International Trade Explorer, 2022
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019005-eng.htm
Merchandise imports and exports, customs-based, by Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) section, Canada, provinces and territories, United States, states (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210009901
International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210011901
Trade Data Online
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/trade-data-online/en
Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110023901
How to use Statistics Canada’s data tables
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/sc/video/howto
Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1410002101
Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1710013501
Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1903&S=3&O=D&RPP=50
Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710013501
Calculating rates using Ontario COVID-19 case-count data and Statistics Canada’s population estimates, July 1, by census subdivision, 2016 boundaries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1710014201
Population estimates, quarterly
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1710000901
Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000501
Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, monthly, growth rates (x 1,000,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610043402
Definition of the “chained dollars” reference in the GDP numbers
https://dictionary.university/Chained%20dollars
Real Gross Domestic Product definition
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/realgdp.asp
Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510017701
Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2022
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230727/dq230727b-eng.htm
Police-reported crime in Canada, 2022
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2023041-eng.ht
Correctional services statistics: Interactive dashboard
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019018-eng.htm
Trade(TOP)
Canada and the European Union
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/eu-ue/index.aspx?lang=eng
International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, quarterly (x 1,000,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1210012701
The U.S. version of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/prove-it-act/#:~:text=What%20is%20the,bill%20moving%20forward!
EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) takes effect with transitional phase
https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/news/eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-cbam-takes-effect-transitional-phase
EU launches first phase of world’s first carbon border tariff
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/eu-launches-first-phase-worlds-first-carbon-border-tariff-2023-09-30/
India weighs local tax options to avoid EU carbon levy – minister
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-weighs-local-tax-options-avoid-eu-carbon-levy-minister-2023-11-02/
ETS2: buildings, road transport and additional sectors
https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-emissions-trading-system-eu-ets/ets2-buildings-road-transport-and-additional-sectors_en
Scope of the EU Emissions Trading System
https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-emissions-trading-system-eu-ets/scope-eu-emissions-trading-system_en#:~:text=from%20maritime%20transport.-,Sectors%20%26%20gases,-The%20EU%20ETS
Canada and the European Union
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/eu-ue/index.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/eu-ue/index.aspx?lang=eng#:~:text=The%20EU%20market%2C%20comprising%2027%C2%A0member%20states%2C%20is%20Canada%E2%80%99s%20second%2Dlargest%20global%20trading%20partner%20for%20goods%20and%20services%2C%20and%20second%2Dlargest%20partner%20for%20two%2Dway%20direct%20investment%2C%20after%20the%20United%20States.
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2020/12/a-healthy-environment-and-a-healthy-economy.html#:~:text=Explore%20the%20potential%20of%20border%20carbon%20adjustments%2C%20and%20work%20with%20like%2Dminded%20economies%E2%80%94including%20the%20E.U.%20and%20Canada%E2%80%99s%20North%20American%20partners%E2%80%94to%20consider%20how%20this%20approach%20could%20fit%20into%20Canada%E2%80%99s%20broader%20strategy%20to%20meet%20climate%20targets%20while%20ensuring%20a%20fair%20environment%20for%20businesses.
Joint declaration following the third EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee meeting
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/05/16/joint-declaration-following-the-third-eu-canada-joint-ministerial-committee-meeting/#:~:text=The%20JMC%20confirmed%20the,and%20stimulate%20clean%20innovation.
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application (CIMT), 2023 – 2024
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/2909a648-5753-4924-878a-b069392d9cde
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application (CIMT), 2017-2022 – Imports, 2022
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b1126a07-fd85-4d56-8395-143aba1747a4/resource/290f3412-e6b7-4811-b738-c360e11d22ef
Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff 2024 – Canada Border Services Agency
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2024/01-99/01-99-2024-eng.pdf
International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, monthly (x 1,000,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1210001101
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210013601
Merchandise imports and exports, customs-based, by free trade agreement and by commodity (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1210017401
The International Trade Explorer, 2023
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019005-eng.htm
International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210011901
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/cf26a8f3-bf96-4fd3-8fa9-e0b4089b5866
Trade Data Online
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/trade-data-online/en
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021004-eng.htm
Canadian international merchandise trade by country and by product section, customs-based, annual (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210017101
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210013601
International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210011901
Canadian international merchandise trade by industry for all countries
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/cf26a8f3-bf96-4fd3-8fa9-e0b4089b5866
How to use Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Merchandise (CIMT) web app
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/sc/video/CIMT-web-application
Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021004-eng.htm
World Trade Organization
https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/media_e/xmedia_e/xmedia_e.htm
European Commission’s trade department
https://trade.ec.europa.eu/
European Commission spokespeople
https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/contact/press-services/press-contacts/commissions-spokespersons-service_en
Trade in Goods with Canada
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c1220.html
National Bureau of Economic Research
https://www.nber.org/
China Trade Monitor
https://x.com/CHNTradeMonitor
Weather(TOP)
Climatedata.ca
https://bit.ly/40mGMIV
Reporting Guide: Extreme Heat
https://mailchi.mp/coveringclimatenow/climate-on-the-ballot-climate-lawsuits-17414418?e=3cbe5717d3
World Weather Attribution
https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about
WILDFIRES AND “UN-NATURAL DISASTERS”
https://reclimate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Re.Climate-Tips-Wildfire-Disasters-2024.pdf
Coal and Ice
https://coalandice.org/
Climate Central
https://www.climatecentral.org/report/global-heat-review-june-2024?te=1&nl=david-wallace-wells&emc=edit_dww_20240711
Climate Dashboard: How unusual is the current weather?https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/climate-dashboard/
Coperinicus
https://climate.copernicus.eu/
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/
World Weather Attribution
https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/
Wildfires(TOP)
Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02452-2
The Forest Ecology Research Group
https://forestecology.ca/
Community Climate Impact Map
https://stand.earth/resources/community-climate-impact-map/
Most extreme wildfires rising due to climate change
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/07/04/news/most-extreme-wildfires-rising-due-climate-change
What this year’s California megafire tells us about the future
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/26/analysis/record-heat-fuels-californias-park-fire-latest-monster-exploding-megafire