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Canadian Vehicle Survey, 2006

The Canadian Vehicle Survey measures the activity of all on-road vehicles registered in Canada, except some vehicles such as buses, motorcycles, construction equipment and road maintenance equipment. Estimates of total vehicle-kilometres are available by province and territory. Estimates of passenger-kilometres are available by province only. Estimates of fuel consumed are available by vehicle type.

Released August 23, 2007

Households and the Environment Survey, 2006

The Household Environment Survey (HES) measures the environmental practices and behaviours of Canadian households that relate to the condition of our air, water and soils.

Released July 11, 2007

Industrial Water Use Survey, 2006

This survey is being conducted to fulfill the requirements for producing national environmental indicators of water quality as part of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators project.

Released, July 10, 2007

Report on Energy Supply-demand in Canada 2005

This publication presents energy data in natural units and heat equivalents in primary and secondary forms, by province.

Released June 1, 2007

Upcoming releases

Environment Industry: Business Sector 2002 (revised) and 2004

Information on revenues earned from sales of environmental goods and services is reported in the upcoming Environment Industry publication. Environmental goods and services are used to measure, prevent, limit or correct environmental damage to water, air and soil as well as problems related to waste, noise and ecosystems.  They also include clean or resource-efficient technologies that decrease material inputs, reduce energy consumption, recover valuable by-products, reduce emissions and/or minimize waste disposal problems.

To be released shortly.

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: Highlights

This annual report provides a summary of the key findings from Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators. It presents a synopsis for each of the report's three environmental sustainability indicators: exposure to ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter, surface freshwater quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. The report provides answers to the following questions for each of the three indicators: What is the issue? What is happening? What does it mean? Why is it happening? The indicators are intended to assist those in government responsible for developing policy and measuring performance, while also helping Canadians who want to know more about the trends in their environment.

To be released, October 15, 2007

Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures, 2004

This publication presents estimates from the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures, 2004. The survey covers capital and operating expenditures made in 2004 by businesses in order to anticipate or to respond to environmental regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements. In addition to statistics on environmental protection activities such as pollution prevention, end-of-pipe and environmental monitoring, statistics on the use of environmental technologies and their cost, as well as environmental management practices are also presented.

To be released shortly.

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2008 Agricultural Water Use Survey

François Soulard

In Canada, as in other countries where crops are grown, the agricultural industry is a major water user and the principal water consumer. Amongst various agricultural activities, irrigation is, by far, the largest water using and consuming activity.

For the first time in Canada, a survey will be conducted to provide a coherent and comparable set of data on provincial water usage by the agriculture industry. In the past, national estimates of irrigation have been produced mainly through the assembly of data from various sources, including administrative data, surveys and modelling. The objectives of the survey are to collect information directly from agricultural producers on the type of irrigation systems used on Canadian farms, the amount of water applied to various crops by crop type, the frequency of application, and the source of the water and water treatment practices.

The reported information will help us develop a better understanding of the demand for water, and how water is used on Canadian farm operations. The data will also benefit provincial governments and agricultural producers themselves: the survey results will be used to estimate the current and future water needs of the agricultural industry; to develop programs and management practices to help operators use this resource more efficiently; and to develop water use indicators to assess how the agricultural industry uses water.

Funded by the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators project, this new survey is being developed with the collaboration of Environment Canada and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. The survey will be conducted by Statistics Canada on a voluntary basis in the winter of 2008.  This computer-assisted telephone survey will have an appropriate sample designed to provide reliable national and provincial estimates. The results will be made available in the summer of 2008.