Releases of Harmful Substances to the Environment – Releases of cadmium to water by province and territory, Canada

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Releases of Harmful Substances to the Environment indicators track anthropogenic releases to air and water of three toxic substances: mercury, lead and cadmium and their compounds. For each toxic substance, emissions to air are provided at the national and regional (provincial and territorial) level and by source. Facility and global emissions to air are also provided for mercury. Releases to water for each toxic substance are provided at the national, regional (provincial and territorial) and facility level, and by source. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See supplementary documentation for data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:55 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:55 (UTC)
contains_pii non
criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CSV; other
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/4a901781-e9a4-45ef-835b-caace466f6fa
subject nature_and_environment, society_and_culture
update_frequency as_needed
year_most_recent 2022-02-21 14:56:14.607000
year_start 2016-09-24 11:54:09.167000