Temperature change in Canada

English: The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Temperature change in Canada indicator shows the yearly and seasonal surface air temperature departures for the years 1948 to 2023. As well, it presents a spatial distribution of surface air temperature departures for the year 2023 and trends in temperature over the period from 1948 to 2023 Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

Francais: The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Temperature change in Canada indicator shows the yearly and seasonal surface air temperature departures for the years 1948 to 2023. As well, it presents a spatial distribution of surface air temperature departures for the year 2023 and trends in temperature over the period from 1948 to 2023 Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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Last Updated January 20, 2026, 00:32 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:34 (UTC)
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criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CSV; HTML
description_fr The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Temperature change in Canada indicator shows the yearly and seasonal surface air temperature departures for the years 1948 to 2023. As well, it presents a spatial distribution of surface air temperature departures for the year 2023 and trends in temperature over the period from 1948 to 2023 Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
opening_level Donnée ouverte au grand public
sector nature_and_environment
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_F
source_url https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/temperature-change.html
title_fr Temperature change in Canada
update_frequency Selon les besoins