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Air quality in Canada

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in Canada • 12:35, Oct 10

Government of Ontario, Ministry of the EnvironmentAlberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA)City of Montreal - Official Air Quality Monitoring PortalMinistry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate ChangeBritish Columbia Ministry of EnvironmentMinistry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy - Government of B.COklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Metro VancouverMarten LettingaCanada-Nova Scotia1Environment and Local Government of New BrunswickMichigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)Kelly BerntsonMendocino County AQMDGovernment of SaskatchewanAnonymouslouisvUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaCalifornia Air Resources Board (CARB)G-ZLXNJanonymous contibutorNiall PlattsrawqaDonToughkeithzgBC Lung FoundationMallowAnonymousJim GuilletPiéEVCOjenny whitfieldcomputeruserRaymond Mc**Chris FournierACHamilton Air Monitoring Network - HAMNSouth RichvaleParkland Airshed Management ZoneCypress MountainMecklenburg County Air QualityElectric Vehicle Council of OttawaBeaton Rettich WatersStephan WehnerPAS Palliser Airshed SocietyClanYoungEco-Nature / Site de la Berge du Garrot-LavalDGEC - GreensvilleGalactic Monitoring Wood Buffalo Environmental AssociationNewfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Climate ChangeWest Central Airshed SocietyVille de Thetford MinesNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Hydro MeteoCamp YowochasDataforge CanadaThe Clean Energy ShowFort Air PartnershipWildflower Bee Farm Ontario and Nova ScotiaFolarin Solademi (University Manitoba)David Russell-LoewenBBT Batteries Ltd.Antiquités de l’île et Ferme Au goût d’autrefoisEvergreen ParkBC Lung FoundationPeace Airshed Zone Association (PAZA)Clean Air PlanPSC_SudBC HydroHay River - NTEHay Lakes SchoolBC Hydro RevelstokeCamp TamarackAera CabinsMattTim Van DamAnonymous contributor
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Government of Ontario, Ministry of the EnvironmentAlberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA)City of Montreal - Official Air Quality Monitoring PortalMinistry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate ChangeBritish Columbia Ministry of EnvironmentMinistry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy - Government of B.COklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Metro VancouverMarten LettingaCanada-Nova Scotia1Environment and Local Government of New BrunswickMichigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)Kelly BerntsonMendocino County AQMDGovernment of SaskatchewanAnonymouslouisvUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaCalifornia Air Resources Board (CARB)G-ZLXNJanonymous contibutorNiall PlattsrawqaDonToughkeithzgBC Lung FoundationMallowAnonymousJim GuilletPiéEVCOjenny whitfieldcomputeruserRaymond Mc**Chris FournierACHamilton Air Monitoring Network - HAMNSouth RichvaleParkland Airshed Management ZoneCypress MountainMecklenburg County Air QualityElectric Vehicle Council of OttawaBeaton Rettich WatersStephan WehnerPAS Palliser Airshed SocietyClanYoungEco-Nature / Site de la Berge du Garrot-LavalDGEC - GreensvilleGalactic Monitoring Wood Buffalo Environmental AssociationNewfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Climate ChangeWest Central Airshed SocietyVille de Thetford MinesNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Hydro MeteoCamp YowochasDataforge CanadaThe Clean Energy ShowFort Air PartnershipWildflower Bee Farm Ontario and Nova ScotiaFolarin Solademi (University Manitoba)David Russell-LoewenBBT Batteries Ltd.Antiquités de l’île et Ferme Au goût d’autrefoisEvergreen ParkBC Lung FoundationPeace Airshed Zone Association (PAZA)Clean Air PlanPSC_SudBC HydroHay River - NTEHay Lakes SchoolBC Hydro RevelstokeCamp TamarackAera CabinsMattTim Van DamAnonymous contributor
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Live most polluted city ranking

Real-time Canada most polluted city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of Canada

Camrose

54

2
The national flag of Canada

Smithers

37

3
The national flag of Canada

Swift Current

37

4
The national flag of Canada

Kitimat

31

5
The national flag of Canada

Windsor

30

6
The national flag of Canada

Medicine Hat

29

7
The national flag of Canada

Port Alberni

29

8
The national flag of Canada

Port Stanley

28

9
The national flag of Canada

Regina

26

10
The national flag of Canada

Saguenay

26

2025 Canada most polluted city

Flin Flon, Manitoba

79

Live cleanest city ranking

Real-time Canada cleanest city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of Canada

Banff

1

2
The national flag of Canada

Halfmoon Bay

2

3
The national flag of Canada

Princeton

2

4
The national flag of Canada

Bowen Island

3

5
The national flag of Canada

Collingwood

3

6
The national flag of Canada

Revelstoke

3

7
The national flag of Canada

Coldstream

4

8
The national flag of Canada

East York

4

9
The national flag of Canada

Gabriola

4

10
The national flag of Canada

North Saanich

5

2025 Canada cleanest city

Bedford, Nova Scotia

12

2025 country air quality average

How polluted is Canada?

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In 2025 in Canada, the annual PM2.5 concentration was 1.5 times the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline.

2025 AQI⁺ country ranking

Which country had the worst air quality in 2025?

#CountryPopulationAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of Canada

Pakistan

231,402,117

159

2
The national flag of Canada

Bangladesh

169,356,251

158

3
The national flag of Canada

Tajikistan

9,750,064

152

4
The national flag of Canada

Chad

17,179,740

146

5
The national flag of Canada

Democratic Republic of the Congo

95,894,118

137

6
The national flag of Canada

India

1,407,563,842

134

7
The national flag of Canada

Kuwait

4,250,114

126

8
The national flag of Canada

Uganda

45,853,778

119

9
The national flag of Canada

Egypt

109,262,178

114

10
The national flag of Canada

Uzbekistan

34,915,100

107

117
The national flag of Canada

Canada

38,246,108

41

Worldwide PM2.5 ranking

2025 Canada global rank in air pollution

117/143

Wildfires in Canada

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