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Air quality in Canada

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in Canada • 12:04, Nov 14

Government of Ontario, Ministry of the EnvironmentCity of Montreal - Official Air Quality Monitoring PortalAlberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA)Ministry 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 BrunswickUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaMichigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)Kelly BerntsonRobertMendocino County AQMDGovernment of SaskatchewanAnonymouslouisvCalifornia Air Resources Board (CARB)G-ZLXNJanonymous contibutorNiall PlattsrawqaDonToughkeithzgBC Lung FoundationMallowAnonymousJim GuilletNational Air Pollution Surveillance ProgramPiéEVCOjenny whitfieldcomputeruserRaymond McChris FournierManitoba GovernmentACSouth RichvaleHamilton Air Monitoring Network - HAMNParkland Airshed Management ZoneCypress MountainMecklenburg County Air QualityElectric Vehicle Council of OttawaBeaton Rettich WatersWoody NelsonStephan WehnerPAS Palliser Airshed SocietyEco-Nature / Site de la Berge du Garrot-LavalClanYoungDGEC - GreensvilleGalactic Monitoring Wood Buffalo Environmental AssociationNewfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Climate ChangeVille de Thetford MinesHydro MeteoCamp YowochasDataforge CanadaThe Clean Energy ShowFort Air PartnershipClean Air PlanDavid Russell-LoewenFolarin Solademi (University Manitoba)Wildflower Bee Farm Ontario and Nova ScotiaBBT Batteries Ltd.Antiquités de l’île et Ferme Au goût d’autrefoisEvergreen ParkPeace Airshed Zone Association (PAZA)BC Lung FoundationPSC_SudBC HydroHay River - NTEHay Lakes SchoolBC Hydro RevelstokeMattAnonymous contributor
2 stations sponsored by The Foundation for Clean Air
Government of Ontario, Ministry of the EnvironmentCity of Montreal - Official Air Quality Monitoring PortalAlberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA)Ministry 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 BrunswickUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaMichigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)Kelly BerntsonRobertMendocino County AQMDGovernment of SaskatchewanAnonymouslouisvCalifornia Air Resources Board (CARB)G-ZLXNJanonymous contibutorNiall PlattsrawqaDonToughkeithzgBC Lung FoundationMallowAnonymousJim GuilletNational Air Pollution Surveillance ProgramPiéEVCOjenny whitfieldcomputeruserRaymond McChris FournierManitoba GovernmentACSouth RichvaleHamilton Air Monitoring Network - HAMNParkland Airshed Management ZoneCypress MountainMecklenburg County Air QualityElectric Vehicle Council of OttawaBeaton Rettich WatersWoody NelsonStephan WehnerPAS Palliser Airshed SocietyEco-Nature / Site de la Berge du Garrot-LavalClanYoungDGEC - GreensvilleGalactic Monitoring Wood Buffalo Environmental AssociationNewfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Climate ChangeVille de Thetford MinesHydro MeteoCamp YowochasDataforge CanadaThe Clean Energy ShowFort Air PartnershipClean Air PlanDavid Russell-LoewenFolarin Solademi (University Manitoba)Wildflower Bee Farm Ontario and Nova ScotiaBBT Batteries Ltd.Antiquités de l’île et Ferme Au goût d’autrefoisEvergreen ParkPeace Airshed Zone Association (PAZA)BC Lung FoundationPSC_SudBC HydroHay River - NTEHay Lakes SchoolBC Hydro RevelstokeMattAnonymous contributor
2 stations sponsored by The Foundation for Clean Air

Live most polluted city ranking

Real-time Canada most polluted city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of Canada

Fernie

73

2
The national flag of Canada

Salmon Arm

61

3
The national flag of Canada

Coldstream

59

4
The national flag of Canada

Vernon

59

5
The national flag of Canada

Dawson Creek

58

6
The national flag of Canada

Chetwynd

55

7
The national flag of Canada

Houston

55

8
The national flag of Canada

Kelowna

55

9
The national flag of Canada

Penticton

54

10
The national flag of Canada

Summerland

52

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

East York

2

2
The national flag of Canada

Pemberton

3

3
The national flag of Canada

New Westminster

4

4
The national flag of Canada

Sherbrooke

4

5
The national flag of Canada

Camrose

6

6
The national flag of Canada

Waterloo

6

7
The national flag of Canada

Powell River

7

8
The national flag of Canada

Burnaby

8

9
The national flag of Canada

Fort Mckay

8

10
The national flag of Canada

Halfmoon Bay

8

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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