NPRI: Canadian Industrial Facility Pollutant Releases by Media

The most recent reporting year's data from Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory. This facility-specific dataset contains total reported quantities of pollutant releases to air, water, and land, as well as disposals and transfers for recycling, categorized by industrial sector. It is published by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Use Cases

• Analyze industrial sector contributions to total pollutant releases based on facility categorization.
• Model pollutant distribution across environmental media (air, water, land) based on reported release quantities.
• Track trends in waste disposal and transfers for recycling based on reported totals.
• Benchmark facility-level environmental performance based on reported quantities.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Canada's official public pollutant inventory, the NPRI.
• Facilities are categorized by industrial sector, enabling sectoral analysis.
• Data is for the most recent reporting year, providing current information.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Collection Method

Facility-reported data to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).

Time Range

The most recent reporting year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 20:30:55.815065; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada