The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is Canada's public inventory of pollutant releases, disposals, and transfers for recycling. This dataset contains maps showing the locations of all facilities that reported to the NPRI in the most recent reporting year, available in ESRI REST and WMS formats. The data is provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada and was last updated on 2026-04-29.
Use Cases
- Map pollutant release sources based on reported facility locations.
- Analyze regional industrial density based on NPRI reporting sites.
- Integrate facility locations with other environmental datasets for spatial analysis.
- Visualize the distribution of pollution reporting across Canada.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the official National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).
- Maps are provided in both proprietary (ESRI REST) and open-source (WMS) formats.
- The dataset is linked to comprehensive guides and additional data resources from the NPRI.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Collection Method
- Facility reporting to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).
- Time Range
- Most recent reporting year.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-29 16:02:08.503060; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada