Climate Change
Impact on Canada. Global warming is a problem with far-reaching consequences, affecting nature, people, and the economy. In Canada, climate change could soon turn our land of bounty into a country of scarce resources. In fact, Canada has been warming at a rate substantially greater than the global rate, with average annual temperatures increasing by 1.2º Celsius between 1948 and 2005. In some parts of Canada, temperatures have even gone up by 2º C or more.
Impact on nature
Warming temperatures are melting glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic, and adversely affecting Canada’s waters, forests, plants and animals. And as the mercury continues to rise, scientists predict that parts of Canada will experience more hazardous weather events such as prolonged drought, heat waves, and heavy spring rains. Read more...
Monarch Butterfly
Impact on people
Canada’s Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, threatening the livelihood and culture of the Inuit. But Canadians in other parts of the country will also feel the consequences of global warming. Read more...
Earth from space
Tipping Points
Global Warming will trigger radical changes to our planet. Some parts of the Earth are especially vulnerable. Find out more...
Sea ice on the shores of north Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Impact on the economy
While balmier climates may actually boost tourism in Canada, other key sectors of the economy – including fisheries, agriculture, forestry and oil and gas – won’t be as unfortunate. Read more...Cold Fact
By 2013, about 80 per cent of British Columbia’s mature pine trees could be dead – casualties of a pine beetle infestation driven in large part by warmer temperatures. Now the beetles are attacking lodgepole pines in Alberta and Jackpines in Canada’s northern boreal forest.
