Precipitation change in Canada – Seasonal average precipitation departures from the 1961–1990 reference value, Canada

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Precipitation change in Canada indicator measures the annual and seasonal precipitation departures (or anomalies) for the years 1948 to 2014. For this indicator, the annual departure is the percentage difference of the value of a given year against a reference value as denominator. The reference values used in this indicator are the annual and seasonal precipitation averages for the period of 1961 to 1990 (often referred to as the 1961–1990 normal). The indicator helps show how Canada's precipitation has changed since nationwide recording of consistent and comparable climate observations began in 1948. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for data sources and details on how those data were collected and how the indicator was calculated.

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Date Stamp
2021-05-12T05:55:30
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Series
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2016-05-13
Date (Publication)
2016-05-25
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng
Metadata language

fra
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Nathalie Trudeau ( Director, Information and Indicators Division )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • environmental indicators, air and climate, climate, climate change, precipitation

  • Other

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Weather and Climate

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environmental indicators

  • Climate change

Business Functions

  • Provide Climate Information Products and Services

  • Monitor Climate Parameters and Manage Data

Geography

  • National (CA)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Strategic Policy Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Sustainability Directorate

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.3.1. Sustainability Reporting and Indicators

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
Copyright
Use Constraints
Copyright
Begin Date
1948-01-01
End Date
2014-12-31

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Distribution

Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Other environmental indicators, air and climate, climate, climate change, precipitation
Business Functions
Monitor Climate Parameters and Manage Data Provide Climate Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN
Weather and Climate
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Climate change Environmental indicators
external.theme.EC_Branch
Strategic Policy Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Sustainability Directorate
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.3.1. Sustainability Reporting and Indicators
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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