The Government of Canada leads or supports a variety of initiatives that involve monitoring, assessing or managing cumulative effects. This record contains information about cumulative effects initiatives that are taking place across Canada. 16 federal departments and agencies that are involved in cumulative effects and related work were surveyed and 388 initiatives were collected. Each entry includes: • a description of the initiative • information about its location, partners involved, relevant industries, and overarching or related initiatives • links to further information or related Open Data sources

This dataset includes all significant new activity (SNAc) orders and notices published under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). The SNAc provisions of CEPA may be applied to a substance or living organism when Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada suspect that a significant new activity in relation to the substance or living organism may pose new or increased risks to the environment or to human health. Information is organized by substance and includes links to relevant Canada Gazette publications. Confidential accession numbers and masked names have been presented for confidential substances. Although great care has been taken to ensure the information herein accurately reflects the requirements prescribed in CEPA, you are advised that, should any inconsistencies be found, the legal documents, published in the Canada Gazette, will prevail. Please note that substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) may be presented with a flag next to the substance identification number in official Canada Gazette publications. These flags are included in a separate column in the dataset, and are as follows: S: The “S” flag indicates that the SNAc provisions of CEPA apply to the substance. S': The “S'” (S prime) flag indicates that the SNAc provisions of CEPA apply to a substance that was already listed on the DSL. P: The “P” flag indicates that the substance was assessed and added to the DSL on the basis that it met the Reduced Regulatory Requirement polymer criteria. T: The “T” flag indicates that the substance was manufactured or imported during the transitional period (January 1, 1987 to July 1, 1994). N: The “N” flag indicates that the substance was manufactured or imported after July 1, 1994.

This dataset includes all ministerial condition (MC) notices published under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). The MC notice may be applied to a new substance or living organisms when Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada suspect that a new substance may meet the criterial for toxic under CEPA. When Ministerial conditions are imposed, the notifier can manufacture or import the substance, subject to restrictions. The notifier and, if specified in the condition, the notifier’s customers are obliged to abide by these conditions and keep records as indicated. Substances subject to ministerial conditions are not eligible for addition to the Domestic Substances List. Therefore, any new notifier who wishes to manufacture or import the same substance must submit a New Substances Notification. This may result in similar conditions being imposed. Information is organized by substance and includes links to relevant Canada Gazette publications. Confidential accession numbers and masked names have been presented for confidential substances. Although great care has been taken to ensure the information herein accurately reflects the requirements prescribed in CEPA, you are advised that, should any inconsistencies be found, the legal documents, published in the Canada Gazette, will prevail.

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Boil water advisories indicators provide an overview of of the main reasons why boil water advisories are issued in Canada and also report on the relationship between community size and the percentage of boil water advisories issued each year. Drinking water advisories are public health protection messages issued by public health or regulatory authorities. The advisories inform those impacted about actions they should take to protect themselves from real or potential health risks related to their drinking water supply. 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 the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

Environmental pollutants can cause genetic damage to wildlife, which can have impacts at the population level. Thus, identifying chemicals and complex mixtures that can cause genetic damage and monitoring their effects in exposed wildlife populations is an important component of chemical and ecological risk assessment and management. This project will apply modern methods in molecular biology to develop tools for measuring genetic damage in cultured cells, laboratory animals, and wild species. These tools will be used to screen large numbers of chemicals for potential genotoxicity in the laboratory, and to monitor the genetic health of wildlife species in polluted areas.

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues.These indicators present the concentrations of 4 substances (mercury, lead, cadmium and bisphenol A) in the Canadian population for the 6 survey cycles from 2007 to 2019 based on data collected as part of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. These substances were chosen from the Canadian Health Measures Survey because they complement other indicators from the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators program. For each substance, the concentration in blood or urine is provided by age group and by sex when data are available. The Government of Canada uses a variety of methods, tools and models to assess human exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential health effects. Human exposure to chemicals can be estimated indirectly by measuring chemicals in the environment, food or products, or directly by biomonitoring. The Canadian Health Measures Survey measures environmental chemicals and/or their metabolites in blood and urine of participants. These indicators provide a snapshot of the survey results. 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 the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

The health of individual amphibians, amphibian populations, and their wetland habitats are monitored in the oil sands region and at reference locations. Contaminants assessments are done at all sites. Amphibians developing near oil sands activities may be exposed to concentrations of oil sands-related contaminants, through air emissions as well as water contamination. The focus of field investigations is to evaluate the health of wild amphibian populations at varying distances from oil sands operations. Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) populations are being studied in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories in order to examine the relationship of proximity to oil sands activities and to prevalence of infectious diseases, malformation rates, endocrine and stress responses, genotoxicity, and concentrations of heavy metals, naphthenic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Neonicotinoids are being prophylactically used on a variety of crops and have the potential to continuously expose non-target organisms. For terrestrial invertebrates, exposure through contact with contaminated soil, water or plants can result in lethal and sub-lethal effects, with most of the information gathered from honey bee studies. However, it is important to assess a variety of non-target groups to fully understand the scale and magnitude of the effects. Our proposed project will examine the direct effects of neonicotinoids on an herbivorous invertebrate, the grasshopper. This project will provide baseline data on the effects of neonicotinoids to non-target invertebrates that are an important part of terrestrial food webs.

The health of individual amphibians, amphibian populations, and their wetland habitats are monitored in the oil sands region and at reference locations. Contaminants assessments are done at all sites. Amphibians developing near oil sands activities may be exposed to concentrations of oil sands-related contaminants, through air emissions as well as water contamination. The focus of field investigations is to evaluate the health of wild amphibian populations at varying distances from oil sands operations. Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) populations are being studied in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories in order to examine the relationship of proximity to oil sands activities and to prevalence of infectious diseases, malformation rates, endocrine and stress responses, genotoxicity, and concentrations of heavy metals, naphthenic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The Air health trends indicators were developed as a tool to monitor trends in public health impacts in Canada attributable to short-term exposure to 2 major outdoor air pollutants: ground-level ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Specifically, the indicators estimate over time the change in the percentage of all deaths, excluding those from injuries, and hospitalizations that can be attributed to exposure to O3 and PM2.5. Exposure to these air pollutants can lead to chronic lung disease, heart attacks, strokes, and mortality. These adverse health effects contribute to economic costs through lost productivity, additional visits to doctors’ offices and hospitals, and burden on the health care system. They also influence overall well-being when individuals and families must deal with illness and death. 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 the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators