City report · British Columbia, Canada
Abbotsford Air quality today
Air quality in Abbotsford currently reads AQI 36 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 36
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.5
- tree cover
- 54.8%
- trees in this area
- 172K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Upper Ten Oaks, Abbotsford, BC, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abbotsford · AQI 36 (Good)
Abbotsford's tree count comes to 172,159 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abbotsford today: AQI 36, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Abbotsford, 4.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.5
PM10
11.0
NO₂
13.1
O₃
19.6
SO₂
0.3
CO
229.1
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abbotsford's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 28 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 4.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
Where Abbotsford stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abbotsford: Healthy tree cover
54.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
172,159
Target trees
172,159
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abbotsford lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abbotsford has lost about 1,100 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,100 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 839 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 96 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 ha | 12 ha | 26 ha |
| 2002 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2003 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2004 | 49 ha | 9 ha | 57 ha |
| 2005 | 54 ha | 25 ha | 78 ha |
| 2006 | 68 ha | 25 ha | 93 ha |
| 2007 | 21 ha | 46 ha | 67 ha |
| 2008 | 72 ha | 24 ha | 96 ha |
| 2009 | 29 ha | 4 ha | 33 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 24 ha | 11 ha | 36 ha |
| 2012 | 53 ha | 19 ha | 71 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 20 ha |
| 2014 | 32 ha | 5 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 22 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2017 | 35 ha | 2 ha | 37 ha |
| 2018 | 48 ha | 20 ha | 68 ha |
| 2019 | 48 ha | 18 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2021 | 46 ha | 5 ha | 51 ha |
| 2022 | 48 ha | 10 ha | 58 ha |
| 2023 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abbotsford?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good31% · 340 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 330 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 242 ha
Also: mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 9,950 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,720 ha
- Overall change
- −222 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abbotsford shrank from about 9,950 hectares to 9,720 hectares, a net loss of about 222 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 379 hectares, but 601 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Abbotsford
What is the air quality (AQI) in Abbotsford right now?
The latest reading for Abbotsford shows an AQI of 36 (Good), measured Nov 11, 08:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Abbotsford, 4.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Abbotsford today?
At AQI 36 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Abbotsford been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abbotsford's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 28 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Abbotsford's AQI the same as Canada's AQHI?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. Canada's Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), from Environment and Climate Change Canada, runs from 1 to 10 and above: 1–3 low risk, 4–6 moderate, 7–10 high and over 10 very high. It combines ozone, nitrogen dioxide and fine particles into one health-risk number, so it isn't a converted AQI, and the two can move differently, especially in wildfire smoke.
How much forest has the area around Abbotsford lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abbotsford has lost about 1,100 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abbotsford shrank from about 9,950 hectares to 9,720 hectares, a net loss of about 222 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 379 hectares, but 601 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Abbotsford?
Abbotsford has an estimated 172,159 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 54.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abbotsford need?
Abbotsford has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Abbotsford's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Upper Ten Oaks, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Upper Ten Oaks; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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