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Brantford Air quality today
Air quality in Brantford currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 66
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.0
- tree cover
- 36.5%
- trees in this area
- 113K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Brantford, ON, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Brantford · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Brantford's tree count comes to 113,177 trees across 12.41 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Brantford today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Brantford, 2.2 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
15.7
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Brantford's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 11 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 8.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
Where Brantford stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Brantford: Healthy tree cover
36.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
113,177
Target trees
113,177
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Brantford lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Brantford has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 42 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 30 haabout 42 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 21 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Brantford?
- Towns and roadscleared for good42% · 12 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 9 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.7% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 4,970 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,710 ha
- Overall change
- +747 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Brantford grew from about 4,970 hectares to 5,710 hectares, a net gain of about 747 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 815 hectares, while 68 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 Brantford
What is the air quality (AQI) in Brantford right now?
The latest reading for Brantford shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by the Brantford ground monitoring station, 2.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Brantford today?
At AQI 66 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Brantford been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Brantford's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 11 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Brantford'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 Brantford lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Brantford has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 42 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Brantford grew from about 4,970 hectares to 5,710 hectares, a net gain of about 747 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 815 hectares, while 68 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Brantford?
Brantford has an estimated 113,177 trees across the 12.41 km² of land measured — 36.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Brantford need?
Brantford has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Brantford's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Brantford, 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 Brantford; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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