North America · city reports
Trees & air quality in Canada
How much tree cover Canada's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 39.5%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Downtown VancouverAQI 86
5 cities in Canada
Toronto
2 km around Yonge-Bay Corridor
Tree cover
17%
37.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Vancouver
2 km around Downtown Vancouver
Tree cover
19%
23.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Ottawa
2 km radius
Montréal
2 km around Ville-Marie
Tree cover
50%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Calgary
2 km radius
Canada as a whole
39.5% of Canada was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
More of North America
AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArubaBahamasBarbadosBelizeBermudaBonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsCosta RicaCubaCuracaoDominicaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaMartiniqueMexicoMontserratNicaraguaPanamaPuerto RicoSaint BarthelemySaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSint MaartenTrinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsU.S. Virgin IslandsUnited States
Your own street