City report · Ontario, Canada
Nepean Air quality today
Air quality in Nepean currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.1
- tree cover
- 37.0%
- trees in this area
- 115K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Industrial Park, Ottawa, ON, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nepean · AQI 6 (Good)
Nepean's tree count comes to 115,425 trees across 12.48 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nepean today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 335 River Road, Ottawa, 3.4 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.1
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient
- 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 Nepean's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 9 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
Where Nepean stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nepean: Healthy tree cover
37.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
115,425
Target trees
115,425
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nepean lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nepean has lost about 497 hectares of forest (about 700 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 497 haabout 700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 376 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 81 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2010 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 32 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 24 ha | 28 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2018 | 21 ha | 6 ha | 27 ha |
| 2019 | 40 ha | 14 ha | 54 ha |
| 2020 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 34 ha | 47 ha | 81 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nepean?
- Towns and roadscleared for good73% · 363 ha
- Loggingcan grow back19% · 96 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.6% · 13 ha
Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 10,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,000 ha
- Overall change
- +325 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nepean grew from about 10,600 hectares to 11,000 hectares, a net gain of about 325 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 640 hectares, while 315 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nepean right now?
The latest reading for Nepean shows an AQI of 6 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by the 335 River Road, Ottawa ground monitoring station, 3.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nepean today?
At AQI 6 (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 Nepean been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nepean's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 9 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Nepean'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 Nepean lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nepean has lost about 497 hectares of forest (about 700 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nepean grew from about 10,600 hectares to 11,000 hectares, a net gain of about 325 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 640 hectares, while 315 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nepean?
Nepean has an estimated 115,425 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 37.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nepean need?
Nepean has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Nepean's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Industrial Park, 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 Industrial Park; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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