City report · Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatoon Air quality today
Air quality in Saskatoon currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 44
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.0
- tree cover
- 37.5%
- trees in this area
- 110K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Central Business District, Saskatoon, SK, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Saskatoon · AQI 44 (Good)
Saskatoon's tree count comes to 110,388 trees across 11.78 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Saskatoon today: AQI 44, 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 · Saskatoon, 600 m away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.0
PM10
—
NO₂
16.9
O₃
11.8
SO₂
—
CO
—
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 Saskatoon's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 7 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 42 on Nov 6.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Saskatoon: Healthy tree cover
37.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.78 km² of land.
Trees in this area
110,388
Target trees
110,388
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Saskatoon lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Saskatoon has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 19 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 14 haabout 19 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 10 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Saskatoon?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 7 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good23% · 3 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown27% · 4 ha
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
- 196 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 224 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Saskatoon grew from about 196 hectares to 224 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 54 hectares, while 27 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Saskatoon
What is the air quality (AQI) in Saskatoon right now?
The latest reading for Saskatoon shows an AQI of 44 (Good), measured Nov 11, 10:00 local time by the Saskatoon ground monitoring station, 600 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Saskatoon today?
At AQI 44 (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 Saskatoon been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Saskatoon's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 7 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 42 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Saskatoon'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 Saskatoon lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Saskatoon has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 19 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Saskatoon grew from about 196 hectares to 224 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 54 hectares, while 27 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Saskatoon?
Saskatoon has an estimated 110,388 trees across the 11.78 km² of land measured — 37.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Saskatoon need?
Saskatoon has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Saskatoon's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Central Business District, 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 Central Business District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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