City report · Quebec, Canada
Terrebonne Air quality today
Air quality in Terrebonne currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.5
- tree cover
- 32.7%
- trees in this area
- 96.9K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Terrebonne, QC, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Terrebonne · AQI 14 (Good)
Terrebonne's tree count comes to 96,874 trees across 11.85 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Terrebonne today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Molson, 18.4 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.5
PM10
—
NO₂
8.1
O₃
27.5
SO₂
9.6
CO
114.6
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 Terrebonne's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 30 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 10.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
Where Terrebonne stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Terrebonne: Healthy tree cover
32.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.85 km² of land.
Trees in this area
96,874
Target trees
96,874
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Terrebonne lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Terrebonne has lost about 877 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 877 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 832 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 84 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2002 | 24 ha | 2 ha | 25 ha |
| 2003 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 35 ha |
| 2004 | 78 ha | 6 ha | 84 ha |
| 2005 | 77 ha | 2 ha | 79 ha |
| 2006 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2007 | 69 ha | 2 ha | 71 ha |
| 2008 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2009 | 26 ha | 2 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 46 ha | 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2011 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2012 | 60 ha | 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2013 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2016 | 40 ha | 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2017 | 40 ha | 11 ha | 50 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 28 ha | 4 ha | 31 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Terrebonne?
- Towns and roadscleared for good74% · 651 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 125 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.4% · 56 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 11,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,800 ha
- Overall change
- +362 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Terrebonne grew from about 11,400 hectares to 11,800 hectares, a net gain of about 362 hectares (+3.2%). New forest grew on about 962 hectares, while 600 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 Terrebonne right now?
The latest reading for Terrebonne shows an AQI of 14 (Good), measured Nov 11, 09:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Molson, 18.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Terrebonne today?
At AQI 14 (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 Terrebonne been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Terrebonne's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 30 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Terrebonne'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 Terrebonne lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Terrebonne has lost about 877 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Terrebonne grew from about 11,400 hectares to 11,800 hectares, a net gain of about 362 hectares (+3.2%). New forest grew on about 962 hectares, while 600 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Terrebonne?
Terrebonne has an estimated 96,874 trees across the 11.85 km² of land measured — 32.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Terrebonne need?
Terrebonne has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Terrebonne's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Terrebonne, 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 Terrebonne; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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