Air Pollution in Canada

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Current Air Quality
80
Moderate
on Sunday, Nov 1st 2026, 12:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
147
Cranbrook
2
100
Leduc
3
91
Campbell River
4
90
Vernon
5
80
Guelph
6
79
Winnipeg
7
76
Terrace
8
76
Kelowna
9
74
Longueuil
10
74
Kitchener
11
73
Calgary
12
73
Langford
13
69
Duncan
14
65
Saskatoon
15
62
Kamloops
16
62
Waterloo
17
61
Granby
18
60
Brandon
19
59
Terrebonne
20
58
Red Deer
21
57
Willowdale
22
56
East York
23
55
Mission
24
55
Thunder Bay
25
55
Chilliwack
26
55
New Westminster
27
54
Grande Prairie
28
54
Maple Ridge
29
54
Prince Albert
30
53
Edmonton
31
50
Delta
32
50
Regina
33
50
Etobicoke
34
46
Milton
35
46
Vanier
36
46
London
37
46
Ottawa
38
45
Laval
39
44
Prince George
40
43
Lethbridge
41
42
Mississauga
42
42
Scarborough
43
42
St. Albert
44
42
Brampton
45
41
Airdrie
46
41
Victoria
47
41
Nanaimo
48
38
Barrie
49
38
Newmarket
50
38
North York

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
4
West Vancouver
2
4
Coquitlam
3
7
Brantford
4
10
Cochrane
5
11
Gatineau
6
11
Cole Harbour
7
13
St. John's
8
13
Mount Pearl
9
13
Corner Brook
10
13
New Glasgow
11
13
Sept-Îles
12
14
Burnaby
13
14
Lévis
14
14
Québec
15
14
Victoriaville
16
15
Halifax
17
16
Saguenay
18
16
Sainte-Catherine
19
16
Trois-Rivières
20
16
Jonquière
21
17
Oshawa
22
17
Kingston
23
17
Alliston
24
17
Shawinigan
25
18
Saint-Lazare
26
18
Medicine Hat
27
18
Sault Ste. Marie
28
18
Edmundston
29
19
Pitt Meadows
30
19
Vaughan
31
19
Rouyn-Noranda
32
20
Beloeil
33
21
Greater Sudbury
34
21
Chambly
35
21
Saint-Georges
36
21
Port Alberni
37
21
Peterborough
38
21
Chatham
39
21
Belleville
40
22
St. Thomas
41
22
Richmond
42
22
Les Coteaux
43
23
North Bay
44
23
Mont-Royal
45
24
Port Moody
46
24
Sherbrooke
47
25
Montréal
48
25
Yellowknife
49
25
North Vancouver
50
26
Fort McMurray
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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
68
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
62
 🇰🇪 Kenya
45
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
64
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
24
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
8
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
38
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
56
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
46
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
84
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
42
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
83
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
88
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
25
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
64
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
8
 🇬🇲 The Gambia
37
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
61
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
67

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
134
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
69
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
9
 🇨🇳 China
383
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
96
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
36
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
21
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
64
 🇮🇳 India
243
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
291
 🇯🇵 Japan
79
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
79
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
32
 🇱🇦 Laos
44
 🇲🇴 Macao
63
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
90
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
79
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
38
 🇵🇭 Philippines
62
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
31
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
46
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
170
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
105
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
72
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
72
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
128
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
86
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
160
 🇸🇬 Singapore
115
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
46
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
92
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
45
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
334
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
113
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
78
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
68
 🇹🇷 Turkey
105
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
147
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
105
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
40
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
36
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
55
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
21
 🇫🇷 France
97
 🇩🇪 Germany
88
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
21
 🇬🇷 Greece
44
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
47
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
86
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
102
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
19
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
37
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
32
 🇱🇻 Latvia
13
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
37
 🇲🇹 Malta
30
 🇲🇨 Monaco
30
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
23
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
74
 🇵🇱 Poland
67
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
46
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
17
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
46
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
14
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
26
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
30
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
63
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
25
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
24
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
11
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
73
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
10
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
57
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
29
 🇷🇴 Romania
37
 🇷🇺 Russia
89
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
75
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
45
 🇪🇸 Spain
68
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
53
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
56
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
146
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
37
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
22
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
73
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
16
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
32
 🇲🇽 Mexico
98
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
22
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
86
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
47
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
58
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
46
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
88

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
52
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
20
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
20
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
15
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
79
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
13
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
52
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
55
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
170
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
57
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.