A new environmental scorecard says Canada’s biggest cities have lower scores than most small and medium-sized municipalities, but a closer look at the data reveals some surprises.
The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environment International, rates 30 of the country’s largest cities and towns on nine indicators related to health, including air quality, heat and cold waves, ultraviolet radiation, and access to green spaces. The results are compiled in the new Canadian Environmental Quality Index, produced by Dalhousie University in Halifax.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.
Medium-sized cities scored the highest, including Victoria, Sherbrooke, Que., and the Ontario cities of London, Guelph, Barrie, Kitchener and Kingston. As well, Halifax, Regina and Moncton, N.B., made the top 10. “You wouldn’t really think that Kelowna, being nested in the beautiful fruit-and-berry valleys and wineries, would have a low score, but we’re really talking about urban Kelowna,” Rainham said. “But it also has one of the highest neighbourhood values as well.”In the middle of the pack in descending order are Winnipeg, St. John’s, Hamilton, Ottawa and the Ontario cities of Windsor, St. Catharines and Oshawa.
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