Ambient Air Network Notes

URL: https://files.ontario.ca/moe_mapping/downloads/1Air/2000-2022_Ambient_Air_Network_Notes.csv

The air monitoring stations measure up to 6 common pollutants like:

  • ground-level ozone
  • fine particulate matter
  • nitrogen dioxide
  • carbon monoxide
  • sulphur dioxide
  • total reduced sulphur compounds

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks continually monitors air quality across Ontario. We use this information to:

  • inform the public about outdoor ambient air quality through the Air Quality Index (AQI) and Smog Advisory program
  • assess Ontario's air quality and evaluate long-term trends
  • identify areas where pollutant levels are exceeded
  • identify the origins of pollutants
  • develop air policy
  • provide quantitative measurements to reduce specific pollution sources
  • determine the significance of pollutants from long-range transports and their effects
  • provide air quality researchers with data to link environmental and human health effects to air quality

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Additional information

Last updated
January 18, 2024
Created
January 18, 2024
Format
text/csv
File size
unknown size
Licence
Open Government Licence – Ontario
Name
Ambient Air Network Notes
Type
Data
Language
English
Data range start
January 1, 2000
Data range end
December 31, 2022

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