How Green Is Your City?

The Green Score City index measures urban footprints from Natures prospective. It is an ongoing study of how cities impact the surrounding land and biosphere. It is fully transparent.  Read more...
Higher Scores Are Greener Cities
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                              Large Cities
Green   Temp 
Score   Change*   City
  190     ▲ 0.8°​      Vancouver
  179     ▲ 0.6°​      Toronto
​​  174     ▲ 0.8°​      Surrey​
  163     ▲ 0.8°​      Brampton
​ ​ 159     ▼-0.9°​      Edmonton​
​  154     ▼-1.0°      Winnipeg​
​  152     ▲ 0.6°​​      Mississauga
  151     ▼-0.3°​      Hamilton​​​​​
​  144     ▼-0.6°​​      Ottawa​​​
​ ​ 132     ▲ 0.4°​​      Montréal
​​​  125     ▼-0.6°​      Québec City
  123     ▼-0.3°​      Calgary​​​​​​​​
 ​
​     2016
Population
   631,486
2,731,571
​​   517,887​​
   593,638  ​
​​   932,546​
​​   705,244 ​
   721,599  
​   536,917 ​​
​   934,243
1,704,694  
 ​  531,902  
1,239,220 
Medium Cities
Green   Temp
Score   Change*  City
​  180     ▼-0.3°​​     Burlington​​
​  180     ▲ 0.8°​     Burnaby​​​
​  174     ▼-0.3°     Kitchener​​​​​​​
​​  169     ▲ 0.3°​​     Windsor​​​​
  168     ▲ 0.8°​     Richmond
​​​​​  166     ▲ 0.4°     London​​
​  166     ▲ 0.6°​     Oakville​
​​  165     ▲ 0.6°​​     Richmond Hill​​​​
​​​​  163     ▲ 0.6°​     Os​hawa​​​
​​​  159     ▲ 0.6°​     Markham
​​  156     ▲ 0.6°​​     Vaughan​​​​​
​​​​  148     ▲ 0.9°​​​     Halifax​​​​​​​​
​​​​​  144     ▼-0.6°     Gatineau​
​​  139     ▼-0.6°     Greater Sudbury​
​​​  137     ▲ 0.3°​     Saskatoon
​​​​​​  136     ▼-0.2°​     Regina​​​​​​​
​  121     ▲ 1.6°​     Sherbrooke
​​​​​  120     ▲ 0.4°​     Longueil
​  113     ▲ 0.4°​     Laval*
​      2016    
Population    
   183,314​
​   232,755​
​   233,222​​
   217,188​​
​​   198,309
​​​​   383,822​
​​   193,832​​
​   195,022
 ​​  159,458​
   328,966​
   306,233
​​​​​   403,131​​​​
​​​​   276,245
​​   246,376
​​   161,531
   215,106​
​​​   161,323
​​   239,700
​   422,993
Small Cities
Green   Temp 
Score*  Change*   City
  180     ▲ 0.5°​     Victoria
​​​  169     ▼-0.3°     Waterloo​​​
​​​​​​  163     ▼-0.3°     Brantford
​  163     ▼-0.3°​     Guelph​​​
​​  163     ▼-0.6°     Peterborough​​​​
​  158     ▲ 0.8°​     Coquitlam
  157     ▼ 0.0°​     Kelowna​​​​
​​​​​​  153     ▼-0.4°     St. Catharines
​​​  145     ▲ 0.6°​     Abbotsford
​​​​​​​  143     ▼-0.3°     Cambridge
​​​​  138     ▼ 0.0°​     Barrie​​​​
​​​​​  137     ▼-0.1°​​     Kingston​​​​​​​​
​  130     ▲ 0.5°     Thunder Bay
​  129     ▼-0.1°     St. John's​​​​
​  128     ▲ 0.3°     Moncton​​​​​​
​​​​  128     ▼-0.3°     Saguenay​​​​​​
​​​​​​  117     ▲ 0.9°​​     Saint John​
​​​  107     ▼-0.6°​     Lévis
  103     ▼-0.6°     Trois-Rivières
​      2016
Population
     85,792
​   104,986
​     97,496
​​​​   131,794​
     81,032​
​​   127,380​
​   139,284​​
​   133,113​​
​​   141,397 ​
​​​   129,920​
​   141,434​​
​​​​   123,798​​​
​​​​​   107,909  
​   108,860
​     71,889​​
​​​ ​​  145,949​
​     70,063​
​   143,414
​   134,413
* ​Column Descriptions
   ​Canada's Worldwide Impact
Place    Description
   1        Longest Coastline
   2        Country Size area
​   1        Footprint Size per person, worst in G20
  39       Population Size
A Broad Base of Indicators
​The release notes explain all 26 indicators including formulas, scoring practices used in calculating city scores. ​read more..
  1. City Categories: small, medium, large
  2. Population Impact: smaller is better
  3. Municipal Area: smaller is better
  4. Population Density*: higher is better
  5. Population Growth Pressure: lower is better
  6. Transportation Usage: public transit, cycling, walk. higher is better (Revised)
  7. Driving Distance For Solo Commutes: lower is better
  8. Workforce Commuting Outside City: lower is better (Revised)
  9. Housing Demographics: single houses score lower
  10. Air Pollution Emissions: higher is worse
  11. Solid Waste Tonnage: lower is better
  12. Recycling Percentage: higher is better
  13. Organic Waste Tonnage: higher is better
  14. Domestic Water Usage: lower is better
  15. GHG Emissions: lower is better
  16. Clean Electrical Capacity: higher is better (Revised)
  17. Green Initiatives On Website: a landing page scores higher
  18. Temperature Extremes Winter: Milder is better
  19. Temperature Extremes Summer: Milder is better
  20. Climate Susceptibility: lower is better
  21. Parkland Area Percentage: higher is better  (Revised)
  22. Park Count: higher is better
  23. Natural Lands Percentage: more is better  (Revised)
  24. Biological Temperate Zone: higher is better
  25. Data Completeness: higher is better
  26. Data Freshness: Higher is better  (Revised)
National Coverage
        2020        Cities      Score
   Population  Scored   Coverage   Province
​   14,733,506       24          66.4%      Ontario
     8,578,812        9           46.1%      Quebec
     5,145,785        8           44.6%      British Columbia
     4,428,082        2           53.4%      Alberta
     1,379,469        1           55.2%      Manitoba
     1,177,782        2           43.6%      Saskatchewan
        979,081        1           42.2%      Nova Scotia
        781,282        2           18.7%      New Brunswick
        520,961        1           21.3%      Newfoundland & Labrador
   38,008,005       50          54.2%      CANADA
  Source Statistics Canada
   Score - City urban footprint scores. Higher scores are more ecologically friendly.
Change - 2019 average city temperature above/below historic norm.  Current trend:▼▲   Color: colder, same, below 1.5°c, Above 1.5°c
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