Comprehensively Answers
How green is my city?

Higher Scores Are Greener Cities

 Top 5 ​Large Cities
​Green    Temp              2021
Score*   Change*   Population    City                      
  190       ▲ 0.8°            662,248 ​   Vancouver
  179       ▲ 1.1°​         2,794,356    Toronto
​​  174       ▲ 0.8°​            568,322    Surrey​​
  163       ▲ 0.6°            656,480     Brampton
​ ​ 159       ▼ 0.9°    ​     ​1,010,899     Edmonton​​
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 Top 5 ​Medium Cities
​Green    Temp              2021
Score*   Change*   Population    City                      
​  180       ▲ 0.3°​            186,948    Burlington
​​​  180       ▲ 0.8°​            249,125    Burnaby​​​
​​  174       ▼ 0.3°​            256,885    Kitchener​​​​
​  169       ▲ 0.3°​            229,660    Windsor​​​​
​  168       ▲ 0.8°            209,937   Richmond​​​
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 Top 5 ​Small Cities
Green    Temp              2021
Score*   Change*   Population    City                         
​  180       ▲ 0.5°​              91,867     Victoria
​​​​  169       ▼ 0.3°​            121,436     Waterloo​​​​
​​  163       ▼ 0.3°            104,688     Brantford
​  163       ▼ 0.3°​            143,740     Guelph​​​
  163       ▼ 0.6°              83,651     Peterborough​​​​​​
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A Broad Base of Indicators

Germany's Greenest City
This video documentary by NotJustBikes shows how Freiburg Germany might be Europe's best example of a sustainable city 15:56 mins

Traffic Congestion Explained
Excerpts from ABC Australia's TV program Utopia. It Explains clearly how induced traffic demand thwarts road widening projects.  5:22 mins

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Index National Coverage

        2021        Cities      Score
   Population  Scored   Coverage   Province                               
​   14,223,942       24          66.1%      Ontario
     8,501,833        9           45.9%      Quebec
     5,000,879        8           44.6%      British Columbia
     4,262,635        2           54.4%      Alberta
     1,342,153        1           55.9%      Manitoba
     1,132,505        2           43.5%      Saskatchewan
        969,383        1           45.4%      Nova Scotia
        775,610        2           19.3%      New Brunswick
        510,550        1           21.6%      Newfoundland & Labrador
   36,991,981       50          53.9%      CANADA
  Source Statistics Canada

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This edition could not have been completed without the participation, engagement, comments or criticisms from the following

​Environment and Climate Change Canada
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
​Regional District of Metro Vancouver
Government of Ontario - RPRA
Actuaries Climate Index
The City of Burlington
The City of Montreal
The City of London
​Statistics Canada

Column Explanations
  Score*  - City anthropogenic footprint scores. Higher is better
Change* - 2019 average temperature rise about historic norm. ▼colder,▼same,▲below 1.5°c, ▲Above 1.5°c, ▲above 2°c from Accuweather db