Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country.
Environment Canada’s colour-coded Air Quality Health Index, designed to help people understand health risks associated with contaminated air, was closely watched under hazy, orange skies that stretched beyond the Canada-U.S. border.
But the AQHI, measured on a scale from one to 10+, was not calculated the same way in all provinces and some people were unsure how index values applied to their daily activities. Environment Canada hopes several changes being made this year will improve how air quality-related health risks are communicated and understood by the public. One of those changes is to the department’s go-to website for weather conditions and warnings across the country: weather.
gc.ca. Users can now toggle between different layers of active alerts and display only those related to air quality if that’s their main concern.
Detailed air.
