Environment Canada’s Science & Technology

More than 70 percent of Environment Canada’s annual budget is devoted to S&T. Nearly two thirds of our employees work in S&T occupations, producing data and knowledge essential for policies, regulations, enforcement, and federal and international codes and standards. They conduct research to better understand wildlife, biodiversity, water, air, soil, climate, environmental prediction and environmental technologies. They monitor Canada’s ecosystems to understand what is changing, and to evaluate emerging threats. These essential services safeguard environmental quality and human health and security.

Environment Canada's scientific and technical knowledge is available here for users of S&T, including governments, environmental regulators, policy- and decision-makers, land-use planners, researchers, and industry.

EC Collaboration Showcase

The National Water Research Institute’s Aquatic Optics and Remote Sensing Group, with the support of the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) Earth Observation Applications Development Program (EOADP) and Government Related Initiatives Program (GRIP), has been responsible for the development of Canadian inland water remote sensing products relevant to Environment Canada’s mandate to protect and conserve the resources of freshwater ecosystems.  The group works towards the development, validation and application of models and algorithms to enable the extraction of inland water quality parameters from satellite observations of inland water colour.