Canada Is Among The World’s Least-Polluted Countries & Our Air Is Super Clean
According to a new report from IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, Canada was one of the world’s least-polluted countries as of 2020.
The company's research found that of 106 countries ranked by their levels of air pollution, Canada came in 97th place — meaning our levels of air pollution are low and the quality of the air we breathe is pretty great!
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IQAir’s data found that Canada has met the World Health Organization’s targets for air quality for the past three years in a row, beating out countries like the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
It scored 7.30 on the chart, whereas the most-polluted regions, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, scored between 51.90 and 77.10 in 2020.
There are only a number of places in the world that are rated better than Canada, including Iceland, New Zealand, Estonia, Norway and Sweden, among a few others.