National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Downloadable Datasets

There are a number of important factors to keep in mind when using and interpreting NPRI data. For example, changes to the list of reported substances over time are important to understand when conducting trend analysis. Please review the Considerations when using NPRI data.

NPRI data are available in various downloadable formats, in addition to the online search tools:

  1. Facility Data
    Information on pollutant releases, disposals and transfers for recycling reported by facilities, and their latitude and longitude coordinates. Downloadable formats include databases, spreadsheets and map layers, with the data also available through the online search tool for facility-reported data.

  2. Air Pollutant Emission Summaries and Trends
    Summaries and trends for key air pollutants based on data reported by facilities combined with estimates for other emission sources such as motor vessels, residential heating, forest fires and agricultural activities. This data is downloadable in spreadsheet format, as well as being available throuh the online search tool for air pollutant emissions.

 


1. Facility Data

A) Information on pollutant releases, disposals and transfers for recycling reported to the NPRI by industrial and other facilities

This data is also available through the online search tool for facility-reported data, for those users that may have difficulty accessing the data using the downloadable database, spreadsheet and map layer files. Note that facility-reported data within these files is available in the official language of submission.

Year

Microsoft Access Format
(March 27, 2012 version)

Microsoft Excel Format
(March 27, 2012 version)

Map Layers in Google Earth™format
(March 27, 2012 version)

1993-2010
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2010
2009
2008
Note: The "all years" KMZ file above has higher system requirements than the single year files. If you have difficulty running the "all years" file, please try using the single year version.
2007MDB, 12.7 MB
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993


B) Structure of the Downloadable NPRI Microsoft Access Database Files

C) Structure of the Downloadable NPRI Microsoft Excel Datasets

D) NPRI Facility Database "Readme"
Units of measure within the NPRI database, and tips for performing arithmetic operations based on NPRI data.

E) NPRI Facility Location Table
Information about the location of facilities that report to the NPRI, including latitude and longitude coordinates

F) Information on the NPRI Map Layers for Use with Google Earth™

 


2. Air Pollutant Emission Summaries and Trends

Summaries and trends for key air pollutants based on data reported by facilities combined with estimates for other emission sources such as motor vessels, residential heating, forest fires and agricultural activities.

This data is also available through the online search tool for air pollutant emissions data, for those users that may have difficulty accessing the data using the downloadable spreadsheet files.

A) National, Provincial and Territorial Emission Summaries for Key Air Pollutants (including information for sub-sectors)

Year

File Type and Size

2011
Excel, 477 KB (Data as of February 2013)
2010
Excel, 631 KB (Data as of February 2012)


B) National Emission Trends for Key Air Pollutants

Year

File Type and Size
(Data as of February 2013)

Criteria Air Contaminants (National: 1985-2011)
Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants (National: 1990-2011)
Excel, 297 KB