The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is Canada's public inventory of pollutant releases (to air, water and land), disposals and transfers for recycling.

Established in 1992, the NPRI currently collects information on the release, disposal and transfer of more than 320 substances.

Releases are direct discharges of pollutants into the environment (air, water, land).

Disposals manage substances and limit their release. Disposals include landfill, land application and underground injection and can be done at the facility (on-site) or elsewhere (off-site).

Transfers send substances elsewhere for recycling, energy recovery or for treatment before final disposal.

There are important factors that should be considered prior to the use and interpretation of NPRI data. Additional information is available on the NPRI web site.

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Dataset Name National Pollutant Release Inventory
Dataset General Type NPRI
Dataset Type Dataset
Dataset Level
Program Website https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.html
Keyword Vocabulary Polar Data Catalogue
Keyword Vocabulary URL https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary
Theme Atmosphere
Freshwater
Marine
Dataset Status Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned
Dataset Last Revision Date 2015-02-23
Dataset DOI
Metadata Creation Date 2022
Publisher CanWIN
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Dataset Collection Start Date 2012-01-01
Dataset Collection End Date 2013-12-31
Spatial regions Canada
Spatial extent West Bound Longitude
Spatial extent East Bound Longitude
Spatial extent South Bound Latitude
Spatial extent North Bound Latitude
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Email
inrp-npri@ec.gc.ca
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Contributors 1
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Project Data Curator Environment and Climate Change Canada
Project Data Curator email inrp-npri@ec.gc.ca
Project Data Curator Affiliation Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Single year data tables by facility – releases, transfers and disposals
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DOI
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Continues
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Online Resource
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Dataset
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Five-year data tables by province, industry and substance – releases
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10.18164/80298f8d-b23e-4f29-9f03-661a95949d0f
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DOI
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Bulk data files for all years – releases, disposals, transfers and facility locations
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Database – all data for all years
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