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The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada’s performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The data collection contains datasets that track water quality within Canada. The Water quality in Canadian rivers indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality is below the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem. Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when substances in a river are very rarely measured above their guidelines. Conversely, water quality is rated poor when measurements are usually above their guidelines, sometimes by a wide margin. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Supplemental Information Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators - Home page: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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Name	Format	Description	Link
FedWQIScores.csv	CSV		http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedWQIScores.csv
View ECCC Data Mart (English)	HTML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/
FedRawData.csv	CSV		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedRawData.csv
FedTrendData.csv	CSV		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/FedTrendData.csv
View ECCC Data Mart (French)	HTML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/?lang=fr
Water-Qual-Eau-TableDescriptions.csv	CSV		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/Water-Qual-Eau-TableDescriptions.csv
Water-Qual-Eau-VariableInfo_WQI.csv	CSV		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/Water-Qual-Eau-VariableInfo_WQI.csv
wqi_E.kml	KML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_E.kml
wqi_E.kmz	Unknown		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_E.kmz
wqi_F.kml	KML		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_F.kml
wqi_F.kmz	Unknown		https://data-donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/substances/monitor/water-quality-in-canadian-rivers-indicators/wqi_F.kmz
National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data	HTML		https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/5133b19b-6a92-44b2-8b12-a49731b56421
National Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Data	HTML		https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/5133b19b-6a92-44b2-8b12-a49731b56421
Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian rivers	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html
Data sources and methods	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-quality-canadian-rivers.html#DSM
Indicator page – Water quality in Canadian rivers	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html
Data sources and methods	HTML		https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html#DSM

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