Climate change impacts on fresh water

Greenhouse gases created in the agricultural sector and climate change’s impact on Canadian farm production.

• Climate change and agriculture

Canada’s freshwater challenges and the role of the Canada Water Agency in guiding long‑term stewardship, policy, and coordinated action to protect and manage fresh water across the country.

• Securing Canada’s freshwater future

Adapting to climate change in Canada, including water-related impacts. 

• Adapting to climate change in Canada

Climate change risks and impacts, ocean acidification, monitoring, research, and extreme events.

• Aquatic climate change science

Canada's Changing Climate Report 

• Chapter 6: Changes in freshwater availability across Canada

Describes how climate change could affect Canada’s water resources highlighting long‑term trends, scientific modelling, and potential impacts on surface and groundwater systems.

• How will climate change impact Canada’s water resources?

Park Canada’s work on climate change in Canada’s protected areas, including how ecosystems are monitored, studied, and managed in the face of environmental change.

• Climate change and protected areas

Canada’s national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas represent important natural and cultural places that contribute to preserving the country’s heritage for present and future generations.

• The state of Canada's natural and historic places