Comprehensively Answers
How green is my city?
Higher Scores Are Greener Cities
 Top 5 ​Large Cities
​Green    Temp              2025**
Score*   Change*   Population    City                      
  190       ▲ 0.8°            766,296 ​   Vancouver
  179       ▲ 1.1°​         3,321,565    Toronto
​​  174       ▲ 0.8°​            718,258    Surrey​​
  163       ▲ 0.6°            812,425     Brampton
​ ​ 159       ▼ 0.9°    ​     ​1,217,133     Edmonton​​
​​​  See more scores...
 Top 5 ​Medium Cities
​Green    Temp              2025**
Score*   Change*   Population    City                      
​  180       ▲ 0.3°​            198,531    Burlington
​​​  180       ▲ 0.8°​            304,826    Burnaby​​​
​​  174       ▼ 0.3°​            329,085    Kitchener​​​​
​  169       ▲ 0.3°​            270,870    Windsor​​​​
​  168       ▲ 0.8°            246,940   Richmond​​​
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 Top 5 ​Small Cities
Green    Temp              2025**
Score*   Change*   Population    City                         
​  180       ▲ 0.5°​            104,484     Victoria
​​​​  169       ▼ 0.3°​            148,139     Waterloo​​​​
​​  163       ▼ 0.3°            122,475     Brantford
​  163       ▼ 0.3°​            162,184     Guelph​​​
  163       ▼ 0.6°              97,459     Peterborough​​​​​​
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A Broad Base of Indicators
Germany's Greenest City
This video documentary by NotJustBikes shows how Freiburg Germany might be Europe's best example of a sustainable city 15:56 mins
Traffic Congestion Explained
Excerpts from Workdog Productions TV program Utopia. It Explains clearly how induced traffic demand thwarts road widening projects.  5:22 mins
Index National Coverage
      2025-Q3     Cities      Score
   Population  Scored   Coverage   Province                      
​   16,258,260       24          59.8%      Ontario
     9,058,297        9           44.3%      Quebec
     5,000,879        8           44.1%      British Columbia
     4,262,635        2           66.1%      Alberta
     1,509,702        1           56.8%      Manitoba
     1,266,959        2           46.9%      Saskatchewan
     1,093,245        1           45.4%      Nova Scotia
        869,682        2           20.6%      New Brunswick
        549,911        1           23.2%      Newfoundland & Labrador
   41,651,653       50          49.7%      CANADA
  Source Statistics Canada
This edition could not have been completed without the participation, engagement, comments or criticisms from the following
​Environment and Climate Change Canada
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
​Regional District of Metro Vancouver
Government of Ontario - RPRA
Actuaries Climate Index
The City of Burlington
The City of Montreal
The City of London
​Statistics Canada
Column Explanations
         Score*  - City anthropogenic footprint scores. Higher is better
       Change* - 2019 average temperature rise about historic norm. ▼colder,▼same,▲below 1.5°c, ▲Above 1.5°c, ▲above 2°c from Accuweather db
Population** - City population within municipal boundaries. Lower is better, from WorldPopulationReview.com​