ENVIRONMENTAL

STUDIES
COUNTRY - CANADA
City -TORONTO
-BY HETVI, RUTUJA, SNEHA, SHAUNAK.
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DATA DESCRIPTION REMARK REQUIREMENT OF
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CITY TORONTO

COUNTRY CANADA

POPULATION (CITY) 29.3 lacks Capital of Canada

GOVERNING BODY City of Toronto ESTABLISHED IN YEAR 1834 AND ROLE

:lays down the division of powers,
responsibilities and required duties of the
corporation.

FOREST COVER 1.8 SQ KM Urban Forest Management MAP

AGRICULTURAL FOOTPRINT 0.32 SQ KM NUMBER OF PROJECTS - 4 MAP

WATER CONSUMPTION (city) 630 L / CAPITA

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PORTABLE WATER ● Lake Ontario: 6.3 million people. LOCATION- Lake MAP
SOURCE ● Ottawa River: 943,000 people. Ontario,Ottawa
● Groundwater spread across the River,Lake Erie,
province: 657,000 people. Lake Huron,Detroit
● Lake Erie, Lake Huron: 366,000 River
people.
● Detroit River: 284,000 people.

WASTE GENERATION 900,000 METRIC TON GRAPH

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WASTE RECYCLING 12,300 METRIC TON LOCATION OF RECYCLING MAP

PLANT : Canadian landfills

ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION 522.20 KW Hydro has the highest share

of generation at 60%,
followed by nuclear at 15%,
coal at 9%, gas/oil/others at
10% and non-hydro
renewables at 7%.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY source Hydroelectricity is the NUMBER : 2,043 in megawatts MAP

largest renewable energy AND LOCATION OF
PLANTS-Newfoundland and
source in Canada, accounting
Labrador, Prince Edward Island,
for approx 60% of Canada's Nova Scotia, New
electricity generation. Other Brunswick,Quebec,
non-hydro renewable energy Ontario,Manitoba,Saskatchewan
sources, such as biomass, ,Alberta, British Columbia.
wind, tidal and solar,
contribute to increasing this
share by 3 percent to over 63
percent

FUEL CONSUMPTION 8.9 litres of gasoline per 100 MAP

kilometres
 MAIN MAP
OF TORONTO
POPULATION
MAP
FOREST
COVER
MAP
AGRICULTURAL
FOOTPRINT MAP
WASTE GENERATION
GRAPH
ELECTRICAL
CONSUMPTION
PORTABLE
WATER SOURCE
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
IN TORONTO
FUEL
CONSUMPTION
IN TORONTO
WASTE
RECYCLING
GRAPH
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: 7.7 Ha/Capita
BIOCAPACITY: 4.0%
ISSUE: Transportation/car dependency, infrastructure deficit, air quality, climate change and
energy,consumption and solid waste.
RECYCLING AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANT LOCATION (GOOGLE EARTH):
STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY:The Federal Sustainable Development Strategy is the
government’s plan and vision for a more sustainable Canada. It outlines goals and actions to promote
clean growth, ensure healthy ecosystems and build safe, secure and sustainable communities.
STRATEGY TO
ACHIEVE
SUSTAINABILITY
IN TORONTO
MAIN WATER SUPPLY FROM NATURAL SOURCE (MAP)
BIBLIOGRAPHY / REFERENCES:
https://www.pembina.org/reports/28_ecological_footprint.pdf

http://sobr.ca/_biosite/wp-content/uploads/Zokai-et-al.-2015_Ontario-Ecological-Footprint-and-Biocpacity-Technical-Report-
2015-03-23-final.pdf

https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing/what-we-do/domains-and-indicators/ecological-footprint

https://energyoutlook.ca/chapter-1/
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/energy-sources-distribution/renewables/about-renewable-energy/7295

REPORT SUBMITTED BY: HETVI PATEL - 34

RUTUJA UMARE - 46
SNEHA PATIL- 51
SHAUNAK KHOSKE - 22