Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada

The document outlines how climate change increases health risks in Canada, including heat-related illness, respiratory diseases, and mental health issues, while detailing specific regional threats from the North to British Columbia.

• Climate change is expected to double or triple the number of extremely hot days in some parts of Canada over the next 30 years, increasing mortality for older adults, socially isolated individuals, and those with chronic illnesses.
• Air pollution causes approximately 14,400 premature deaths annually in Canada, with climate change exacerbating this through warmer temperatures that increase ground-level ozone and drier summers that increase exposure to pollen and forest fire smoke.
• Between 2008 and 2018, over 195 disaster-level extreme weather events were reported in Canada, including wildfires, floods, winter storms, droughts, and tornadoes.
• Mental health is impacted by climate change through anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder following extreme weather, as well as 'solastalgia' or 'eco-anxiety' resulting from the loss of home or identity due to environmental damage.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (n.d.). Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-3-Factsheet-NEW-1.pdf#new_tab

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada. n.d. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-3-Factsheet-NEW-1.pdf#new_tab.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironmentndclimate, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{Climate Change Health Impacts across Canada}}, institution = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Module-3-Factsheet-NEW-1.pdf#new_tab}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }