Rollover the graphic to see how Canadian cities did in our ranking.

Can't see the visual? Open this page using Mozilla Firefox and download Adobe's Shockwave here or download a pdf version of our report here. You may also view the cities' individual scores here. Go to our expanded methodology here.

Download a copy of the survey sent to all cities. Note that while Metro Vancouver's population of over 2.5 million qualifies it as a Big City, we used City of Vancouver data for this ranking. City-level data was used for all cities to reflect the jurisdictional authority of municipal councils and to ensure comparability between cities.

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City Pest Test

Eliminating the cosmetic use of pesticides is the single most effective measure cities can take to support healthy ecosystems and communities. Yet many Canadian cities have not made the move. We urge municipal and provincial partners to work together to protect remove these noxious substances from our environment.