Composting - Households and the Environment Survey (2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013) [Excel]

The Households and the Environment Survey (HES) was conducted from October 2007 to February 2008, October and November 2009, 2011, and 2013 as a supplement to the Canadian Community Health Survey. The survey was designed to specifically address the needs of its funding source the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) project, a joint venture between Statistics Canada, Environment Canada and Health Canada. The CESI project reports annually on air quality, water quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada using indicators to identify areas of importance to Canadians and monitor progress. The HES was first conducted in 1991, 1994 and more recently in 2006. The most recent four surveys (2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013) offer an expanded view on household behaviours that relate to the environment but allows for comparisons with the 1994 survey for some indicators and most of the indicators from the 2006 survey. This dataset is specifically for composting at provincial and CMA levels. It shows the trend of people's awareness of composting across Canada. Composting helps reduce the amount of waste to landfill and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the landfills.