tonnes of plastic leaked into Canada’s environment in 2022
About 1.4% of the plastic Canada threw away ended up in the environment instead of being collected.
- Value
- 73,710
- Unit
- tonnes
- Data year
- 2022
- Trend
- Not applicable
- Source name
- Statistics Canada, Physical flow account for plastic material, 2022 (released 26 March 2026)
- Confidence
- Evidence: Medium
- Caveat / scope
- A model estimate, not a count. It replaces the older figure of 29,000 tonnes, which the government's 2019 study borrowed from a 2015 global model built on 2010 data.
- Verified on
- 26 September 2026
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