| --- |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - en |
| - fr |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
| tags: |
| - canada |
| - environment |
| - climate |
| - emissions |
| - ghg |
| - npri |
| - esg |
| - sustainability |
| - rag |
| - llm-training |
| pretty_name: PollutionData — Canadian GHG & Pollutant Releases (Sample) |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: |
| - split: train |
| path: pollutiondata_sample.jsonl |
| --- |
| |
| # PollutionData — Canadian GHG & Pollutant Releases (Sample) |
|
|
| **Sample of 5,000 Canadian facility-level environmental records across 3,005 facilities.** |
| Mix of pollutant releases (NPRI) and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGRP). Last 2 |
| years of data from the full [PollutionData API](https://pollutiondata.ca). |
|
|
| > **Want the full dataset?** 1.08M+ records, every NPRI/GHGRP-reporting facility |
| > in Canada since 1993, queryable by facility / pollutant / industry / region. |
| > **[Get an API key →](https://pollutiondata.ca/pricing)** |
|
|
| ## What's in here |
|
|
| | Field | Type | Description | |
| |---|---|---| |
| | `source_id` | string | Originating system (`npri` or `ghgrp`) | |
| | `entity_type` | string | `release` (NPRI pollutant release) or `emission` (GHGRP greenhouse gas report) | |
| | `record_id` | string | Stable per-record identifier from the source | |
| | `municipality` | string | Facility location | |
| | `event_date` | string (ISO date, year-precision) | Reporting year (YYYY-01-01) | |
| | `category` | string | Pollutant / GHG type | |
| | `facility_id` | string | Stable facility identifier (NPRI/GHGRP) | |
| | `total_co2e` | float | Total CO2-equivalent emissions in tonnes (where applicable) | |
| | `data` | object | Full raw record from the source (JSON) — quantities, NAICS, NPRI codes | |
|
|
| ## Composition (sample) |
|
|
| | entity_type | rows | |
| |---|---| |
| | release (NPRI pollutants) | 4,000 | |
| | emission (GHGRP GHGs) | 1,000 | |
| |
| 3,005 unique facilities represented. |
| |
| ## Use cases |
| |
| - **ESG due diligence** — counterparty and supply-chain emissions screening |
| - **Carbon accounting** — Scope 3 input data for upstream supplier emissions |
| - **Climate research** — emissions trends, polluter benchmarking, regional analysis |
| - **RAG / agents** — ground LLM responses in actual Canadian industrial emissions data |
| - **Compliance & benchmarking** — compare facility performance against industry peers |
| - **Journalism / NGO reporting** — identify largest polluters in a region or sector |
| - **Schema exploration** before committing to API integration |
| |
| ## Limitations of this sample |
| |
| - **Snapshot only** — frozen 2026-05-25. New reports added annually as facilities file. |
| - **5K rows** — full dataset is 1.08M+. Sample is enough to test schema, prompts, prototypes; not enough for production analytics. |
| - **No querying** — can't filter by pollutant, NAICS, facility, or year. Use the API for that. |
| - **Year-precision dates** — NPRI/GHGRP are annual reports, not transactional records. |
| |
| ## Production access |
| |
| - **Docs:** https://pollutiondata.ca/docs |
| - **Pricing:** https://pollutiondata.ca/pricing — free tier 25 req/day, Pro $49/mo 1K req/day |
| - **Quickstart:** |
| ```bash |
| curl "https://api.pollutiondata.ca/emission?facility_id=XXX&limit=10" \ |
| -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" |
| ``` |
| |
| ## License & attribution |
|
|
| Data sourced from Canadian federal environmental disclosure programs: NPRI |
| (National Pollutant Release Inventory) and GHGRP (Greenhouse Gas Reporting |
| Program). All source data is under Open Government Licence — Canada. Sample |
| redistribution is permitted under CC-BY-4.0. |
|
|
| ## Contact |
|
|
| - API and enterprise inquiries: nicolas@builddata.ca |
| - Bug reports: https://github.com/NicolasPrimeau/Nimbus (or via the contact link on pollutiondata.ca) |
|
|
| ## Mirror locations |
|
|
| The same sample is published in three places — pick whichever you prefer: |
|
|
| - **Hugging Face:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/nimbusdata/pollutiondata-canadian-emissions-sample |
| - **Kaggle:** https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/niexon/pollutiondata-canadian-emissions-sample |
| - **GitHub:** https://github.com/nimbusdata/pollutiondata-sample |
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