Data categories
Data variables
Temperature
- Adjusted / homogenized observation data
- CMIP6 global gridded data
- CMIP6 Canadian time series
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
- CMIP6 Canadian summary tables
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled agroclimatic indices
- CMIP6 daily predictor variables
- CMIP5 gridded data
- CMIP5 scenarios
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U5)
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U5)
- Seasonal forecasts
- Historical climate indices
- CMIP5 gridded projected changes
- Canadian regional climate model datasets
Wind
- Adjusted / homogenized observation data
- CMIP6 daily predictor variables
- CMIP5 gridded data
- CMIP5 scenario maps
- Canadian regional climate model datasets
- CMIP6 global gridded data
- CMIP6 Canadian time series
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
Cloud fraction
Humidity
Radiation
Sea surface variables
Sea level pressure
Precipitation
- Adjusted / homogenized observation data
- CMIP6 global gridded data
- CMIP6 Canadian time series
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
- CMIP6 Canadian summary tables
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled agroclimatic indices
- CMIP6 daily predictor variables
- CMIP5 gridded data
- CMIP5 scenarios
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U5)
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U5)
- Seasonal forecasts
- Historical climate indices
- CMIP5 gridded projected changes
- Canadian regional climate model datasets
Rain
Snow
- Adjusted / homogenized observation data
- CMIP5 gridded data
- CMIP5 scenario maps
- Seasonal forecasts
- Snow cover
- Snow cover fraction
- Snow water equivalent
- Historical climate indices
- CMIP6 global gridded data
- CMIP6 Canadian time series
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
- CMIP6 Canadian summary tables
Sea ice
- CMIP5 gridded data
- CMIP5 scenario maps
- CMIP6 global gridded data
- CMIP6 Canadian time series
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
Derived variables
- Climate extreme indices (CLIMDEX)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled agroclimatic indices
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U5)
- CMIP5 Arctic wave projections and coastal impacts
- CMIP5 Arctic regional maximum wave heights and trends
- Ocean wave heights dataset
- Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index data (SPEI)
- Historical climate indices
Data format
Gridded data
- Adjusted / homogenized temperature and precipitation gridded data
- CMIP6 global gridded data (NetCDF)
- CMIP6 daily predictor variables
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- CMIP6 statistically downscaled agroclimatic indices
- CMIP5 gridded data (NetCDF or GeoTIFF)
- CMIP5 gridded projected changes
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate scenarios (CanDCS-U5)
- CMIP5 statistically downscaled climate indices (CanDCS-U5)
- Climate data extraction tool
- Snow water equivalent and snow cover fraction
- CMIP5 sea surface data
- CMIP6 sea surface data
- Canadian regional climate model datasets
Maps
- CMIP6 Canadian scenario maps
- CMIP5 scenario maps
- Seasonal forecasts
- Climate data viewer
- Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index data (SPEI)
Tabular data
Time series
Resources
Links
- Canadian Centre for Climate Services
- Related links and resources within the Federal Government
- Climate information basics
- Frequently asked questions on climate change
- Frequently asked questions on downscaling
Reports
- Canada's Changing Climate Report (2019)
- Canada’s Changing Climate Report in Light of the Latest Global Science Assessment (2022)
- CCCR supporting information
- Climate Data and Scenarios for Canada report (PDF)
- Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin
- Climate-Resilient Buildings and Core Public Infrastructure: an assessment of the impact of climate change on climatic design data in Canada
- Plain language summary of the Climate-Resilient Buildings And Core Public Infrastructure Report (PDF)
- IPCC Good Practice Guidance Paper on Assessing and Combining Multi-model Climate Projections
- Ouranos Guidebook on Climate Scenarios
- TGICA General Guidelines on the use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment
Technical notes
- Information on historical climate indices based on adjusted and homogenized daily temperature and precipitation data
- Information on historical gridded snow water equivalent and snow cover fraction over Canada
- Information on seasonal forecasts
- Information on CMIP6 multi-model ensemble
- Information on CMIP5 global climate model scenarios
- Information on multi-model ensemble scenarios
- Information on forcing scenarios
- Information on representative concentration pathways
- Information on shared socioeconomic pathways
- Information on standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index projections
- Information on coastal wind and wave statistics and extreme indices
- Information on CMIP5 sea surface datasets
- Information on CMIP6 sea surface datasets
- Information on CanESM2 predictors
- Information on CMIP6 predictors
- Information on statistically downscaled climate scenarios from CMIP5 global climate models (CanDCS-U5)
- Information on statistically downscaled climate indices from CMIP5 global climate models (CanDCS-U5)
- Information on statistically downscaled climate scenarios and indices from CMIP6 global climate models (CanDCS-U6 & CanDCS-M6)
- Information on statistically downscaled climate agroclimatic indices from CMIP6 global climate models