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B.C. Air Quality

B.C.'s Air Quality Readings

This website provides two types of air quality information that can be viewed in real time:

  • Current and forecast Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) values, a scale to help you understand what the air quality around you means to your health. AQHI values are shown in the table to the left, and health messages found by clicking on the station name. For further details, see: Accessing Additional Information on the AQHI.
  • Measurements of specific air pollutants such as PM2.5, and other parameters such as temperature and wind speed. To access this data, click on the map to zoom in, and click again on your community of interest. For further details, see: Accessing Pollutant Concentrations.

The website also contains information on current air quality advisories and why they do not always correspond with the AQHI. To download historical air quality and meteorological data, visit BC Air Data Archive.

This interface uses the Flash web browser plug-in. To view the data without flash, please visit our alternative interface for the latest Air Quality Health Index values.

To download the Flash plug-in for your web browser, click on the following image: Get Adobe Flash player

More air quality data:
Try our new, non-Flash Air Quality Health Index interface.
View the latest readings from the Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory (MAML).

Abbreviations:
  • ppb: parts per billion
  • ppm: parts per million
  • µg/m3: micrograms per cubic metre

Disclaimer:
The above data and information has been collected on a near "real time" basis by automated monitors. It is preliminary in nature and has not yet been tested or verified. Therefore, it may be subject to change, without notice, pending subsequent review and verification. At this time, it is provided as a "public service" on an "as is" basis without warranty, whether express or implied, as to its quality, accuracy, suitability, reliability, usability, completeness, timeliness or applicability for particular purposes. The application of quality assurance and verification procedures to the data and information may result in differences between what is currently displayed and what will become the official record.