CO carbon monoxide

NOx nitrogen oxides

PM2.5 particulate matter less than

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or equal to 2.5 microns
Smog poor air quality linked

on AIR POLLUTION
to negative health and
environmental effects
SO2 sulphur dioxide
VOCs volatile organic compounds

CANADA’S TIER 3 VEHICLE AND FUEL STANDARDS

The Government of Canada is taking action to further reduce
harmful air pollutant emissions.

CANADA PROTECTS ITS AIR BY HAVING THE WORLD’S

MOST STRINGENT NATIONAL AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS
REDUCED ANNUAL
STANDARDS FOR NEW CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS.
ON-ROAD VEHICLE
EMISSIONS BY 2030 CO
(-22%)
LESS
VOCs SMOG SO2
(-15%)
(-43%)
NOx PM2.5
Lowering (-13%) (-8%)
smog-forming
air pollutant
emissions from
new vehicles by
AS MUCH AS

80%
over current
standards

2017–2030 HEALTH BENEFITS

Reducing
Preventing:
sulphur in • 200,000 days of asthma symptoms
gasoline
limits • 2.8 million days with other
in 2017 air pollution-related
respiratory issues
BY NEARLY

70%
$7.5 BILLION
IN HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS BY 2030

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