Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Canada
Canada: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 2.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Canada, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2.3% for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Canada peaked at 2.8% in 1936 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1851.
That places Canada 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 174 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 9 |
| 1860s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 1870s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 1880s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1890s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1900s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1910s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 1920s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1930s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1940s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Canada?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Canada was 2.3% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 1936.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1851.
- How does Canada rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Canada ranks 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.