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Every chart and map on the site, in one place — no article required. Each one is built from a named public dataset, with the method and caveats on the page.

Map of the five Great Lakes shaded by country, showing Lake Ontario at 54.7% Canadian
Geography · Trade

Lake Ontario is 55% Canadian water — Trump just renamed it "Lake America"

Splitting each Great Lake along the International Boundary Commission's own surveyed treaty line shows Canada holds more than a third of all five lakes combined.

August 2026 · International Boundary Commission
Map of Canadian metro areas shaded by police-reported violent crime rate
Justice

Canada's most violent cities are not its biggest ones

Chilliwack, Thunder Bay and Kamloops top the list. Toronto ranks 33rd of 40. Trace any of the 40 metros back to 1998.

July 2026 · StatCan 35-10-0177-01
Line chart of Ontario average ER length of stay for admitted patients, 2011/12 to 2026/27
Health

Ontario's ER crisis, 15 years on one chart

Average admitted-patient length-of-stay held flat under McGuinty, climbed under Wynne, and peaked at 20.9 hours under Ford in 2022/23 — falling since, but still above the 2014 baseline.

Updated July 2026 · Ontario Auditor General
Satellite map animation of BC and Alberta wildfires from 2000 to 2025
Environment · 3D map

26 years of BC and Alberta wildfires, animated

20.34 million hectares burned since 2000. 2023 alone accounts for more than the whole of the 2000s combined.

Corrected July 2026 · BC Wildfire Service, Alberta Wildfire
Bar chart of Ontario annual housing starts 2014 through 2025 against the 1.5 million homes by 2031 glide path
Housing

Ontario's 1.5M-homes promise meets reality

15.3% of the target delivered against 33% of the timeline elapsed. Catching up now needs 3.2× the 2025 pace.

May 2026 · Ontario housing starts data
Map of Canadian crude oil export flows by destination before and after the Trans Mountain Expansion
Energy · Trade

Where Canada's oil goes — and where it used to

The Trans Mountain Expansion tripled Pacific export capacity. Asia's share moved from 0% to 10%, and US Gulf-bound flows fell 46%.

May 2026 · Canada Energy Regulator
Bar chart ranking oil exporters by share of exports going to their top customer, Canada highest at 95.6%
Trade · Energy

Canada is the most single-customer-dependent oil exporter in the world

95.6% of Canada's raw crude oil exports go to the United States — twice the concentration of the next-most-dependent exporter.

May 2026 · UN Comtrade
Map of opioid mortality rates across Canadian provinces and US states in 2024
Health

Canada now has a higher opioid death rate than the US

17.7 vs 16.4 deaths per 100,000 in 2024 — but pull British Columbia out of the Canadian total and Canada drops to 14.0.

May 2026 · Health Canada, CDC