Canada biggest cities have lost their green spaces at staggering rates over the past two decades, new data from Statistics Canada suggests. On Thursday, the national statistics agency released urban greenness data for 1,016 towns and cities across the country. The results show that over the past 22 years, urban greenness dropped in every province—average falling eight percentage points across the country. “A lot of people are putting a lot of effort into managing trees canopies and appreciating more vegetation in the city,” said Joanna Eyquem at the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation. …In its latest analysis of Canadian cities, the country’s national statistics agency found decreases in green space were most pronounced in large urban population centres — those with more than 100,000 residents — where 10.5 per cent of urban greenness disappeared over the last two decades.