"Average summer sea ice area, Northern Canadian Waters, 1968 to 2024",, ,, Year,Northern Canadian Waters sea ice area (millions of square kilometres), 1968,1.26, 1969,1.59, 1970,1.46, 1971,1.37, 1972,1.66, 1973,1.33, 1974,1.45, 1975,1.31, 1976,1.46, 1977,1.27, 1978,1.67, 1979,1.43, 1980,1.40, 1981,1.17, 1982,1.35, 1983,1.60, 1984,1.47, 1985,1.35, 1986,1.54, 1987,1.39, 1988,1.26, 1989,1.40, 1990,1.40, 1991,1.43, 1992,1.63, 1993,1.30, 1994,1.36, 1995,1.20, 1996,1.51, 1997,1.26, 1998,0.85, 1999,1.11, 2000,1.24, 2001,1.23, 2002,1.27, 2003,1.19, 2004,1.37, 2005,1.17, 2006,0.99, 2007,0.93, 2008,0.90, 2009,1.14, 2010,0.83, 2011,0.74, 2012,0.70, 2013,1.12, 2014,1.04, 2015,1.11, 2016,0.79, 2017,0.94, 2018,1.23, 2019,0.82, 2020,1.03, 2021,1.02, 2022,1.05, 2023,0.82, 2024,0.74, ,, "Note: Sea ice is measured during the summer season. For the Northern Canadian Waters, the summer season is defined as the period from June 19 to November 19 for the Hudson Bay domain and from June 25 to October 15 for the Canadian Arctic domain. A statistically significant trend is reported when the Mann-Kendall test indicated the presence of a trend at the 95% confidence level.",, Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (2024) Climate Research Division.,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,