"Sub-region summer sea ice area trends, Northern Canadian Waters, 1968 to 2024",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, Year,Foxe Basin (thousands of square kilometres),Kane Basin (thousands of square kilometres),Baffin Bay (thousands of square kilometres),Beaufort Sea (thousands of square kilometres),Canadian Arctic Archipelago (thousands of square kilometres),Hudson Bay (thousands of square kilometres),Hudson Strait (thousands of square kilometres),Davis Strait (thousands of square kilometres),Northern Labrador Sea (thousands of square kilometres) 1968,73.11,26.13,130.45,336.75,550.68,93.52,21.28,24.80,4.88 1969,79.44,34.54,168.36,485.60,569.13,190.95,24.82,33.67,4.93 1970,70.62,30.82,195.68,391.68,570.29,129.96,18.86,38.38,11.79 1971,68.82,32.42,170.56,402.00,512.13,109.45,29.53,30.85,9.35 1972,113.63,33.00,159.80,355.21,658.75,210.50,42.40,66.86,15.24 1973,61.83,35.42,137.35,371.77,519.99,122.94,29.70,46.30,4.50 1974,52.46,32.69,99.97,484.81,570.15,154.03,27.42,24.07,6.72 1975,52.14,33.61,79.60,478.63,508.57,107.11,16.21,25.10,7.51 1976,76.25,33.91,136.49,448.68,592.63,111.38,18.12,38.48,6.81 1977,71.28,35.35,209.44,298.25,514.03,83.98,14.99,40.95,5.53 1978,106.48,30.42,208.42,421.66,645.95,191.10,28.97,34.26,7.23 1979,75.19,33.04,138.59,337.03,656.95,126.80,21.91,35.68,6.01 1980,60.40,31.80,146.37,432.88,574.92,107.61,15.46,25.06,2.49 1981,40.42,29.96,125.09,366.65,465.25,102.84,14.24,27.35,2.32 1982,61.01,30.80,157.46,313.67,557.03,139.75,23.72,57.38,5.98 1983,87.57,35.10,185.45,476.13,532.30,157.83,36.10,81.29,11.94 1984,63.67,30.56,123.40,454.87,525.21,160.70,41.65,55.52,14.37 1985,54.57,30.20,84.07,479.68,510.72,132.87,26.59,24.18,9.60 1986,71.74,32.23,178.47,407.17,620.05,162.81,20.64,42.10,2.98 1987,84.31,26.39,185.68,288.11,583.46,154.69,25.56,32.15,6.67 1988,63.83,24.38,120.19,402.51,486.88,109.41,21.12,25.36,5.09 1989,77.60,30.71,174.29,397.88,526.48,139.30,19.03,27.85,5.04 1990,77.37,22.91,142.52,381.94,579.22,125.49,28.85,35.11,6.66 1991,67.90,29.75,102.97,482.53,550.04,120.44,26.73,32.88,12.18 1992,78.95,37.68,139.83,465.97,608.02,207.91,31.40,53.05,6.43 1993,66.74,31.33,210.43,260.68,524.38,141.04,21.33,41.19,3.82 1994,55.59,28.62,140.12,454.15,509.50,116.08,18.93,31.17,5.73 1995,56.03,24.95,169.40,298.74,528.64,94.50,11.51,14.08,0.25 1996,60.60,34.66,258.34,446.44,536.42,118.90,20.63,28.22,6.10 1997,46.80,34.68,156.27,319.12,570.46,101.39,15.00,15.68,2.70 1998,51.79,31.84,137.78,166.00,391.34,53.48,8.84,11.25,0.87 1999,56.79,30.36,143.40,343.83,456.78,35.82,7.72,26.37,4.50 2000,41.10,31.80,91.29,420.49,502.09,119.01,9.84,25.14,3.18 2001,56.33,34.00,101.71,442.20,518.80,50.06,5.30,16.70,0.63 2002,56.61,33.64,77.18,367.81,562.12,122.08,13.74,25.53,8.97 2003,50.88,30.11,73.10,356.58,552.82,96.86,8.00,17.00,2.06 2004,60.22,31.91,100.99,320.42,596.01,212.96,20.02,23.73,0.88 2005,39.85,30.17,111.37,358.71,547.77,62.53,10.03,9.37,0.87 2006,26.78,27.34,60.94,375.75,431.73,46.15,3.94,12.41,1.47 2007,54.18,24.01,96.13,243.96,407.38,75.61,9.79,17.63,5.41 2008,58.80,24.58,91.43,162.79,435.38,93.41,13.69,23.31,0.08 2009,51.56,18.95,68.65,312.92,504.39,137.17,16.12,27.85,5.53 2010,38.84,25.92,79.14,237.22,406.28,33.68,2.99,8.18,0.49 2011,44.44,22.03,73.02,191.78,336.66,58.63,3.00,5.67,0.02 2012,51.31,26.21,43.00,135.42,350.75,73.34,6.38,17.88,0.12 2013,56.76,32.35,67.00,347.26,500.83,83.53,8.61,16.60,4.95 2014,60.40,22.01,51.82,268.38,519.08,86.04,12.13,12.66,4.93 2015,64.90,32.05,127.31,265.33,417.10,138.71,17.01,43.48,3.49 2016,42.25,27.38,57.49,149.11,399.32,78.85,12.10,22.10,1.96 2017,43.21,28.34,96.14,199.28,472.03,60.97,8.73,35.63,0.45 2018,59.06,32.06,97.74,332.68,533.19,123.17,17.29,32.60,4.48 2019,28.99,20.42,47.41,162.15,424.35,111.84,7.00,17.41,0.62 2020,47.83,26.16,55.51,312.95,444.80,107.85,11.83,24.01,4.04 2021,51.82,30.59,63.40,338.03,464.25,58.21,6.54,6.31,0.07 2022,43.69,31.91,126.52,303.20,426.05,76.53,6.62,31.26,1.24 2023,45.25,32.82,108.90,207.81,344.45,46.05,9.74,17.13,5.28 2024,38.76,32.57,107.14,153.86,325.98,59.99,5.40,14.59,0.43 1968 to 2024 decadal trend,-7.4%,-2.4%,-10.9%,-8.1%,-5.0%,-9.4%,-13.7%,-10.6%,-15.1% ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, "Note: Sea ice area 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 indicates 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).,,,,,,,,,