Per person, Canada uses more energy and generates more waste than any other country. Canada’s resource intensity is driven by two aspects. From the days of the first settlers, Canada was and is still seen as a land of resources to be mined, cut, channeled, harnessed, and shipped. And, Canada’s cities, benefiting from relatively cheap energy and lots of land, were developed with large homes on expansive lots in car-dependent neighborhoods. The urban metabolism of a Canadian city is among the world’s most voracious. Canada is doubly blessed by geography. The country is replete with minerals, freshwater, and petroleum resources. Almost half the world’s mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Canada’s oil and gas reserves are the world’s third highest. Canada’s second geographic blessing is the temperate climate (with plentiful freshwater), which will be especially important for the remainder of this century as climate migrants move away from the equator. Canada’s blessings now need to be protected and shared. Canada’s cities will need to lead the global shift to a sustainability mindset where wealth can be increased while planetary impacts are decreased.