Learn more about the actions to protect children’s health during extreme heat:  

• Keep children cool! Protecting children from extreme heat 
• Comprehensive strategy to address extreme heat in schools

Learn more about outdoor settings, including shade coverage, tree canopy, urban heat islands and thermally comfortable playgrounds:

• Fundamentals for Thermal Comfort and Safety: Designing Climate-Ready Playgrounds
• Assessment Tool: “Does your playground make the grade?” 
• Assessment Tool: “Playground Report Card” 
• Infographic: Why design for thermal comfort at playgrounds? 
• Infographic: Stay cool while playing 
• Designing Sun Safety: Shade Lookbook 
• Reimagining Spaces Where Children Play: Developing Guidance for Thermally Comfortable Playgrounds in Canada 
• Reducing Urban Heat Islands to Protect Health in Canada 

Learn more about indoor settings, including the benefits of building retrofits, active mechanical cooling systems and the building envelope:  

• Building Retrofits Factsheet 
• Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Retrofit Guidelines 
• Natural Resources Canada on Energy Efficiency 
• Foundations for student success: how school buildings influence student health, thinking and performance

Additional resources on extreme heat and the health impacts of climate change:  

• Extreme Heat Events
• Extreme Heat Guide
• HealthyPlan.City Heat Mapping Tool
• Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate
• Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Canada
• Using Foresight to Contemplate the Future of Early Childhood in Canada
• The Health Costs of Climate Change: How Canada Can Adapt, Prepare and Save Lives
• Extreme heat affects early childhood development and health