The research was conducted through online research, government websites and expert interviews. At the top of the class was British Columbia, with an individual grade of 69% thanks to green jobs, buildings, energy efficiency, and organic food. Prince Edward Island was dead last with a score of 32%.

"Our hope is that this clear presentation of provincial eco-performance will be seized upon by leaders across Canada looking to ramp up their region's eco-resiliency," said Toby Heaps, the editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights.

Manitoba placed ninth among 13 Canadian jurisdictions, ranking low in everything but energy - where it got an A+ for total energy consumed per GDP. Manitoba tied with Saskatchewan for the lowest environmental employment and organic food consumed.