{"id":622566,"date":"2026-04-23T04:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622566\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:41:16","slug":"why-windsor-is-canadas-worst-place-for-allergy-sufferers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622566\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Windsor is Canada\u2019s worst place for allergy sufferers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Updated:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 7:02PM EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Published:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 10:40AM EDT<\/p>\n<p>Windsor has been ranked the worst in Canada for people with allergies. CTV Windsor\u2019s Stefanie Masotti has more. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Windsor, Ont., is the No. 1 most challenging place to live in Canada in 2026 if you have pollen allergies, according to Ottawa-based research lab Aerobiology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Researchers found <a href=\"https:\/\/aerobiology.ca\/2026-allergy-capitals\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/aerobiology.ca\/2026-allergy-capitals\/\">an estimated eight to 10 million Canadians<\/a> \u2014 or one in five \u2014 are affected by pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds, with symptoms including nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, and itchy or watery eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rankings are based on the length of the season and the number of days with high or very high airborne pollen concentrations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4IYUOJAA35MW2KKP477AKQUITQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"449\"\/>image.jpg-1.18461093 A cloudy skyline in Windsor, Ont., on Thursday, June 2, 2022. (Melanie Borrelli\/CTV News Windsor) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The overall report found City of Windsor has longer and stronger concentration of pollen during the seasons largely driven by dense surrounding vegetation, favourable climate conditions, and the abundance of highly allergenic species such as birch, oak, and ragweed.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 most challenging places to live with pollen allergies in 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">1. Windsor, Ont.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">2. Hamilton, Ont.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">3. Barrie, Ont.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">4. Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">5. Kingston, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 Canadian cities with lowest seasonal pollen burden in 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">1. St. John\u2019s, N.L. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">2. Saint John, N.B. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">3. Regina, Sask.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">4. Moncton, N.B. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">5. Halifax, N.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 7:02PM EDT Published:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 10:40AM EDT Windsor has been ranked the worst&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[712,49,48,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-622566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}