Main Emission Sources

Estimated total CO emissions in Canada in year 2010 were 8,717 kilotonnes (without open sources e.g. forest fires, prescribed burning). The primary emitting sources are:

Pie chart of CO emissions for 2010. 75 percent represents transportation, 8 percent residential fuel wood combustion, 5 percent upstream petroleum industry, 4 percent aluminum industry, 4 percent wood industry and 4 percent other sources.