Main Emission Sources:

Estimated total VOC emissions in Canada in year 2005 were  1 935 311 tonnes (without open sources e.g. agricultural animals, forest fires, prescribed burning). The primary emitting sources are:

• transportation sources (e.g. on-road and off-road motor vehicles and engines, marine)
• upstream oil and gas industry (e.g. production and distribution of petroleum and natural gas, oil sands)
• other industrial sources (e.g. petroleum refineries, pulp and paper, iron and steel, plastics manufacturing)
• commercial and consumer products (e.g. solvent use, surface coating, printing, degreasing)
• fuel marketing
• residential wood combustion
• other non-industrial sources (e.g. commercial and residential fuel combustion, wood waste incineration)

VOC Emissions - Year 2005
(Without Open Sources - % of Total)