Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

• National greenhouse gas emissions, Canada, 1990 to 2010
• Greenhouse gas emissions per person (GHG per capita) and per unit of GDP (GHG intensity), Canada, 1990 to 2010
• Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector, Canada, 2010
• Greenhouse gas emissions by province and territory, Canada, 1990, 2009 and 2010

National greenhouse gas emissions, Canada, 1990 to 2010

Year	Total Emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
1990	589
1991	583
1992	599
1993	601
1994	622
1995	639
1996	657
1997	671
1998	678
1999	691
2000	718
2001	711
2002	718
2003	739
2004	751
2005	740
2006	726
2007	751
2008	731
2009	690
2010	692

 

Greenhouse gas emissions per person (GHG per capita) and per unit of GDP (GHG intensity), Canada, 1990 to 2010

Year	Indexed GHG Per Capita (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per person expressed as a percent of 1990)	Indexed GHG Intensity (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per $billion GDP expressed as a percent of 1990)
1990	100.0	100.0
1991	97.7	101.0
1992	99.3	103.0
1993	98.5	101.0
1994	100.8	99.6
1995	102.4	99.5
1996	104.3	100.8
1997	105.4	98.7
1998	105.7	95.9
1999	106.8	92.5
2000	109.9	91.3
2001	107.7	88.9
2002	107.7	87.3
2003	109.8	88.2
2004	110.5	86.9
2005	107.8	83.0
2006	104.7	79.2
2007	107.2	80.2
2008	103.0	77.5
2009	96.1	75.3
2010	95.2	73.1

 

Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector, Canada, 2010

Sector	2010 Greenhouse gas emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)	Percent of total emissions
Transportation	166	24
Oil and Gas	154	22
Electricity	99	14
Buildings	79	11
Emissions Intensive and Trade-Exposed	75	11
Agriculture	69	10
Waste and Others	50	7

Note: The 'Waste and Others' sector includes emissions from light manufacturing, construction, forest resources, waste and coal production.

 

Greenhouse gas emissions by province and territory, Canada, 1990, 2009 and 2010

Province or Territory	1990 Emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)	2009 Emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)	2010 Emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Newfoundland and Labrador	9.2	9.9	8.9
Prince Edward Island	2.0	2.0	2.0
Nova Scotia	19.1	19.5	20.4
New Brunswick	15.9	18.6	18.6
Quebec	83.8	84.3	82.0
Ontario	176.2	165.9	171.3
Manitoba	18.3	19.8	19.8
Saskatchewan	43.2	72.6	72.1
Alberta	165.6	231.9	233.3
British Columbia	49.4	58.3	56.1
Yukon	0.5	0.3	0.3
Northwest Territories and Nunavut	1.5	1.8	1.8

Note: Taken together, provincial/territorial emissions come short of the national total by approximately one percent because the emissions from some sources are estimated at the national level only.