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Facility GHG Reporting

Accurate tracking of GHG emissions is an important part of assessing Canada's overall environmental performance. In March, 2004, the Government of Canada announced the introduction of mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by major emitters.

By providing a more precise picture of the sources and amounts of Canada's GHG emissions, mandatory reporting will contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of climate change and energy use policies and strategies.

Unlike the National GHG Inventory which compiles GHG data at a national level, developed from national and provincial statistics, the GHG Emissions Reporting program applies only to the largest industrial GHG emitters in Canada. In the GHG emissions reporting program, all facilities that emit the equivalent of 100,000 tonnes (100kt) or more of greenhouse gases (in CO₂ equivalent units) per year are required to submit a report. Reporters can submit their reports for each calendar year using the Electronic Data Reporting (EDR) system on the GHG Reporting Web site.

The total reported GHG emissions by gas and by facility are available as:

• a brief overview and analysis of the reported data,
• key data tables that can be viewed or downloaded; and
• a dynamic search tool to query the reported data.