Table 3
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita from private vehicle operation, Canada

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Greenhouse gas emissions per capita from private vehicle operation, Canada: Part 1
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (kg of CO2 equivalent) 52,255,561,110 51,135,406,021 52,306,520,176 53,897,302,201 55,857,299,433 55,808,485,435 56,023,131,613 57,437,259,975 59,439,191,845
Population (number) 27,691,138 28,037,420 28,371,264 28,684,764 29,000,663 29,302,311 29,610,218 29,905,948 30,155,173
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 1,887 1,824 1,844 1,879 1,926 1,905 1,892 1,921 1,971
Year over year changes  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) .. -1,120,155,089 1,171,114,155 1,590,782,025 1,959,997,232 -48,813,998 214,646,178 1,414,128,362 2,001,931,870
Population (number) .. 346,282 333,844 313,500 315,899 301,648 307,907 295,730 249,225
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) .. -63 20 35 47 -21 -13 29 51
  percent
Year over year growth rates  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) .. -2.14 2.29 3.04 3.64 -0.09 0.38 2.52 3.49
Population (number) .. 1.25 1.19 1.10 1.10 1.04 1.05 1.00 0.83
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) .. -3.4 1.1 1.9 2.5 -1.1 -0.7 1.5 2.6
Change since 1990  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) .. -1,120,155,089 50,959,066 1,641,741,091 3,601,738,323 3,552,924,325 3,767,570,502 5,181,698,864 7,183,630,734
Population (number) .. 346,282 680,126 993,626 1,309,525 1,611,173 1,919,080 2,214,810 2,464,035
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) .. -63 -43 -8 39 17 5 34 84
  percent
Growth rate since 1990  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) .. -2.14 0.10 3.14 6.89 6.80 7.21 9.92 13.75
Population (number) .. 1.25 2.46 3.59 4.73 5.82 6.93 8.00 8.90
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) .. -3.4 -2.3 -0.4 2.1 0.9 0.3 1.8 4.5
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita from private vehicle operation, Canada: Part 2
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) 60,611,549,593 60,556,962,962 62,444,030,760 65,228,941,603 66,642,438,662 68,402,780,528 67,781,199,700 68,583,979,487 70,774,235,773
Population (number) 30,401,286 30,685,730 31,019,020 31,353,656 31,639,670 31,940,676 32,245,209 32,576,074 32,927,372
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 1,994 1,973 2,013 2,080 2,106 2,142 2,102 2,105 2,149
Year over year changes  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) 1,172,357,748 -54,586,631 1,887,067,798 2,784,910,843 1,413,497,059 1,760,341,866 -621,580,828 802,779,786 2,190,256,287
Population (number) 246,113 284,444 333,290 334,636 286,014 301,006 304,533 330,865 351,298
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 23 -20 40 67 26 35 -40 3 44
  percent
Year over year growth rates  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) 1.97 -0.09 3.12 4.46 2.17 2.64 -0.91 1.18 3.19
Population (number) 0.82 0.94 1.09 1.08 0.91 0.95 0.95 1.03 1.08
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 1.1 -1.0 2.0 3.3 1.2 1.7 -1.8 0.2 2.1
Change since 1990  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) 8,355,988,482 8,301,401,852 10,188,469,650 12,973,380,493 14,386,877,552 16,147,219,417 15,525,638,590 16,328,418,376 18,518,674,663
Population (number) 2,710,148 2,994,592 3,327,882 3,662,518 3,948,532 4,249,538 4,554,071 4,884,936 5,236,234
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 107 86 126 193 219 254 215 218 262
  percent
Growth rate since 1990  
GHG emissions (kg of CO 2 equivalent) 15.99 15.89 19.50 24.83 27.53 30.90 29.71 31.25 35.44
Population (number) 9.79 10.81 12.02 13.23 14.26 15.35 16.45 17.64 18.91
GHG emissions per capita (kg of CO2 equivalent) 5.7 4.6 6.7 10.2 11.6 13.5 11.4 11.6 13.9
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2009, special tabulation.