Table 1.3Canada's greenhouse gas emissions
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1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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kilotonnes CO2 equivalent | ||||||
Greenhouse gas source and sink categories | ||||||
Total 1 | 596,000 | 646,000 | 721,000 | 745,000 | 747,000 | 747,000 |
Energy | 473,000 | 514,000 | 592,000 | 613,000 | 608,000 | 609,000 |
Stationary combustion sources | 282,000 | 294,000 | 344,000 | 360,000 | 349,000 | 346,000 |
Electricity and heat generation | 95,300 | 101,000 | 132,000 | 135,000 | 127,000 | 129,000 |
Fossil fuel industries | 52,000 | 54,000 | 67,000 | 74,000 | 72,000 | 73,000 |
Petroleum Refining and Upgrading | 16,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 19,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
Fossil Fuel Production | 36,000 | 40,000 | 53,000 | 54,000 | 54,000 | 55,000 |
Mining and oil and gas extraction | 6,180 | 7,850 | 10,400 | 15,700 | 14,800 | 15,600 |
Manufacturing industries | 54,700 | 52,900 | 53,000 | 49,300 | 50,900 | 45,900 |
Iron and steel | 6,490 | 7,040 | 7,190 | 6,370 | 6,480 | 6,520 |
Non-ferrous metals | 3,180 | 3,090 | 3,190 | 3,200 | 3,230 | 3,190 |
Chemical | 7,090 | 8,450 | 7,850 | 5,810 | 6,760 | 5,350 |
Pulp and paper | 13,600 | 11,700 | 11,000 | 8,990 | 9,310 | 7,340 |
Cement | 3,690 | 3,670 | 3,890 | 4,080 | 4,210 | 4,580 |
Other manufacturing | 20,600 | 19,000 | 19,900 | 20,800 | 20,900 | 18,900 |
Construction | 1,880 | 1,180 | 1,080 | 1,300 | 1,350 | 1,310 |
Commercial and institutional | 25,800 | 29,000 | 33,200 | 37,900 | 37,900 | 36,800 |
Residential | 44,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 43,000 | 42,000 |
Agriculture and forestry | 2,420 | 2,790 | 2,570 | 2,210 | 2,100 | 1,950 |
Transportation 2 | 150,000 | 160,000 | 180,000 | 190,000 | 190,000 | 200,000 |
Domestic aviation | 6,400 | 5,900 | 6,600 | 7,300 | 7,900 | 8,700 |
Road transportation | 101,000 | 112,000 | 122,000 | 129,000 | 133,000 | 135,000 |
Light—Duty gasoline vehicles | 47,200 | 45,700 | 43,300 | 42,600 | 42,400 | 41,200 |
Light—Duty gasoline trucks | 21,300 | 28,700 | 37,900 | 41,700 | 43,300 | 44,500 |
Heavy—Duty gasoline vehicles | 8,050 | 6,270 | 5,450 | 6,230 | 6,600 | 6,510 |
Motorcycles | 151 | 125 | 163 | 233 | 252 | 260 |
Light—Duty diesel vehicles | 363 | 335 | 362 | 408 | 441 | 443 |
Light—Duty diesel trucks | 724 | 1,360 | 1,730 | 1,930 | 2,040 | 2,200 |
Heavy—Duty diesel vehicles | 21,200 | 27,100 | 32,100 | 35,000 | 37,400 | 39,000 |
Propane and natural gas vehicles | 2,200 | 2,100 | 1,100 | 820 | 860 | 720 |
Railways | 7,000 | 6,000 | 7,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Domestic marine | 5,100 | 4,400 | 5,100 | 6,200 | 6,700 | 6,500 |
Others | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Off—Road Gasoline | 7,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 7,000 |
Off—Road Diesel | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Pipelines | 6,900 | 12,000 | 11,300 | 9,110 | 8,520 | 10,100 |
Fugitive sources | 42,700 | 57,000 | 64,700 | 65,900 | 66,200 | 65,700 |
Coal mining | 2,000 | 2,000 | 900 | 700 | 700 | 700 |
Oil and natural gas | 40,700 | 55,300 | 63,700 | 65,100 | 65,500 | 65,000 |
Oil | 4,180 | 5,150 | 5,430 | 5,780 | 5,940 | 5,660 |
Natural Gas | 12,900 | 16,500 | 19,400 | 20,100 | 20,400 | 20,800 |
Venting | 19,300 | 28,600 | 33,500 | 33,700 | 33,700 | 33,000 |
Flaring | 4,400 | 5,100 | 5,400 | 5,600 | 5,400 | 5,500 |
Industrial processes | 53,500 | 55,700 | 50,200 | 50,600 | 55,400 | 53,300 |
Mineral products | 8,300 | 8,800 | 9,600 | 9,100 | 9,500 | 9,500 |
Cement production | 5,400 | 6,100 | 6,700 | 6,800 | 7,100 | 7,200 |
Lime production | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,700 |
Mineral product use 3 | 1,090 | 878 | 1,020 | 612 | 590 | 599 |
Chemical industry | 16,000 | 17,000 | 7,400 | 7,400 | 9,800 | 8,900 |
Ammonia production | 3,900 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,000 | 5,500 | 5,000 |
Nitric acid production | 1,010 | 1,000 | 1,230 | 1,260 | 1,230 | 1,260 |
Adipic acid production | 11,000 | 11,000 | 900 | 1,100 | 3,100 | 2,600 |
Metal production | 19,500 | 19,200 | 18,900 | 17,200 | 17,600 | 16,200 |
Iron and steel production | 7,060 | 7,880 | 7,900 | 7,040 | 8,160 | 7,010 |
Aluminum production | 9,300 | 9,200 | 8,200 | 7,700 | 7,300 | 7,900 |
SF6 used in magnesium smelters and casters | 3,110 | 2,110 | 2,780 | 2,480 | 2,190 | 1,300 |
Consumption of halocarbons and SF6 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 4,500 | 6,000 | 5,500 | 6,100 |
Other and undifferentiated production | 8,300 | 8,700 | 9,700 | 11,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 |
Solvent and other product use | 170 | 210 | 240 | 220 | 210 | 180 |
Agriculture | 46,000 | 50,000 | 53,000 | 54,000 | 56,000 | 57,000 |
Enteric fermentation | 18,000 | 21,000 | 22,000 | 23,000 | 24,000 | 25,000 |
Manure management | 6,700 | 7,400 | 7,800 | 8,100 | 8,400 | 8,600 |
Agricultural soils | 21,000 | 22,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 24,000 | 23,000 |
Direct sources | 12,000 | 12,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 |
Pasture, range, and paddock manure | 3,200 | 3,700 | 3,900 | 4,000 | 4,300 | 4,400 |
Indirect sources | 5,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Waste | 23,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | 27,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 |
Solid waste disposal on land | 22,000 | 24,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 | 27,000 |
Wastewater handling | 780 | 810 | 880 | 910 | 930 | 930 |
Waste incineration | 400 | 350 | 250 | 230 | 230 | 240 |
Land use, land—use change and forestry | -120,000 | 150,000 | -110,000 | 22,000 | 81,000 | -17,000 |
Forest Land | -150,000 | 140,000 | -120,000 | 11,000 | 70,000 | -27,000 |
Cropland | 14,000 | 7,300 | 3,700 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 520 |
Grassland | … | … | … | … | … | … |
Wetlands | 5,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Settlements | 9,000 | 9,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
National totals exclude all GHGs from the land
use, land—use change and forestry sector.
Emissions from fuel ethanol are reported within
the gasoline transportation subcategories.
The category Mineral product use includes CO
2 emissions from the use of limestone and dolomite, soda ash, and magnesite.
Note(s):
Classification according to United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source(s):
Environment Canada, 2007, National Inventory Report: Greenhouse
Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, 1990–2005, Greenhouse Gas Division,
Ottawa, Ontario, http://www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/ghg/inventory_report/2005_report/tdm-toc_eng.cfm
(accessed February 25, 2008).
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