Table 5.1
Criteria air contaminant emissions, 2009

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Criteria air contaminant emissions, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of criteria air contaminant emissions particulate matter, sox , nox , voc , co, nh3 and total , calculated using total , pm10 , pm2.5  and tonnes units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Particulate matter SOx  Note 4 NOx  Note 5 VOC  Note 6 CO NH3
Total  Note 1 PM10  Note 2 PM2.5  Note 3
  tonnes  
Total 18,607,112 5,915,509 1,180,253 1,480,547 2,175,349 25,164,130 9,696,616 464,702
Industrial sources 412,162 139,879 68,057 948,343 605,309 642,576 1,425,090 18,362
Abrasives manufacture 11 9 4     23    
Aluminum industry 9,818 6,279 5,019 64,153 1,535 1,455 389,028  
Asbestos industry 104 23 9 162 54   4  
Asphalt paving industry 38,273 7,608 1,491 761 1,127 4,489 4,199  
Bakeries 2 2 2 0 0 9,040 0  
Cement and concrete industry 50,516 16,651 7,860 24,577 31,310 263 11,874 237
Chemicals industry 4,123 2,886 1,354 13,816 22,116 11,059 13,492 10,117
Mineral products industry 1,292 1,001 799 1,506 457 194 3,395 203
Foundries 6,391 5,964 5,421 50 151 378 51,245  
Grain industries 48,513 12,382 2,256 582 1,006 2,818 487 10
Iron and steel industries 4,698 2,388 1,600 21,789 8,680 644 19,607 85
Iron ore mining industry 8,956 3,739 1,285 10,992 9,982 40 17,822  
Mining and rock quarrying 171,930 35,641 10,444 4,720 18,149 1,982 9,259 1,209
Non-ferrous smelting and refining
industry		 4,803 3,019 1,835 401,307 2,052 54 9,136 356
Pulp and paper industry 17,723 12,720 9,073 29,346 30,443 15,789 52,945 1,464
Wood industry 20,411 11,077 6,149 1,938 10,312 55,251 322,227 1,291
Upstream petroleum industry 13,748 10,932 8,288 295,086 411,293 454,047 477,590 3,038
Downstream petroleum industry 4,665 3,415 2,225 71,050 24,123 42,347 20,497 75
Petroleum product transportation
and distribution		 138 135 134 1,295 27,219 175 14,719  
Other industries 6,048 4,005 2,809 5,214 5,299 42,526 7,564 278
Non-industrial sources 143,366 123,712 117,890 433,052 284,052 157,808 764,570 2,162
Commercial fuel combustion 5,299 3,947 2,991 39,383 35,182 1,498 19,685 416
Electric power generation (utilities) 22,987 11,501 7,013 384,897 205,348 2,719 40,816 464
Residential fuel combustion 3,758 2,864 2,616 7,307 33,261 1,770 13,226 358
Residential fuel wood combustion 111,321 105,399 105,271 1,466 10,261 151,821 690,843 923
Transportation 68,760 68,227 61,151 95,355 1,132,079 509,575 6,605,699 22,600
Air transportation 1,102 1,102 1,075 5,287 74,377 11,950 65,801 39
Heavy-duty diesel vehicles 4,697 4,697 4,325 569 207,885 8,573 44,246 635
Heavy-duty gasoline trucks 305 296 250 85 20,357 6,855 83,663 258
Light-duty diesel trucks 336 336 309 40 3,960 1,830 3,297 26
Light-duty diesel vehicles 101 101 93 9 1,017 359 1,583 12
Light-duty gasoline trucks 612 595 503 712 96,715 100,126 1,853,697 8,962
Light-duty gasoline vehicles 520 505 468 663 82,945 99,615 1,767,964 11,762
Marine transportation 11,089 10,658 9,773 82,766 119,368 3,941 9,982 127
Motorcycles 26 25 17 3 1,435 3,364 20,482 14
Off-road use of diesel 32,026 32,026 30,906 2,875 388,803 36,274 208,168 574
Off-road use of gasoline/LPG/CNG 8,670 8,670 7,992 106 36,386 233,867 2,530,752 91
Rail transportation 3,895 3,895 3,583 2,241 98,831 2,822 16,063 99
Tire wear and brake lining 5,381 5,321 1,855          
Incineration 1,016 583 497 2,535 2,417 1,386 5,179 138
Crematorium 6 6 6 12 20 2 17  
Industrial and commercial incineration 115 75 32 525 639 637 1,899 72
Municipal incineration 677 480 443 350 1,364 602 1,330 19
Other incineration and utilities 218 22 16 1,648 394 144 1,933 47
Miscellaneous 9,431 9,311 9,238 0 33 425,843 3,720 1,713
Cigarette smoking 479 479 479     8 2,264 86
Dry cleaning 2 2 2     300    
General solvent use           253,539    
Marine cargo handling industry 201 82 30     16    
Meat cooking 8,473 8,473 8,473          
Refined petroleum products retail           51,128    
Printing 16 15 14 0 33 43,189 6 0
Structural fires 261 261 242     266 1,451 15
Surface coatings           77,397    
Human perspiration               567
Other miscellaneous               1,045
Open sources 17,866,946 5,484,178 849,618 1,197 5,369 275,169 24,100 417,866
Agriculture 1,717,015 879,405 48,140     257,381   413,765
Construction operations 3,685,768 1,100,422 218,012 661 2,080 24 342 38
Dust from paved roads 3,444,827 660,259 157,964          
Dust from unpaved roads 8,979,137 2,837,591 421,565          
Waste 5,658 2,521 2,338 532 3,085 17,190 13,936 4,046
Mine tailings 32,966 2,637 659          
Prescribed burning 1,574 1,343 940 4 205 574 9,823 17
Natural sources 105,431 89,620 73,802 65 146,090 23,151,774 868,257 1,861
1.
Total particulate matter is made up of solid and liquid particles under 100 micrometres in diameter that are released into the atmosphere.
2.
PM10 is the fraction of total particulate matter that is less than or equal to 10 micrometres in diameter.
3.
PM2.5 is the fraction of total particulate matter that is less than or equal to 2.5 micrometres in diameter.
4.
SOx is made up of gaseous oxides of sulphur, mainly sulphur dioxide (SO2). In some cases, emissions may contain small amounts of sulphur trioxide (SO3) and sulphurous and sulphuric acid vapour.
5.
NOx is made up of gaseous nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
6.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are made up of photochemically reactive hydrocarbon compounds (those that participate in chemical reactions when exposed to sunlight). They are major contributors to smog in urban areas.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. A blank cell indicates that no emissions data is available or applicable. "0" indicates that the value was approximated to zero, as the value was very small in the context of the sector and pollutant.
Source(s):
Environment Canada, Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division, 2011, National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Downloadable Datasets, www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/default.asp?lang=en&n=0EC58C98- (accessed October 4, 2011).
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