Where Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions come from
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Canada's GHG emissions by economic sector (2021)
- Oil and gas: 28 percent
- Electricity: 7.7 percent
- Transportation: 22 percent
- Heavy industry: 11 percent
- Buildings: 13 percent
- Agriculture: 10 percent
- Waste and others: 7 percent
* National Inventory Report 1990-2023: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada
Note: Emissions totals (99 percent) are rounded.
Source: National Inventory Report 1990-2021: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada
Economic sectors used to calculate emissions:
- Homes and buildings – service industry and residential sectors
- Transportation – passenger transport; freight transport; other recreational, commercial, and residential
- Industry – heavy industry, light manufacturing, construction, and coal production
- Forestry, agriculture, and waste – on-farm fuel use, crop production, animal production, forest resources, solid waste, wastewater, waste incineration
- Oil and gas – upstream and downstream oil and gas
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