Canada CO2 emissions data for 2001

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2001?

Canada emitted 559.15 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2001. This represents 2.18% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2001?

In 2001, Canada emitted 18.04 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 31002768.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 559.15 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2001 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 241.05 7.78
Gas 165.5 5.34
Coal 127.08 4.1
Cement 6.98 0.23
Flaring 15.67 0.51

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