Canada CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2006?

Canada emitted 568.58 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 1.86% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2006?

In 2006, Canada emitted 17.48 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 32531864.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 568.58 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 259.11 7.96
Gas 168.47 5.18
Coal 114.31 3.51
Cement 7.73 0.24
Flaring 16.02 0.49

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