Canada CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2008?
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Canada emitted 576.81 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 1.8% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2008?
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In 2008, Canada emitted 17.36 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 33218542.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 576.81 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
256.95 |
7.74 |
| Gas |
181.85 |
5.47 |
| Coal |
112.99 |
3.4 |
| Cement |
6.99 |
0.21 |
| Flaring |
15.32 |
0.46 |
See how Canada compares to other countries in 2008 rankings.