Canada CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2009?

Canada emitted 544.14 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 1.73% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2009?

In 2009, Canada emitted 16.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 33593920.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 544.14 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 253.29 7.54
Gas 175.26 5.22
Coal 93.59 2.79
Cement 5.36 0.16
Flaring 14.38 0.43

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