Canada CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2012?

Canada emitted 565.78 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 1.62% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2012?

In 2012, Canada emitted 16.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 34691876.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 565.78 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	260.9	7.52
Gas	198.32	5.72
Coal	81.7	2.35
Cement	6.53	0.19
Flaring	15.8	0.46

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