Canada CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2016?

Canada emitted 557.69 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.57% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2016?

In 2016, Canada emitted 15.44 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 36113532.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 557.69 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	251.96	6.98
Gas	209.55	5.8
Coal	73.69	2.04
Cement	6.11	0.17
Flaring	14.09	0.39

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