Canada CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
-
How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2017?
-
Canada emitted 566.65 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 1.57% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
-
What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2017?
-
In 2017, Canada emitted 15.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 36554344.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 566.65 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
255.6 |
6.99 |
| Gas |
214.31 |
5.86 |
| Coal |
72.86 |
1.99 |
| Cement |
6.86 |
0.19 |
| Flaring |
14.81 |
0.41 |
See how Canada compares to other countries in 2017 rankings.