Canada CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Canada emit in 2020?

Canada emitted 522.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 1.49% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Canada in 2020?

In 2020, Canada emitted 13.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 37888704.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 522.85 million tonnes emitted by Canada in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	227.67	6.01
Gas	221.47	5.85
Coal	48.52	1.28
Cement	6.71	0.18
Flaring	16.43	0.43

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