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TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024

🇨🇦 Canada

World rank #10 · North America · Same as 204 million cars driven for a year

204 million
cars driven for a year
936 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2.2%/yr

Canada ranks #10 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 936 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.

This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.North AmericaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#10 of 250

Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction

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Largest sites
AssetSectorAnnual emissionsConfidence
Canada_West Canadian - Alberta_Oil sands ABFossil Fuels167 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Northern Rockies Regional DistrictForestry & Land50.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Division No. 17 Census DivisionForestry & Land40.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Fort Smith RegionForestry & Land35.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Canada_West Canadian - Alberta_Tight gas ABFossil Fuels30.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Division No. 18 Census DivisionForestry & Land29.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Division No. 18 Census DivisionForestry & Land29.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Fort Smith RegionForestry & Land26.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Canada_West Canadian - Alberta_Conventional onshore ABFossil Fuels26.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Northern Rockies Regional DistrictForestry & Land21.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Bulkley-Nechako Regional DistrictForestry & Land21 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Nord-du-Québec CountyForestry & Land20.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Division No. 17 Census DivisionForestry & Land17.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Division No. 16 Census DivisionForestry & Land17 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Yukon TerritoryForestry & Land12.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalentvery low
Trend
845 Mt928 Mt1 Gt20162024

National total, 20162024. Source: Climate TRACE.

Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.

What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.

Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.

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