Canada's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions stood at 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021, an increase of 1.7 percent in comparison to the previous year. Since 1990, greenhouse gas emissions in the North American country reached a record high in 2007, at 748 MtCO₂e.
Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Environment Canada. (April 12, 2023). Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/
Environment Canada. "Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/
Environment Canada. (2023). Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/
Environment Canada. "Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/
Environment Canada, Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environment Canada, April 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/503160/total-volume-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-canada/