Between 2005 and 2021, Canada's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by roughly 13 percent. The North American country is aiming to reduce its GHG emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. This would see GHG emissions fall to at least 440 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). Under the "additional measures" scenario, Canada's GHG emissions would fall by roughly 36 percent by 2030, relative to 2005 levels. This would leave a gap of some 27 MtCO₂e to be on track with its pathway to net zero by 2050.
Greenhouse gas emission reduction pathway in Canada from 2005 to 2035, by scenario
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Excluding LULUCF Accounting Contribution, NBCS, Agriculture Measures, and WCI Credits
Supplementary notes
The Reference Case scenario includes federal, provincial, and territorial policies and measures that were in place as of August 2023 and assume no further government action.
The Additional Measures Scenario includes all federal, provincial, and territorial policies and measures from the Reference Case as well as those that have been announced but have not been fully implemented
Adapted from Statistics Canada, canada.ca, 2019 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada. (December 18, 2023). Greenhouse gas emission reduction pathway in Canada from 2005 to 2035, by scenario (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379729/emission-reduction-pathway-canada/
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