Canada's per capita food carbon footprint in 2017, by key food type

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic displays the carbon footprint per capita for major food products in Canada in 2017. During that time, Canada's carbon footprint for beef consumption totaled over 933 kilograms of carbon dioxide per person per year. Globally, about 30.86 kilograms of beef was consumed per capita.

Per capita carbon footprint of food in Canada in 2017, by select product type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per year)*

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2018

Region

Canada

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

* Calculated through the amount of food supplied for consumption and how many kgs of CO2 per kg of produce, per person annually.

Global consumption of various food items.
Pork = 3.54 kg
Poultry= 1.07 kg
Beef = 30.86 kg
Lamb & Goat = 35.02 kg
Fish = 1.60 kg
Eggs = 0.92 kg
Milk – including cheese = 1.42 kg
Wheat & Wheat Products = 0.19 kg
Rice = 1.28 kg
Soybeans = 0.45 kg
Nuts – including Peanut Butter = 1.77 kg

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