Glossary
Data Description
- Historical
- Represents emissions from 1990 to 2021
- Forecast
- Represents projected emissions from 2022 to 2030
Sectoral Emission Profile
- Agriculture
- Represents all emissions arising from farming activities, including those related to energy combustion for farming equipment as well as those related to crop and animal production.
- Animal Production
- Emissions from animal housing, manure storage, manure deposited by grazing animals, and application of manure to managed soils
- Crop Production
- Emissions from application of biosolids and inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, decomposition of crop residues, loss of soil organic carbon, cultivation of organic soils, indirect emissions from leaching and volatilization, field burning of agricultural residues, liming, and urea application
- On Farm Fuel Use
- Emissions from stationary combustion, onsite transportation and process emissions from the agricultural, hunting and trapping industry (excluding food processing, farm machinery manufacturing, and repair)
- Buildings
- Represents emissions arising directly from residential homes and commercial buildings
- Commercial and Institutional
- Emissions from buildings which service industries related to mining, communication, wholesale and retail trade, finance and insurance, real estate, education, etc.; offices, health, arts, accommodation, food, information & cultural; Federal, provincial and municipal establishments; National Defence and Canadian Coast Guard; Train stations, airports and warehouses
- Residential
- Emissions from personal residences (homes, apartment hotels, condominiums and farm houses)
- Construction
- Represents emissions that arise from construction of buildings, highways etc.
- Electricity
- Represents all emissions from electric utility generation and transmission for residential, industrial and commercial users
- Forest Resources
- Represents emissions that arise from forestry and logging service industry
- Industries
- Represents emissions arising from metal and non-metal mining activities, smelting and refining, and the production and processing of industrial goods such as paper or cement
- Cement
- Emissions from produce Cement – cement and other non-metallic mineral production
- Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Emissions from produce Chemicals and Fertilizers – chemical (fertilizer manufacturing, organic and inorganic chemical manufacturing)
- Coal Production
- Emissions that arise from coal production activities (i.e., Stationary combustion, onsite transportation and fugitive emissions from underground and surface coal mines)
- Iron and Steel
- Emissions from produce Iron and Steel – iron and steel (steel foundries, casting, rolling mills and iron making)
- Light Manufacturing
- Emissions that arise from all other manufacturing industries not included in the Heavy Industry category
- Lime and Gypsum
- Emissions from produce Lime and Gypsum – lime and gypsum product manufacturing
- Mining
- Emissions from produce metal and non-metal mines, stone quarries, and gravel pits
- Pulp and Paper
- Emissions from produce Pulp and Paper – pulp and paper (primarily pulp, paper, and paper product manufacturers)
- Smelting
- Emissions from produce non-ferrous metals (aluminium, magnesium and other production)
- Oil and Gas
- Represents all emissions that are created in the extraction, distribution, refining and upgrading of Oil and Gas products
- Downstream Oil and Gas
- Emissions from distribution, refining and upgrading of Oil and Gas products
- Upstream Oil and Gas
- Emissions from Oil and Gas extraction and processing
- Transportation
- Represents all emissions arising from the tailpipes of domestic passenger and freight transport
- Freight
- Emissions from the vehicles that primarily move cargo or freight
- Other: Recreational, Commercial and Residential
- Combustion emissions from the non-industrial use of off-road engines (e.g., ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft), including portable engines (e.g., generators, lawn mowers, chain saws).
- Passenger
- Emissions from the vehicles that primarily move passangers
- Waste
- Represents non-CO2 Emissions from biomass resulting from solid and liquid waste, waste incineration