Map 1
Household greenhouse gas emissions per capita, by province and territory, 2020

Map description

The title of the map is "Household greenhouse gas emissions per capita, by province and territory, 2020"

Provincial and territorial boundaries are outlined in white, with surrounding land masses and water bodies also coloured white, except for the Great Lakes, which are shaded blue. The Canadian provinces and territories and Great Lakes are the only prominent geographic features included on the map. Each province and territory is labeled in black text, with the label either inside the territories and larger provinces, or adjacent to the smaller provinces.

Near each province and territory label is a dark grey arrow, either pointing up to represent an increase of emissions compared with emissions from 2009 or pointing down to represent a decrease of emissions compared with 2009. On the right side of each arrow is a value, in tonnes per capita, displaying the magnitude of change between 2009 and 2020 emissions for the corresponding province or territory.

Yukon displays a value of -0.6. The Northwest Territories displays a value of -1.6. Nunavut displays a value of 0.2. British Columbia displays a value of -0.2. Alberta displays a value of -0.7. Saskatchewan displays a value of -0.6. Manitoba displays a value of 0.2. Ontario displays a value of -0.8. Quebec displays a value of -0.7. Newfoundland and Labrador displays a value of 1.0. Prince Edward Island displays a value of -2.5. New Brunswick displays a value of -1.1. Nova Scotia displays a value of -0.6.

The title of the legend in the top left corner is "Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita in 2020" and displays five ranges of per capita emissions corresponding to a colour gradient that darkens as per capita emissions increase. A secondary legend in the top right corner displays an up arrow with a label stating "Increase in tonnes per capita since 2009" and a down arrow below it with a label stating "Decrease in tonnes per capita since 2009."

The lightest colour is beige and corresponds to a range of emissions from 0 to less than 2. Nunavut is shaded beige.

Coral corresponds to a range of emissions from 2 to less than 3. Quebec, British Columbia, and Northwest Territories are shaded coral.

Orange corresponds to a range of emissions from 3 to less than 4. Yukon, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick are shaded orange.

Dark orange corresponds to a range of emissions from 4 to less than 5. Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia are shaded dark orange.

Red-brown corresponds to a range of emissions from 5 to less than 6. Saskatchewan is shaded red-brown.

Source(s): Tables 38-10-0097-01 and 17-10-0005-01.