Table 5
Environment and natural resources indicators

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  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 717 741 743 734 721 ..
GHG emissions per capita (tonnes) 22.9 23.4 23.2 22.7 22.1 ..
Total household1GHG emissions - by final demand (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 420 430 418p .. .. ..
Total household per capita GHG emissions - by final demand (tonnes) 13.4 13.6 13.1p .. .. ..
Direct household2GHG emissions - by final demand (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 110 113 112p .. .. ..
Indirect household3GHG emissions - by final demand (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 310 317 306p .. .. ..
GHG emissions from exports - by final demand (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 268 268 270p .. .. ..
Annual temperature departures,4 Canada (degrees Celsius) 0.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 2.4 0.9
Value of land (million current dollars) 1,013,754 1,095,419 1,227,819 1,358,968 1,506,869 1,675,870
Value of timber (million current dollars) 303,278 297,474 311,771 290,511 275,462 263,459
Value of subsoil resource stocks (million current dollars) 375,276 465,083 566,179 807,913 938,630 1,008,028
Average farm pesticide expenditures (current dollars) 6,228 7,232 7,602 7,792 8,268 ..
Air quality5 - ozone (population-weighted, parts per billion) 40 39 35 38 .. ..
Air quality5 - PM2.5 (population-weighted, micrograms per cubic metre) 10 9 9 9 .. ..
1. Total household greenhouse gas emissions are the sum of direct plus indirect household greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Direct household greenhouse gas emissions include all greenhouse gas emissions due to energy use in the home and for private motor vehicles.
3. Indirect household greenhouse gas emissions are those business-sector emissions due to the production of the goods and services purchased by households. An estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions from foreign companies due to the production of the imported goods purchased by Canadian households is included.
4. Annual departures from the 1951 to 1980 temperature normals.
5. Ground level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are two key components of smog that have been linked to health impacts ranging from minor respiratory problems to hospitalizations and premature death. Exposure studies indicate that adverse health effects can occur even with low concentrations of these pollutants in the air. Annual data are revised, based on the latest release of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators report.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0046, 051-0001, 378-0005 and 002-0044 (accessed August 14, 2008).
Environment Canada, 2008, Canada's 2006 Greenhouse Gas Inventory: A Summary of Trends, (accessed August 14, 2008).
Environment Canada, 2006, Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin, (accessed August 14, 2008).
Environment Canada, Statistics Canada and Health Canada, 2007, Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-251-X, Ottawa.
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Material and Energy Flow Accounts.
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