Table 12
Environment and natural resources indicators

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Environment and natural resources indicators


Table summary
This table displays the results of environment and natural resources indicators 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq)) 731 719 748 732 690 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
GHG emissions per capita (tonnes
of CO2 eq)		 22.7 22.1 22.7 22.0 20.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
GHG emissions by final demand  
Total household  Note 1 (megatonnes
of CO2 eq)		 415 412 432 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Total household per capita (tonnes
of CO2 eq)		 12.9 12.6 13.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Direct household  Note 2 (megatonnes
of CO2 eq)		 111 109 115 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Indirect household  Note 3 (megatonnes
of CO2 eq)		 305 303 317 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Exports (megatonnes of CO2 eq) 275 263 271 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Value of selected natural
resources		  
Land (millions of current dollars) 1,367,002 1,532,193 1,708,196 1,832,780 1,905,946 2,004,683
Timber (millions of current dollars) 283,572 265,747 245,187 232,562 191,317 170,892
Subsoil resource stocks (millions
of current dollars)		 805,761 931,530 944,379 1,551,785 747,185 987,342
Average farm pesticide expenditures (current dollars) 7,792 8,268 9,147 11,361 11,647 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Air quality  Note 4  
Ozone (population weighted, parts
per billion)		 40 38 39 38 37 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
PM2.5 (population
weighted, micrograms per cubic metre)		 10 8 8 8 7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
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.
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 051-0001, 153-0046, 378-0005 and 002-0044 (accessed November 8, 2011). Environment Canada, 2011, National Inventory Report 1990-2009: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada - Executive Summary, Catalogue no. En81-4/1-2009E-PDF. Environment Canada, 2011, Environmental Indicators, www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=en&n=B1385495-1#air1_en (accessed November 8, 2011). Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Material and Energy Flow Accounts.