Table 1.14
Greenhouse gas emissions and energy used in Canada
as a result of spending on selected individual food commodities, 2003
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Greenhouse gas emissions | Energy used | Contribution to total food | ||
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Greenhouse gas emissions | Energy used | |||
kilotonnes CO 2 equivalent | terajoules | percent | ||
Total | 45,686.8 | 415,177.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Beef | 7,063.1 | 28,180.8 | 15.5 | 6.8 |
Pork | 975.9 | 7,569.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Poultry | 2,430.4 | 22,326.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Fish | 1,119.9 | 15,985.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
Cheese | 3,507.0 | 28,847.4 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
Eggs | 581.5 | 4,784.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Fluid milk | 2,568.6 | 19,989.9 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
Other | 27,440.4 | 287,494.0 | 60.1 | 69.2 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2008,
special tabulation.
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