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 and energy used in Canada as a result of spending on selected individual food commodities, 2003
  Greenhouse gas emissions Energy used Contribution to total food
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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