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Table 38Greenhouse gas emissions1,2 intensity,3 by sector, 1990 to 2002

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Greenhouse gas emissions intensity, by sector, 1990 to 2002
  1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  tonnes per thousand dollars
Crop and animal production 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.2
Forestry and logging 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6
Fishing, hunting and trapping 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9
Support activities for agriculture and forestry 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Oil and gas extraction 3.1 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.4 2.7 2.7 3.4 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.9
Coal mining 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.5
Metal ore mining 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
Non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.0
Natural gas distribution, water and other systems 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.2
Residential building construction 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Non-residential building construction 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transportation engineering construction 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Oil and gas engineering construction 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Electric power engineering construction 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Communication engineering construction 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Other engineering construction 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Repair construction 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Other activities of the construction industry 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6
Animal food manufacturing 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Dairy product manufacturing 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8
Meat product manufacturing 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
Seafood product preparation and packaging 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7
Miscellaneous food manufacturing 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0
Soft-drink and ice manufacturing 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5
Breweries 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Wineries 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
Distilleries 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Tobacco manufacturing 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Textile and textile product mills 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Clothing manufacturing 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Leather and allied product manufacturing 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Wood product manufacturing 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.2
Converted paper products manufacturing 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Printing and related support activities 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 3.9 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 4.1 3.4 2.1 2.1 2.3
Basic chemical manufacturing 2.8 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.6
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.3
Pesticides, fertilizer and other agricultural chemical manufacturing 7.3 8.1 7.7 6.5 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.1
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Miscellaneous chemical product manufacturing 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7
Plastics product manufacturing 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
Rubber product manufacturing 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Cement and concrete product manufacturing 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.6
Miscellaneous non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4
Primary metal manufacturing 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Machinery manufacturing 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Electronic product manufacturing 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Household appliance manufacturing 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Electrical equipment and component manufacturing 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Motor vehicle manufacturing 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Railroad rolling stock manufacturing 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
Ship and boat building 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Other transportation equipment manufacturing 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Furniture and related product manufacturing 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Wholesale trade 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Retail trade 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Air transportation 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6
Rail transportation 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1
Water transportation 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.9
Truck transportation 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2
Transit and ground passenger transportation 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Pipeline transportation 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.6
Scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities for transport 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Postal service and couriers and messengers 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Warehousing and storage 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Motion picture and sound recording industries 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Radio and television broadcasting 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Pay television, specialty television and program distribution and telecommunications 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Publishing industries, information services and data processing service 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Monetary authorities and depository credit intermediation 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Insurance carriers 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Lessors of real estate 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Owner-occupied dwellings 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rental and leasing services and lessors of non-financial intangible associations 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Other finance, insurance and real estate and management of companies 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Advertising and related services 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Architectural, engineering, legal and accounting services 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other professional, scientific and technical services 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Administrative and support services 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Waste management and remediation services 1.9 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Educational services (except universities) 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Health care services (except hospitals) and social assistance 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Accommodation and food services 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Repair and maintenance 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Personal and laundry services and private households 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Operating supplies 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Office supplies 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Cafeteria supplies 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4
Laboratory supplies 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
Travel and entertainment 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0
Advertising and promotion 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transportation margins 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1
Religious organizations 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Non-profit welfare organization 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Non-profit sports and recreation clubs 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Other non-profit institutions serving households 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Non-profit education services 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Hospitals 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Government residential care facilities 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Universities 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Government education services 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other municipal government services 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Other provincial and territorial government services 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other federal government services and defence services 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Note(s):
See Data quality, concepts and methodology — Footnotes  section.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 153-0033.
Date Modified: 2008-11-17

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