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Table 86Environmental protection expenditures, by industry and type of activity
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| Logging | Oil and gas extraction | Mining | Electric power generation, transmission and distribution | Natural gas distribution | Food | Beverage and tobacco products | Wood products | Pulp, paper and paperboard mills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million of dollars | |||||||||
| Capital expenditures | |||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 0.5 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 13.2 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 0.1 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 19.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 0.2 | 69.4 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 4.6 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 3.0 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 20.7 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 1.5 | 55.5 | 33.4 | 56.5 | 1.0 | 37.6 | 2.6 | 66.0 | 89.1 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 2.1 | 46.5 | 28.1 | 21.0 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 17.8 | 179.2 |
| Total | 7.4 | 186.5 | 81.2 | 124.0 | 16.8 | 60.8 | 5.5 | 96.3 | 287.7 |
| 2000 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 0.0 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 0.1 | 14.1 | 0.8 | 36.5 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 0.1 | 73.8 | 5.0 | .. | 0.3 | 4.7 | 0.2 | .. | 2.7 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 3.4 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 0.1 | 244.8 | 65.0 | 56.0 | 0.5 | 45.5 | 0.9 | 51.2 | 85.8 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 1.2 | 114.8 | 67.4 | 78.1 | 0.6 | 27.8 | 2.5 | 63.1 | 140.4 |
| Total | 4.8 | 465.1 | 142.6 | 182.4 | 2.8 | 86.3 | 4.4 | 123.3 | 234.8 |
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 0.0 | 111.3 | 2.5 | 9.3 | x | 10.3 | 0.7 | x | 3.8 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 0.0 | 23.7 | 3.9 | 26.9 | x | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 0.1 | 92.4 | 21.8 | 15.7 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | x | 5.5 | 1.6 | 13.5 | x | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | x | 85.9 | 36.3 | 218.3 | x | 59.5 | 1.9 | x | 57.4 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 0.6 | 243.7 | 31.1 | 228.2 | x | 46.4 | 6.4 | 29.0 | 152.9 |
| Total | 5.8 | 562.4 | 97.3 | 511.9 | 18.0 | 125.4 | 12.3 | 62.7 | 215.3 |
| Operating expenditures | |||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 3.0 | 16.0 | 20.6 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 43.7 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 5.0 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 34.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 19.1 | 110.2 | 55.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 3.3 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 70.4 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 3.7 | .. | 29.4 | 11.4 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 5.4 | 55.0 | 104.9 | x | 2.4 | 78.4 | 13.3 | x | 241.9 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 4.4 | 26.4 | 38.7 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 21.4 | 62.8 |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 1.4 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 32.7 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Other | 7.8 | 31.7 | 17.2 | x | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | x | 12.8 |
| Total | 116.5 | 258.4 | 248.8 | 295.6 | 8.9 | 123.7 | 21.2 | 137.6 | 387.5 |
| 2000 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 3.8 | 19.7 | 25.5 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 8.5 | 51.1 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 9.4 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 29.6 | 117.4 | 53.2 | 23.0 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 12.2 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 106.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 6.8 | .. | 0.5 | .. | 17.5 | 6.8 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 3.8 | 81.2 | 99.9 | 106.3 | 1.7 | 84.8 | 14.0 | 69.1 | 263.3 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 3.8 | 35.7 | 44.1 | 28.9 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 67.7 |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 1.2 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 13.4 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Other | 3.4 | 39.7 | 17.7 | 54.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 13.3 |
| Total | 161.4 | 324.7 | 267.6 | 255.8 | 6.1 | 140.7 | 23.4 | 143.7 | 425.4 |
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 3.6 | 32.5 | 27.0 | 17.1 | 1.2 | 22.9 | 1.0 | 8.9 | 41.6 |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 8.9 | 18.2 | 11.3 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 21.5 | 155.9 | 73.7 | 28.6 | 0.8 | 19.5 | 2.0 | 21.0 | 12.9 |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 82.2 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 27.4 | 1.8 |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 5.3 | 177.1 | 91.5 | 83.7 | 1.9 | 97.3 | 9.3 | 42.2 | 265.1 |
| Pollution prevention processes | 6.4 | 53.7 | 34.8 | 88.1 | 2.0 | 33.8 | 1.2 | 10.1 | 69.2 |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 2.8 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 8.2 |
| Other | 5.0 | 77.1 | 28.8 | 65.3 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 16.5 |
| Total | 135.6 | 539.5 | 278.1 | 325.8 | 9.9 | 211.6 | 19.5 | 125.9 | 421.8 |
| Petroleum and coal products | Chemicals | Non-metallic mineral products | Primary metals | Fabricated metal products 1 | Transportation equipment | Pipeline transportation | Expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing' | Other manufacturing | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million of dollars | ||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | ||||||||||
| 1998 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 0.5 | 18.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | .. | 0.7 | 0.6 | 60.7 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .. | 0.2 | 6.4 | 51.0 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 5.4 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1.4 | .. | 1.0 | 2.9 | 112.5 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 1.2 | 0.4 | .. | 1.3 | .. | 0.2 | 0.5 | 41.6 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 82.2 | 65.7 | 32.6 | 102.9 | .. | 16.3 | 41.6 | 684.6 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 48.6 | 94.3 | 15.1 | 73.4 | .. | 30.4 | 63.7 | 648.7 | .. | .. |
| Total | 141.0 | 189.2 | 54.3 | 184.0 | .. | 48.7 | 115.6 | 1599.1 | 135.0 | 1734.2 |
| 2000 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 1.6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 41.4 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 71.7 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 3.0 | 13.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 112.5 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 21.8 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 119.1 | 60.6 | 85.5 | 37.1 | 5.7 | 13.7 | 9.9 | 881.4 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 90.3 | 67.5 | 13.2 | 63.6 | 7.9 | 187.9 | 17.4 | 943.7 | .. | .. |
| Total | 214.6 | 147.6 | 106.3 | 105.3 | 14.9 | 203.1 | 33.9 | 2072.5 | 105.4 | 2177.9 |
| 2002 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 30.7 | x | 1.5 | 8.8 | x | 0.5 | x | 192.3 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 7.2 | x | 0.1 | 1.1 | x | 0.3 | x | 75.1 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 39.8 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 207.4 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 7.0 | x | 3.2 | 0.7 | x | 0.5 | x | 40.0 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 226.7 | 26.4 | 38.7 | 87.4 | x | 29.7 | x | 907.7 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 499.9 | x | 24.4 | 31.1 | x | 27.3 | 32.0 | 1427.2 | .. | .. |
| Total | 811.3 | 94.5 | 69.0 | 140.1 | 14.9 | 58.9 | 49.7 | 2849.7 | 97.0 | 2946.6 |
| Operating expenditures | ||||||||||
| 1998 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 7.3 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 37.2 | .. | 5.8 | 2.0 | 190.2 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 2.4 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 5.8 | .. | 2.3 | 0.7 | 84.3 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 4.2 | 42.3 | 2.8 | 16.9 | .. | 18.0 | 4.2 | 300.1 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | .. | 1.3 | 1.0 | 5.8 | .. | 0.1 | 0.3 | 139.2 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 101.5 | 101.5 | 20.8 | 275.7 | .. | 89.8 | 8.1 | 1304.8 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 56.4 | 34.5 | 5.9 | 61.4 | .. | 10.8 | 4.4 | 348.8 | .. | .. |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | .. | 0.9 | 1.4 | 84.9 | .. | .. |
| Other | 14.4 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 13.6 | .. | 11.7 | 11.2 | 199.1 | .. | .. |
| Total | 187.3 | 231.9 | 43.2 | 419.2 | .. | 139.4 | 32.2 | 2651.4 | 338.8 | 2990.2 |
| 2000 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 7.3 | 29.9 | 2.9 | 40.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 229.8 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 7.0 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 106.8 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 11.2 | 22.5 | 5.0 | 28.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 18.2 | 351.7 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 153.8 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 85.6 | 106.9 | 21.4 | 327.2 | 52.8 | 119.3 | 6.4 | 1443.8 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 75.5 | 42.4 | 6.1 | 64.4 | 5.2 | 15.8 | 10.1 | 423.6 | .. | .. |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 9.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 89.3 | .. | .. |
| Other | 15.9 | 21.3 | 2.8 | 15.3 | 5.0 | 19.9 | 6.5 | 230.0 | .. | .. |
| Total | 212.9 | 232.0 | 43.6 | 490.6 | 69.6 | 170.2 | 61.0 | 3028.9 | 241.7 | 3270.6 |
| 2002 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | 7.1 | 41.2 | 5.3 | 38.1 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 262.8 | .. | .. |
| Environmental assessments and audits | 3.0 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 121.7 | .. | .. |
| Reclamation and decommissioning | 76.4 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 489.8 | .. | .. |
| Wildlife and habitat protection | 0.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 152.8 | .. | .. |
| Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe) | 80.1 | 133.0 | 27.1 | 366.1 | 57.2 | 134.2 | 17.1 | 1558.0 | .. | .. |
| Pollution prevention processes | 68.0 | 69.8 | 6.0 | 69.2 | 4.9 | 14.8 | 10.3 | 542.3 | .. | .. |
| Fees, fines and licenses | 2.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 88.6 | .. | .. |
| Other | 7.1 | 23.0 | 10.2 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 28.3 | 7.6 | 312.4 | .. | .. |
| Total | 244.3 | 302.5 | 76.9 | 522.5 | 84.4 | 201.9 | 58.3 | 3558.4 | 273.6 | 3832.0 |
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environmental Protection Expenditures in the Business
Sector, catalogue no. 16F0006X, Ottawa, various issues.
