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Table 82Capital expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and industry

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Capital expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and industry
	Environmental monitoring	Environmental assessments and audits	Reclamation and decommissioning	Wildlife and habitat protection	Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of-pipe)	Pollution prevention processes	Total
	millions of dollars
1998
Logging	0.5	0.1	0.2	3.0	1.5	2.1	7.4
Oil and gas extraction	4.3	9.9	69.4	0.9	55.5	46.5	186.5
Mining	2.1	5.8	8.1	3.8	33.4	28.1	81.2
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	4.9	19.2	1.7	20.7	56.5	21.0	124.0
Natural gas distribution	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	14.5	16.8
Food	2.5	0.9	1.3	5.8	37.6	12.7	60.8
Beverage and tobacco products	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.6	1.5	5.5
Wood products	3.1	0.6	6.4	2.4	66.0	17.8	96.3
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills	13.2	0.5	4.6	1.1	89.1	179.2	287.7
Petroleum and coal products	0.5	3.0	5.4	1.2	82.2	48.6	141.0
Chemicals	18.6	3.3	7.0	0.4	65.7	94.3	189.2
Non-metallic mineral products	4.0	0.1	2.5	..	32.6	15.1	54.3
Primary metals	4.6	0.4	1.4	1.3	102.9	73.4	184.0
Fabricated metal products ¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Transportation equipment	0.7	0.2	1.0	0.2	16.3	30.4	48.7
Pipeline transportation	0.6	6.4	2.9	0.5	41.6	63.7	115.6
Capital expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing'	60.7	51.0	112.5	41.6	684.6	648.7	1,599.1
Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	135.0
Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,734.2
2000
Logging	0.0	0.1	0.1	3.4	0.1	1.2	4.8
Oil and gas extraction	11.8	14.1	73.8	5.9	244.8	114.8	465.1
Mining	1.5	0.8	5.0	2.9	65.0	67.4	142.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	7.8	36.5	..	4.0	56.0	78.1	182.4
Natural gas distribution	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.8
Food	3.3	4.8	4.7	0.2	45.5	27.8	86.3
Beverage and tobacco products	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	2.5	4.4
Wood products	1.3	6.7	..	1.0	51.2	63.1	123.3
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills	3.2	0.9	2.7	1.8	85.8	140.4	234.8
Petroleum and coal products	1.6	0.3	3.0	0.3	119.1	90.3	214.6
Chemicals	4.5	1.1	13.4	0.4	60.6	67.5	147.6
Non-metallic mineral products	2.0	2.4	3.3	0.0	85.5	13.2	106.3
Primary metals	1.9	0.5	1.8	0.4	37.1	63.6	105.3
Fabricated metal products ¹	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.1	5.7	7.9	14.9
Transportation equipment	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	13.7	187.9	203.1
Pipeline transportation	1.3	1.9	3.0	0.6	9.9	17.4	33.9
Capital expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing'	41.4	71.7	112.5	21.8	881.4	943.7	2,072.5
Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	105.4
Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,177.9
2002
Logging	0.0	0.0	0.1	x	x	0.6	5.8
Oil and gas extraction	111.3	23.7	92.4	5.5	85.9	243.7	562.4
Mining	2.5	3.9	21.8	1.6	36.3	31.1	97.3
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	9.3	26.9	15.7	13.5	218.3	228.2	511.9
Natural gas distribution	x	x	0.8	x	x	x	18.0
Food	10.3	2.6	4.0	2.7	59.5	46.4	125.4
Beverage and tobacco products	0.7	0.1	3.3	0.0	1.9	6.4	12.3
Wood products	x	0.4	0.2	0.6	x	29.0	62.7
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills	3.8	0.1	0.8	0.3	57.4	152.9	215.3
Petroleum and coal products	30.7	7.2	39.8	7.0	226.7	499.9	811.3
Chemicals	x	x	10.7	x	26.4	x	94.5
Non-metallic mineral products	1.5	0.1	1.1	3.2	38.7	24.4	69.0
Primary metals	8.8	1.1	11.2	0.7	87.4	31.1	140.1
Fabricated metal products ¹	x	x	0.2	x	x	x	14.9
Transportation equipment	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.5	29.7	27.3	58.9
Pipeline transportation	x	x	4.7	x	x	32.0	49.7
Capital expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing'	192.3	75.1	207.4	40.0	907.7	1,427.2	2,849.7
Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	97.0
Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,946.6
2004
Logging	0.2	0.0 ^s	x	x	0.5	0.1	2.3
Oil and gas extraction	19.8	23.6	232.5	12.6	65.5	207.3	561.4
Mining	1.8	6.4	18.6	6.2	85.9	51.8	170.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	6.3	96.3	16.4	11.6	80.1	71.8	282.5
Natural gas distribution	0.1	0.4	x	x	2.2	8.0	14.3
Food	6.0	0.2	x	x	34.7	36.0	81.1
Beverage and tobacco products	0.0 ^s	0.0	0.0 ^s	0.0	6.0	4.5	10.6
Wood products	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	30.7	46.4	80.4
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills	2.6	0.3	7.1	0.2	99.7	53.3	163.1
Petroleum and coal products	15.9	4.0	37.5	3.7	93.1	779.5	933.6
Chemicals	4.9	2.5	6.4	0.1	32.5	38.3	84.7
Non-metallic mineral products	3.7	1.3	6.0	12.2	25.7	54.6	103.6
Primary metals	9.2	0.7	9.3	0.0 ^s	103.2	46.7	169.0
Fabricated metal products ¹	1.0	0.1	0.0 ^s	0.1	12.3	20.3	33.8
Transportation equipment	1.4	0.9	0.0 ^s	0.0 ^s	33.1	52.0	87.5
Pipeline transportation	0.5	4.4	6.5	0.9	4.7	37.3	54.4
Capital expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing'	75.4	141.5	345.5	52.6	710.0	1,507.9	2,832.9
Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	84.8
Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,917.6

Before 2000 the fabricated metal products industry was included with 'other manufacturing'.

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.