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Table 83Operating expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and industry

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Operating 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 Fees, fines and licenses Other Total
  millions of dollars
1998  
Logging 3.0 5.0 19.1 70.4 5.4 4.4 1.4 7.8 116.5
Oil and gas extraction 16.0 8.6 110.2 1.3 55.0 26.4 9.2 31.7 258.4
Mining 20.6 4.8 55.8 2.3 104.9 38.7 4.6 17.2 248.8
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 6.6 34.2 5.7 12.0 x 5.3 32.7 x 295.6
Natural gas distribution 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 2.4 0.7 0.1 3.2 8.9
Food 11.0 2.6 0.2 3.7 78.4 14.2 9.6 4.0 123.7
Beverage and tobacco products 0.8 0.5 0.9 .. 13.3 1.6 2.3 1.8 21.2
Wood products 8.5 2.4 15.8 29.4 x 21.4 5.6 x 137.6
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 43.7 3.6 3.3 11.4 241.9 62.8 8.0 12.8 387.5
Petroleum and coal products 7.3 2.4 4.2 .. 101.5 56.4 1.1 14.4 187.3
Chemicals 25.0 6.5 42.3 1.3 101.5 34.5 2.5 18.3 231.9
Non-metallic mineral products 2.5 3.3 2.8 1.0 20.8 5.9 2.8 4.1 43.2
Primary metals 37.2 5.8 16.9 5.8 275.7 61.4 2.7 13.6 419.2
Fabricated metal products 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Transportation equipment 5.8 2.3 18.0 0.1 89.8 10.8 0.9 11.7 139.4
Pipeline transportation 2.0 0.7 4.2 0.3 8.1 4.4 1.4 11.2 32.2
Operating expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing' 190.2 84.3 300.1 139.2 1,304.8 348.8 84.9 199.1 2,651.4
Other manufacturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 338.8
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,990.2
2000  
Logging 3.8 9.4 29.6 106.4 3.8 3.8 1.2 3.4 161.4
Oil and gas extraction 19.7 15.0 117.4 3.0 81.2 35.7 12.9 39.7 324.7
Mining 25.5 14.4 53.2 4.1 99.9 44.1 8.7 17.7 267.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 9.1 16.4 23.0 6.8 106.3 28.9 10.5 54.9 255.8
Natural gas distribution 0.2 0.3 0.5 .. 1.7 0.4 0.1 3.0 6.1
Food 15.5 3.6 7.6 0.5 84.8 11.1 13.4 4.2 140.7
Beverage and tobacco products 1.1 1.1 0.0 .. 14.0 1.1 4.7 1.3 23.4
Wood products 8.5 5.0 18.8 17.5 69.1 11.2 7.7 5.9 143.7
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 51.1 5.1 12.2 6.8 263.3 67.7 6.0 13.3 425.4
Petroleum and coal products 7.3 7.0 11.2 0.9 85.6 75.5 9.6 15.9 212.9
Chemicals 29.9 6.3 22.5 1.1 106.9 42.4 1.8 21.3 232.0
Non-metallic mineral products 2.9 1.9 5.0 0.7 21.4 6.1 2.8 2.8 43.6
Primary metals 40.4 8.6 28.4 2.0 327.2 64.4 4.3 15.3 490.6
Fabricated metal products 1 3.1 1.5 1.5 0.1 52.8 5.2 0.4 5.0 69.6
Transportation equipment 6.5 4.6 2.5 0.1 119.3 15.8 1.5 19.9 170.2
Pipeline transportation 5.2 6.8 18.2 3.9 6.4 10.1 3.8 6.5 61.0
Operating expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing' 229.8 106.8 351.7 153.8 1,443.8 423.6 89.3 230.0 3,028.9
Other manufacturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 241.7
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,270.6
2002  
Logging 3.6 8.9 21.5 82.2 5.3 6.4 2.8 5.0 135.6
Oil and gas extraction 32.5 18.2 155.9 9.6 177.1 53.7 15.4 77.1 539.5
Mining 27.0 11.3 73.7 3.3 91.5 34.8 7.7 28.8 278.1
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 17.1 20.7 28.6 12.0 83.7 88.1 10.3 65.3 325.8
Natural gas distribution 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.9 2.0 0.1 2.4 9.9
Food 22.9 12.5 19.5 0.6 97.3 33.8 17.1 7.9 211.6
Beverage and tobacco products 1.0 0.4 2.0 0.0 9.3 1.2 4.3 1.3 19.5
Wood products 8.9 4.0 21.0 27.4 42.2 10.1 3.8 8.3 125.9
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 41.6 6.5 12.9 1.8 265.1 69.2 8.2 16.5 421.8
Petroleum and coal products 7.1 3.0 76.4 0.1 80.1 68.0 2.6 7.1 244.3
Chemicals 41.2 6.9 20.4 5.2 133.0 69.8 3.0 23.0 302.5
Non-metallic mineral products 5.3 2.0 20.7 0.1 27.1 6.0 5.4 10.2 76.9
Primary metals 38.1 11.1 11.2 5.6 366.1 69.2 5.1 16.2 522.5
Fabricated metal products 1 4.6 6.8 0.1 2.6 57.2 4.9 0.6 7.5 84.4
Transportation equipment 7.4 4.5 11.9 0.1 134.2 14.8 0.8 28.3 201.9
Pipeline transportation 3.1 3.9 13.0 1.6 17.1 10.3 1.5 7.6 58.3
Operating expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing' 262.8 121.7 489.8 152.8 1,558.0 542.3 88.6 312.4 3,558.4
Other manufacturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 273.6
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,832.0
  millions of dollars
2004  
Logging 5.2 13.9 35.1 113.7 19.6 4.2 2.0 6.4 200.0
Oil and gas extraction 39.0 26.9 196.7 6.2 187.0 40.9 25.2 77.9 599.9
Mining 38.8 11.3 80.0 2.3 101.9 38.9 7.4 11.9 292.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 16.0 26.0 30.4 18.6 49.0 19.5 5.8 60.0 225.3
Natural gas distribution 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 1.3 16.1 0.7 6.3 26.6
Food 33.6 2.9 4.8 0.2 88.5 20.2 11.7 5.6 167.4
Beverage and tobacco products 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 s 9.3 0.6 2.0 0.7 14.2
Wood products 25.9 3.3 9.2 21.1 49.5 26.1 5.0 7.4 147.5
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 38.3 5.4 4.5 5.5 243.4 87.9 10.8 13.4 409.2
Petroleum and coal products 12.0 2.3 123.5 0.2 56.2 41.8 3.2 7.8 246.9
Chemicals 39.0 6.7 26.4 10.7 162.9 66.2 2.9 18.0 332.8
Non-metallic mineral products 7.8 3.5 9.8 0.7 36.4 6.9 3.9 4.7 73.6
Primary metals 35.4 9.2 14.9 0.6 391.5 100.0 4.9 15.9 572.6
Fabricated metal products 1 2.8 2.3 2.4 0.0 s 35.0 3.1 0.3 4.6 50.6
Transportation equipment 6.9 4.1 1.1 0.0 s 97.0 11.6 0.6 17.5 138.9
Pipeline transportation 2.5 2.1 18.8 3.7 5.6 29.3 1.1 9.9 73.0
Operating expenditures, excluding 'other manufacturing' 304.4 121.3 558.6 183.8 1,534.1 513.3 87.7 268.3 3,571.5
Other manufacturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 264.7
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,836.1
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.