16 THE CAAR COMMUNICATOR percent), after households (46.2 percent). In Saskatchewan, in addition to the crop and animal production industry, the oil and gas extraction industry (22.9 percent) and the electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry (21.0 percent) also had a larger share of total emissions. These three industries accounted for more than two-thirds (68.3 percent) of the total emissions in the province. The electric power generation, transmission and distribution, and oil and gas extraction industries are among the top emitters in Atlantic Canada. The electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry was the most significant source of GHG emissions in Nova Scotia (42.6 percent) in 2020. In New Brunswick, the highest contributors were the electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry (21.1 percent), pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (20.4 percent), and households (18.1 percent). In Newfoundland and Labrador, it was determined that households (28.8 percent) were the primary GHG emitters in 2020, followed by the oil and gas extraction industry (18.7 percent). The mining industry is the largest GHG emitter in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The metal-ore mining industry accounted for almost two-thirds of the GHG emissions in Nunavut (63.3 percent), and the non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry accounted for one-third (32.9 percent) of the GHG emissions in the Northwest Territories in 2020. In Yukon, households (26.9 percent) were responsible for over one-quarter of total GHG emissions, followed by support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction (17.7 percent). Unsurprisingly, the duopoly of oil and gas extraction was and remains Canada’s top industrial user of energy in 2020, representing 18.1 percent of Canada’s total energy used. It’s true. The oil and gas extraction industry has also been the highest GHG-emitting industry from 2009 to 2020 and was responsible for 22.4 percent of Canada’s total GHG emissions in 2020. The one thing we can all be sure of is that there is no one sector that’s the GHG emission offender. According to Statista.com, greenhouse gas emissions in Canada by sector in 2021 originated in the CARBON TAX Produce. Protect. Proud. 2024 CAAR CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 19-21, 2024 | REGINA,SK SAVE THE DATE!
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