Industrial Wastewater — Emissions in Canada
Canada: Industrial Wastewater — Emissions was 0.3044 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions in Canada, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
The most recent figure for industrial wastewater — emissions in Canada is 0.3044 kt, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industrial wastewater — emissions in Canada peaked at 0.3044 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1977 kt, in 1997.
Canada ranks 16th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Industrial Wastewater — Emissions in Canada, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2075 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.2091 kt | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2139 kt | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2136 kt | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2172 kt | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.221 kt | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2309 kt | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1977 kt | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 0.21 kt | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2232 kt | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2344 kt | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2464 kt | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.2586 kt | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2445 kt | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2724 kt | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2792 kt | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2789 kt | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2803 kt | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2727 kt | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.268 kt | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2704 kt | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2661 kt | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2589 kt | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.292 kt | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2379 kt | -18.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2415 kt | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2511 kt | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2439 kt | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2495 kt | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2495 kt | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2495 kt | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3044 kt | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3044 kt | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3044 kt | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.3044 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0221 kt, 13.8× the median. (64 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2144 kt | 0.1977 kt | 0.2309 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2635 kt | 0.2344 kt | 0.2803 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2561 kt | 0.2379 kt | 0.292 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2907 kt | 0.2495 kt | 0.3044 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 13 Pakistan 0.3674 kt compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 0.0117 kt compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0088 kt compare
- 14 Poland 0.3319 kt compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0075 kt compare
- 15 Spain 0.3302 kt compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0018 kt compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 0.2693 kt compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 0.0004 kt compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2479 kt compare
- 18 Polynesia 0.0002 kt compare
- 19 Argentina 0.2438 kt compare
- 19 Micronesia 0.0001 kt compare
More climate change data for Canada
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.27 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 44,359 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 9,631 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,728 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,240 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,823 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 406.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 63.48 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industrial wastewater — emissions in Canada?
- Industrial wastewater — emissions in Canada was 0.3044 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest industrial wastewater — emissions recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3044 kt in 2021.
- What is the lowest industrial wastewater — emissions recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1977 kt in 1997.
- How does Canada rank for industrial wastewater — emissions?
- Canada ranks 16th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is industrial wastewater — emissions rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Industrial Wastewater — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.