Canada's Official Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data and Reports

2026 data from Canada's official greenhouse gas inventory, submitted to the UNFCCC. The dataset is provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada and includes the National Inventory Report and supporting data files. The material is available in various formats, including HTML documents and downloadable data files.

Use Cases

• Analyze national greenhouse gas emission trends over time based on the time-series inventory data.
• Model sectoral contributions to total emissions based on the economic sectors categorization.
• Validate and compare Canada's reported emissions against international frameworks based on the UNFCCC submission structure.

Strengths

• Official national inventory data submitted to the UNFCCC, ensuring a standardized reporting framework.
• Includes the full National Inventory Report with executive summary, chapters, and annexes for context.
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, permitting open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Collection Method

Official national inventory compilation and reporting to the UNFCCC.

Time Range

The description references a 2026 submission, suggesting data up to that year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 17:32:25.426863; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada