Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canada's Largest Facilities, 2024

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators program provides data on total greenhouse gas emissions from the largest emitters in Canada for the 2024 reporting year. Data is collected through the mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to inform climate policy and national inventory estimates. Information is provided in multiple formats including interactive maps, charts, and downloadable CSV tables.

Use Cases

• Mapping industrial emission hotspots based on the geospatial data formats (WMS, GEOJSON).
• Analyzing sectoral contributions to national greenhouse gas totals based on reported facility-level data.
• Benchmarking facility performance over time using the annual reporting cycle mentioned.
• Informing regulatory impact assessments based on data used for policy development.

Strengths

• Data is collected through a mandatory national reporting program, which likely ensures systematic coverage of large emitters.
• Information is provided in multiple accessible formats, including CSV, interactive maps, and ESRI REST services.
• The dataset is part of an official government indicator program (CESI) for tracking environmental sustainability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact number of facilities or the granularity of reported emissions (e.g., by gas type).

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada via the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

Collection Method

Mandatory reporting from Canada's largest greenhouse gas emitters.

Time Range

2024 reporting year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 20:00:53.159131; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada.