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Manitoba GHG emissions from energy


GHG emissions attributed to the energy category are from the burning of fossil fuels.

These emissions come from the following areas:

  • transportation - rail, civil aviation, road transport, marine transport, and pipelines
  • stationary combustion sources - electricity generation, in the oil and gas industry, in the manufacturing and construction industry, and for residential and commercial heating
  • fugitive sources - the release of GHGs from the production, processing, transmission, storage, and use of fuels (e.g. flaring). Since 1990, fugitive sources have always accounted for 3% or less of Manitoba's total emissions.

Manitoban's energy consumption contributed about 63% of our GHG emissions in 2005. This is a much lower proportion than the 82% for Canada as a whole. (1) The key reason for this is that Manitoba has a higher proportionate GHG contibution from agriculture than any other province.