Carbon By The Numbers

In Canada, carbon emissions grew 26.2% from 1990 to 2005.

A return flight from Vancouver to Toronto emits 1.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) per person.

A return flight from Vancouver, Canada to London, England emits 3.5 tonnes of CO₂e per person.

Driving 20,000 km in a small passenger vehicle emits 3.2 tonnes of CO₂e.

If a family of 4 travelled from Chicago to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games, and went to three events, and stayed five nights in a hotel, they would have produced 4.75 tonnes of CO₂e.

Including the food we eat, the average Canadian produces 18 tonnes of CO₂e a year.

Carbon produces 44% of the radiative forces that cause global warming.

85% of carbon comes from the combustion of fossil fuels.