Main Emission Sources:
Estimated total VOC emissions in Canada in year 2000 were 2,431,361 tonnes (without open sources e.g. agricultural animals, forest fires, prescribed burning). The primary emitting sources are:
- transportation sources (e.g. on-road and off-road motor vehicles and engines, marine)
- upstream oil and gas industry (e.g. production and distribution of petroleum and natural gas, oil sands)
- other industrial sources (e.g. petroleum refineries, pulp and paper, iron and steel, plastics manufacturing)
- commercial and consumer products (e.g. solvent use, surface coating, printing, degreasing)
- fuel marketing
- residential wood combustion
- other non-industrial sources (e.g. commercial and residential fuel combustion, wood waste incineration)
VOC Emissions - Year 2000
(Without Open Sources - % of Total)
