Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
Canada
Table 12: Chemicals Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Chemicals Energy Use (PJ) 260.3   249.8 252.6 251.5 242.2 245.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 74.8   67.2 75.4 75.2 71.6 75.3
Natural Gas 173.9   168.8 160.3 162.4 157.5 156.5
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene X   X 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0
Heavy Fuel Oil X   1.0 X 1.2 0.4 0.2
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke X   X X 0.9 1.0 1.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 6.1   X 14.0 10.5 10.3 11.6

Shares (%)
Electricity 28.7   26.9 29.8 29.9 29.6 30.6
Natural Gas 66.8   67.6 63.4 64.6 65.0 63.7
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene X   X 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4
Heavy Fuel Oil X   0.4 X 0.5 0.2 0.1
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke X   X X 0.4 0.4 0.4
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 2.3   X 5.5 4.2 4.3 4.7

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 8,996   7,203 7,513 7,459 7,005 6,855
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 28.9   34.7 33.6 33.7 34.6 35.9
Total Chemicals GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 13.6   11.1 10.7 10.8 10.2 10.2

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 4.5   2.4 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.2
Natural Gas 8.7   8.4 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.8
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene X   X 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Heavy Fuel Oil X   0.1 X 0.1 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke X   X X 0.1 0.1 0.1
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 52.2   44.3 42.4 42.9 42.0 41.3
Total Chemicals GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 9.1   8.6 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 35.1   34.6 32.5 33.2 33.3 32.5

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.

X - Denotes data that has been suppressed due to confidentiality.