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Originally Posted by Slava
Where does the difference come from? (Serious question, because I don't know)
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Mainly Oil & Gas and heavy industry. Construction is a big one too.
Regionally, about 50% of the country's emissions come from Alberta and Saskatchewan (compared to about 25% of GDP and 15% of the population). Outside of those two provinces Canada's emissions per capita are basically in line with Germany and Japan, and not far off Norway.
So it's not the size of the country, or the cold winters that are driving our out-sized emissions. It's our industry and our lifestyle mostly.