Report - Agence canadienne d'évaluation environnementale

Project energy context
Emissions profile and action plan
According to the Quebec Inventory of GHG 1990-2003 produced by ministère du
Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs (MDDEP), the breakdown
of GHG emissions in 2003 by sector of activity is presented in Table 5.
Table 5 GHG emission breakdown by sector of activity for Quebec, 2003
Sector of Activity
Share of GHG emissions in Quebec (out of a
total of 90.9 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent)
for 2003
Industry 31.1%
Transportation 37.4%
Residential, commercial and institutional 14.5%
Agriculture 9.4%
Garbage 5.9%
Electricity generation 1.7%
Source: DB58.
According to the same data, the percentage of change in emissions is presented in
Table 6 for the same period. It should be noted that the total increase of overall
emissions was 6.5 percent for Quebec during the same period.
Table 6 GHG emissions changes by sector of activity for Quebec between
1990 and 2003
Sector of Activity Emissions changes between 1990 and 2003 (%)
Transportation 19.9%
Industry -6.8%
Residential -10.8%
Commercial and institutional 66.4%*
Agriculture 5.5%
Garbage -9.3%
Electricity generation 6.5%
* In an answer to a question from the Panel (C27), the MDDEP explained that the considerable growth in this
sector during that period was due to natural gas and electricity price increases, which favour conversion to
sources that contain more carbon and pollute more such as No. 6 fuel oil.
Source: DB58.
Quebec undertook to implement on Quebec territory Canada’s GHG emissions reduction
commitments. That corresponds to a 6 percent reduction compared to the 1990 baseline
on the 2012 horizon, as called for in the Kyoto protocol. Whereas the gap between reality
80 Rabaska Project – Implementation of an LNG Terminal and Related Infrastructure